50 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Tokyo - Atlas Obscura

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Ghibli Museum

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

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Fantasy Dining Alice in a Labyrinth

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

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Kabukicho Robot Restaurant

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

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Vampire Café

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

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Kawaii Monster Cafe

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

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The Giant Ghibli Clock

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

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Sanrio Puroland

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

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Nakagin Capsule Tower

Masterpiece of metabolist architecture and the original "capsule building."

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Unique
Food & Drink
in Tokyo

Honey Toast Box

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Honey Toast Box

Many spoons are needed to demolish one of these ice cream-stuffed bread loaves.

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Taiyaki

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Taiyaki

This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.

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Amezaiku

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Amezaiku

This gorgeous sugar art is making a comeback.

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Wagashi

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Wagashi

These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.

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The Life and Times of a Japanese Candy Artist

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A policeman confiscates goods in 1949.

The Illegal Ramen Vendors of Postwar Tokyo

Black markets and American wheat imports popularized ramen.

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Some damn fine power lines from hit anime <em>One Punch Man</em>.

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Exploring the reasons behind the genre's lavishly detailed electrical infrastructure.

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The solar eruption of June 10, 1973, in a spectroheliogram obtained during the Skylab 2 mission.

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Hisako Koyama is finally getting scientific recognition for her decades of patience and precision.

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