The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

Various accidents and illnesses fell upon the developers who tried to remove these historic trees.

Home to a legend of the supernatural raccoon dog, a rare wooden structure of Edo, and witnesses of the Tokyo bombings.

Although damaged beyond recognition, this stone god is still said to bring good luck to those who tap on him with a pebble.

A touching statue dedicated to Japan's first therapy dog.

Rubbing salt on this small stone dog is said to make wishes come true.

The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

Tell this pair of "love-inviting" cats in Ginza your romantic hopes.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

No one knows why this family’s graves stayed on the national museum's premises after all other tombstones were relocated.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.