A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

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

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

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

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

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

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

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

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

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

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

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

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

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.”

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