Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

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

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

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 small park holds what remains of a former prison and execution ground.

A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

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

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

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

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

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

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

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

This California eatery has made a name for itself by embracing Asia's rich history of eating bugs.

Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.