When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

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

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

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

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

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

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

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

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

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

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

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

A display of everyday life in the area that was unveiled during the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Legend says this ancient pagan site can cure all ailments.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

A historic, reportedly haunted pub that provided inspiration for several famous adventure novels.