This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

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

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

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

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

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.”

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

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

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.