This atmospheric pre-war building is home to one of the few manually operated elevators left in Tokyo.

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

This abandoned, spaceship-like building is home to a museum so unpopular that it has been put on hiatus for over two decades.

Sample specialties from Xinjiang at this Shinjuku neighborhood gem.

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

One of three official copies of Marcel Duchamp's enigmatic masterpiece is on display in an obscure Tokyo museum.

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

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

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

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

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

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

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

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

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

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

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

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

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.”

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

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.

This eerie sculpture overlooks what was known as the Road of Bones under Joseph Stalin.