Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

Only recently added to the shrine, this googly-eyed snail demon of unknown origin is said to have eye-healing powers.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

Legend has it that centuries ago, a ghost once frequented this candy shop to feed her still-living baby.