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.

Tragic reminders of the 1945 firebombing campaign over Tokyo still haunt this bridge.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

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

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

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

A site where ten to twenty thousand Edo-era prisoners were put to death.

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

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

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

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

Disused for decades, this freight railway bridge is finally being renovated into a scenic promenade.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

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

Unbeknownst to most passersby, this marble statue standing outside an office building is a genuine piece of second-century Rome.

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

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

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

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

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.