Places donguri Wants to Go

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

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.”

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

New York's transit system peddles terrible food in limited windows—this restaurant is a rare exception.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.