Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

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

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

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