- Setting for Tsuritama and Taritari
- A long bridge to the end of the world (search danbooru for that piece of K-On art)
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/
An 18 hour ferry trip between Sapporo and Tokyo comes not recommended
Koyasan cemetery: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4901.html
Shinjuku Gyoen, the setting for Shinkai's new thing, Kotonoha no Niwa
Go see Murakami's galleries in Nakano: Takashi_Murakami
Check out the Toden Arakawa streetcar line
- Icecream in Ikebukuro: "If you ever go to Japan, you should check out Ice Cream City in Namja Town in Sunshine 60, Ikebukuro. 100+ flavours. Some that I tried were salad, onsen, sakura, octopus, eel, persimmon, ox tongue. They also has stuff like shark, viper, 12 types of tofu etc etc"
Takeda Castle in Asago, Hyougo Prefecture in the Kansai region
Nagoya science museum and planetarium: http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Lh1O4usmtwk/Vd89ixMbvCI/AAAAAAABGK8/yPjtIQlg3ew/nagoya-city-science-museum-8%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800
Setting for Love Live Aqours: https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0172933,138.8922265,3a,75y,333.22h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sehGkVKF42h2hrJFDFmizcQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=ja
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/04/02/japans-7-most-beautiful-views-in-blue/
Bars and Restaurants
Kyoto Ramen: http://regex.info/blog/2013-04-25/2250
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 New Type bar in the same building as Cos-Cha and Little BSD
- Visit a butler cafe
- Sakanaya (ăăăȘă), 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 glowing review
- HUB in Shinjuku, a chain, the Japanese version of an Irish pub
- 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/
Heaven's Door Bar in Shimokitazawa, run by a British expat, location here, closes at 26:00 every day
Craftheads in Shibuya, looks like a beer and bourbon bar, closed on Mondays
Bar and restaurant in Shibuya, cheap beer and expensive food: https://goo.gl/maps/3zDOf
- "Izakaya Sachi-chan/Kou-chan", the reading is unclear
Fantastic fancy restaurant in Tokyo, Peak Bar: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3fe92x/im_ashley_barr_aka_adam_turner_the_first_mtgox/ctnvsss