The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This infamous execution site inspired the beginning of Japan's modernization in the late 18th-century.

Daikon radishes are offered to the Japanese Buddhist counterpart of the Hindu god Ganesha at this historic hilltop temple.

The only Edo-period ferry that is still in operation in Tokyo today.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

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

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

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.