3 discoveries
A tour of seven boiling, steaming, technicolor hot springs you absolutely cannot bathe in — cobalt-blue, blood-red, and one with crocodiles — where the only thing you soak is an egg.
A tiny, free, two-floor museum dedicated entirely to parasites — home to a preserved 8.8-metre tapeworm and a gift shop selling parasite keychains. Tokyo's most gleefully strange date spot.
A near-deserted mountain hamlet where life-size handmade scarecrows outnumber the living residents more than ten to one — sitting at bus stops, tending fields, and filling an entire schoolroom.
