A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

This iconic sluice gate is a favorite haunt for joggers, fishing enthusiasts, and even ghost hunters.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

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

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

A shrine dedicated to a 10th-century samurai emperor, whose head is not buried on site (contrary to popular belief).

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

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

This monument gives insight into how lost children were found in Edo-period Tokyo.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

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

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

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

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.

A sad reminder of the World War II bombing stands largely unnoticed on a street corner.

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

The remains of the vast manor that once belonged to Lord Kira, villain in the 47 Ronin story, is now a shrine dedicated to the incident.

A painting marks the site of a historic skyscraper destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake.

Although damaged beyond recognition, this stone god is still said to bring good luck to those who tap on him with a pebble.

These ordinary blocks of stone are the last surviving remains of Tokyo's infamous red-light district.

Visitors to this park are welcomed by an ancient Japanese megalithic tomb that dates back to the sixth century.

This infamous execution site inspired the beginning of Japan's modernization in the late 18th-century.