A true Valhalla for cactus and succulent lovers.

This museum celebrates the history of Japanese advertising, from feudal business tricks to modern T.V. commercials.

Run a wash cycle while sipping a latte at this community-oriented café.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

This ordinary set of steps is a must-see destination for fans of a certain romantic anime.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

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

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

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

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

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

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

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

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

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

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.”

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

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

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

This colorful creation wasn't always a welcome part of Toronto's Moccasin Trail Park.