This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

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

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

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

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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

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

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

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

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

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

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

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