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

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

Stretching for 22 miles, the world's longest tree-lined avenue dates back to the early 17th-century.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

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

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

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

Tatar Russian in origin, the largest mosque in Japan is now an Ottoman-style Turkish culture center.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

Founded in 1880, this humble brewery still practices a disappearing technique of sake-making.

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

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

A unique Shinto shrine filled with bunnies and wordplay.

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

Running through lush forests and across the Tadami River, this train line offers breathtaking views of rural Japan.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

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.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.