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

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

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

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?

This mysterious medieval grotto holds a grid of sacred wells of unknown purpose.

A rare example of an ancient Japanese hill castle believed to be the fortress of a legendary demon.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

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

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.