Sample specialties from Xinjiang at this Shinjuku neighborhood gem.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

Fans line up at the crack of dawn for a slurpy bowl of deliciousness at this noodle counter inside a factory.

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

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

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

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.

The iconic egg tart gets an upgrade with a laminated sourdough crust.

In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

Hakka-style teahouse where everybody grinds their own tea.

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

This third-generation shop has been doling out bowls of tilapia soup since 1977.

Dine on Hakka dishes at a dreamy cottage nestled in the heart of Taipei.

A small museum dedicated to one of the most popular fish in Taiwanese cuisine.

Learn to make this village's specialty: volcanic mud tofu.

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

Paiwanese restaurant run by native indigenous Taiwanese singer songwriter, and home to a DIY arts-and-crafts folk garden.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.