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

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

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

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.

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

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.”

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

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

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Model trains whizz around an extensive room-sized diorama of Kyoto City.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.