Places bkrisb18 Wants to Go

This retro café is a remnant of Japan’s post-war Argentine tango craze.

A sad reminder of the World War II bombing stands largely unnoticed on a street corner.

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

Unbeknownst to most passersby, this marble statue standing outside an office building is a genuine piece of second-century Rome.

This iconic sluice gate is a favorite haunt for joggers, fishing enthusiasts, and even ghost hunters.

Run a wash cycle while sipping a latte at this community-oriented café.

The site of Japan’s first archaeological excavation is also the birthplace of fingerprint forensics.

Visitors to this park are welcomed by an ancient Japanese megalithic tomb that dates back to the sixth century.

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.

A glimpse into life in 1830s Tokyo, back during the heyday of the Tokugawa shogunate.

This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

Home to a legend of the supernatural raccoon dog, a rare wooden structure of Edo, and witnesses of the Tokyo bombings.

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

A touching statue dedicated to Japan's first therapy dog.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

Walls of VHS tapes adorn this Golden Gai B horror movie themed bar.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Tell this pair of "love-inviting" cats in Ginza your romantic hopes.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.