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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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Anata No Warehouse

Anata No Warehouse

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

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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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The "sweets-go-round" looking into the Milk Stand.

Kawaii Monster Cafe

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

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Nakagin Capsule Tower

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

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The clock is at the Nippon TV tower in Shiodome, Tokyo

The Giant Ghibli Clock

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

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