This century-old electronics store-turned-cafe serves comforting, retro fare.

This public bathroom takes the form of a 19th-century lighthouse that once stood on the spot.

A lonely chimpanzee lures you into a narrow alley leading to this hidden shrine.

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

This gnome sculpture and his wonderous hat forces train passengers to do a double-take.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale 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.

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

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

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

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

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

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

An eclectic temple with Chinese architecture, Korean lion-dogs, an Indian god and a legendary 700-year-old tree.

Installed in 1965, this whimsical slide has spawned a brood of “octopus mountains” across Japan.

Luminaries from Albert Einstein to John Lennon once had a cup of coffee at Tokyo's oldest café.

Guarding the city of Chiyoda is a bizarre insectile creature with a name no one can pronounce.

Disused for decades, this freight railway bridge is finally being renovated into a scenic promenade.