Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

Unbeknownst to many, an ancient burial mound hides in plain sight in Ueno Park.

According to local legend, an ancient serial killer nicknamed the “Hag” once haunted this pond.

This “grave” memorializes the 53 rakugo stories that were once banned by the national censorship.

This cozy café is housed in a repurposed pharmacy originally built in 1927.

Losing lottery tickets are deposited at this shrine in hopes of better luck.

Only recently added to the shrine, this googly-eyed snail demon of unknown origin is said to have eye-healing powers.

This tiny stone in a children's park is what remains of an ancient, once-worshipped object.

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

Rubbing salt on this small stone dog is said to make wishes come true.

The only Edo-period ferry that is still in operation in Tokyo today.

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

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

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

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

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

Sip coffee and talk politics at this landmark cafe in Astoria's Little Egypt, a contender for the title of America's first hookah bar.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.