Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

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.”

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

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

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

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

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

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.

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

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

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

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.