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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Kawasaki

9 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Kawasaki, Japan

Updated December 3, 2024

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Unusual Attractions in Kawasaki

Parade at the Penis Festival.

Kawasaki, Japan

Kanamara Matsuri Festival

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

Kawasaki, Japan

Keihin Industrial Ward

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

The Puchicalator, The World’s Shortest Escalator

Kawasaki, Japan

The Puchicalator

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

An army of MSG pandas

Kawasaki, Japan

Ajinomoto MSG Factory

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

Tower of Wind.

Kawasaki, Japan

Tower of Wind

Curious onlookers have suspected this strange structure is a secret government base.

Kawaramachi Housing Complex

Kawasaki, Japan

Kawaramachi Housing Complex

This Metabolist, retro-futuristic residential complex resembles a cyberpunk space colony established on Earth.

Friendship Tree

Kawasaki, Japan

Friendship Tree Duet Phone

A rare double-receiver payphone housed in a fake tree.

Bamboo

Kawasaki, Japan

Edison Bamboo

The bamboo that helped Thomas Edison develop a longlasting lightbulb.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Ajinomoto MSG Factory

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

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