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This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

Passengers are not allowed to set foot outside this station, but you can still enjoy spectacular views of the sea from the platform.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

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

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

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

Remnants of an old bank adorn this station's brick wall.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

This extremely naked God of Drunkards welcomes visitors to Kochi Station.

A train station decorated by a giant replica of the ancient Shakōki-dogū figurine found in the area.

This strange mural located in the Ueno station is filled with traditional Japanese symbolism.

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Fans line up at the crack of dawn for a slurpy bowl of deliciousness at this noodle counter inside a factory.

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.

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

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.