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

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

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

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

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

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

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

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

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

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

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

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

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

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

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.

Only through the lens of a microscope can visitors see the true treasures inside this museum.