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

One of the best-preserved remains of "Tokyo's lost rivers."

Sample specialties from Xinjiang at this Shinjuku neighborhood gem.

A commemoration of the first Dutchman to reach Japan, whose name still echoes in the heart of Tokyo.

A series of smile-themed sculptures created by artists from all over the world fill this Tokyo shopping district.

This public bathroom takes the form of a 19th-century lighthouse that once stood on the spot.

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

Losing lottery tickets are deposited at this shrine in hopes of better luck.

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

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

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

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

The only Edo-period ferry that is still in operation in Tokyo today.

Disaster prevention apartment blocks in Sumida Ward are designed to save as many as possible in the face of the inevitable.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

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

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.