FREAK TOKYO

13 Places

Kabukicho Robot Restaurant

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

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Akihabara Electric Town

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

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Clone Factory

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

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Hachiko

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

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Giant GUNDAM Robot

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

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Nishi-Rokugō Park

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

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Ghibli Museum

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

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Kawasaki, Japan

Kanamara Matsuri Festival

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Anata No Warehouse

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

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Hakone Open-Air Museum

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

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The Giant Ghibli Clock

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

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Yokai Street

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

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Sagano Bamboo Forest

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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