This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This airy five-floor library and museum houses thousands of books and rotating exhibits on Japanese monsters and anime.

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

The oldest academic institution in Japan provides a glimpse of university life during the days of the samurai.

The site of a famous samurai duel.

Once the main gateway to Tokyo, sneaking through this checkpoint was a capital offense in feudal times.

Unbeknownst to most passersby, this marble statue standing outside an office building is a genuine piece of second-century Rome.

A unique Shinto shrine filled with bunnies and wordplay.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

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

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

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

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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