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

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

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

A beautiful work of art designed to impress the Allied Forces.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

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

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

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

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

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

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

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

A quaint village where bomb casings from the Second Indochina War have been repurposed into mundane objects.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

A tangible and sobering reminder of an atrocity that took place during a secret war.

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

The river depicted in the antiwar film 'Apocalypse Now' was likely based on this Mekong tributary.

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.