Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

A site where ten to twenty thousand Edo-era prisoners were put to death.

This infamous execution site inspired the beginning of Japan's modernization in the late 18th-century.

This monument gives insight into how lost children were found in Edo-period Tokyo.

One of the best-preserved remains of "Tokyo's lost rivers."

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

This site commemorates the life of a Japanese scientist who dedicated his life to the discovery of diseases.

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.

A sad reminder of the World War II bombing stands largely unnoticed on a street corner.

Disaster prevention apartment blocks in Sumida Ward are designed to save as many as possible in the face of the inevitable.

Tragic reminders of the 1945 firebombing campaign over Tokyo still haunt this bridge.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

One of three official copies of Marcel Duchamp's enigmatic masterpiece is on display in an obscure Tokyo museum.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

This iconic sluice gate is a favorite haunt for joggers, fishing enthusiasts, and even ghost hunters.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

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