* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aogashima
  * [[http://i.imgur.com/kPEvi6f.jpg| Amazing aerial view]]

 * [[WP:Enoshima]]
  * Setting for Tsuritama and Taritari

 * A long bridge to the end of the world (search danbooru for that piece of K-On art)
  * http://zeark969.blog38.fc2.com/blog-entry-1988.html
  * [[WP:Tsunoshima]] apparently
  * Way out on the south-western tip of Honshu, you'd do it on the way to Tanegashima

 * Haikyo
  * http://www.kirainet.com/english/vault-of-an-investment-bank-that-went-bankrupt-in-1997/
  * This guy does a lot of them too: http://abandonedkansai.wordpress.com/special-nara-dreamland/
  * Any and all of these ruins: http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/ruins-gallery/

 * Visit [[WP:Shimane_Prefecture| Shimane]], the setting for the film [[WP:Railways_(film)| Railways]]

 * http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/101-things-to-do-in-tokyo

 * An 18 hour ferry trip between Sapporo and Tokyo comes [[http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/sleep/your-ferry-godfather-tells-you-how-go-sapporo-tokyo-18-hour-boat-556814| not recommended]]

 * [[WP:Shinjuku_Gyoen| Shinjuku Gyoen]], the setting for Shinkai's new thing, Kotonoha no Niwa


= Bars and Restaurants =

 * Gyoza in Sendai: http://tabelog.com/miyagi/A0401/A040101/4002355/dtlrvwlst/3607143/

 * Go visit Dear Stage sometime, probably with Blitz in tow as well

 * That [[http://newtype.ms/| New Type]] bar in the same building as Cos-Cha and Little BSD

 * Visit a butler cafe

 * Sakanaya (さかなや), a sake place in Ikebukuro.  Billboard has the name on in hiragana
  * Nishi-Ikebukuro 1-35-8, http://goo.gl/maps/1oDz
  * Alex: "it is my absolute favourite place but their english is about as good as that of a kitten. The boss man knows my name so if you say Mr. Sayle (or Mr. Alex  for that matter) sent you, you may get away with murder."
  * This book has a [[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fnwVnGviFk8C&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=Sakanaya+ikebukuro&source=bl&ots=xoykbmtuA0&sig=cIKDwDt-Bvc3AWr1AG2RjXY6HcE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=J-2YUPnBBamXiAfX5YGoDQ&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Sakanaya%20ikebukuro&f=false| glowing review]]

 * HUB in Shinjuku, a chain, the Japanese version of an Irish pub
  * http://goo.gl/maps/PKcn
  * Alex: "the ones in Shinjyuku tend to speak english. They'll seat you like a japanese place and have bar maids which are friendly"
  * Here's one, nominally the JR Shinjuku Minamiguchi branch: http://www.pub-hub.com/shop/minamiguchi/

 * [[http://www.heavensdoortokyo.com/| Heaven's Door Bar]] in Shimokitazawa, run by a British expat, location [[http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/venue/399/Heavens-Door| here]], closes at 26:00 every day

 * [[http://craftheads.jp/craftheads/Welcome.html| Craftheads]] in Shibuya, looks like a beer and bourbon bar, closed on Mondays