Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

Every spring, this walkway outside the Japan Mint turns into a cherry blossom tunnel.

A network of ancient tunnels and vaulted chambers with mystical Buddhist reliefs, built for ascetic training.

Home to herbal cosmetics, teas, and a unique set of dolls known as kitchen witches.

Unchanged for decades, World War II-era bullet holes and nostalgic ghost signs still haunt this desolate train station.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

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

Guarding the city of Chiyoda is a bizarre insectile creature with a name no one can pronounce.

This retro café is a remnant of Japan’s post-war Argentine tango craze.

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

This unassuming office building is home to what was once the world's largest pendulum clock.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

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

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

Travel back in time at a Moroccan-inspired restaurant that was the height of glamor in the 1970s.

The collection of a paranormal investigator who traveled the country collecting haunted items and stories.

Run a wash cycle while sipping a latte at this community-oriented café.

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

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

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