This ordinary set of steps is a must-see destination for fans of a certain romantic anime.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

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.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.