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

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Kanamara Matsuri Festival

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

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Keihin Industrial Ward

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

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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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Kawasaki, Japan

Tower of Wind

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

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Kawasaki, Japan

Kawaramachi Housing Complex

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

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