Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

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

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

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

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

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

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

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

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.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

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

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

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

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

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

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

Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

A charming, homemade vending machine dispenses burgers and sandwiches at this hole-in-the-wall bakery.

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

Japan's iconic sci-fi hero rendered to 8-bit by notorious French street artist Invader.