Places fangrebates Wants to Go

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

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

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Discover the mummified remains of Ancient Egypt in the middle of metropolitan Tokyo.

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

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

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.”

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Only recently added to the shrine, this googly-eyed snail demon of unknown origin is said to have eye-healing powers.

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

Tatar Russian in origin, the largest mosque in Japan is now an Ottoman-style Turkish culture center.

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

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

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

This lesser-visited gallery in a corner of the Tokyo National Museum complex is an architectural beauty dedicated to the ancient treasures of Hōryū-ji.

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.