A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

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

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

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

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

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.”

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

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

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