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Royal milk tea was invented here at the Far Eastern capital of Sir Thomas Lipton’s tea empire

A thousand figurines of Oshira-sama, a horse-loving goddess of silk, await wish-making worshippers.

The oldest operating company in the entire world, founded in 578 AD

This quaint teahouse was founded in 1846 as a samurai’s failed attempt to avenge his brother

150 kinds of unique sundaes and gigantic parfaits await at Kyoto’s iconic vintage café

At over 500 years old, this is the oldest surviving toilet in Japan

This 300-year-old teahouse is the birthplace of a Japanese springtime staple

A smiling guardian couple stands beside a department store, carrying folk belief into modern Shibuya

A slice of good old British countryside, hidden in the mountains of western Japan

A mysterious mountaintop temple infamous as the legendary home of the Tengu

Inside this medieval fortress today is a high-security prison, which sometimes opens its doors to the public as a restaurant

The last of Tokyo Disneyland’s whimsical mechanical clocks can be found in Taipei

A massive, photogenic gate designed after a traditional hand drum used in the regional noh

This cul-de-sac off Fleet Street is said to be the place where the infamous Demon Barber made a killing

Established in 1648, the oldest of Tokyo’s restaurants survives today as a tiny tamagoyaki takeout stand

A lone railway-crossing post, left behind as a modest monument to Tokyo’s mercantile past

The world's largest KFC restaurant is housed in a historic railway station in Azerbaijan's capital city

A micronation in the suburbs of Sydney

The remains of the medieval city walls that once protected the Genoese quarter of Constantinople

An abandoned Fiat 500 of unknown provenance serves as an unlikely icon of Bangkok’s older Chinatown

A constantly changing trove of screen-used costumes, props, and designer wardrobe from Hollywood sets

This natural spring was once an important source of freshwater for the salty (former) island of Naha

No mere mortal can resist...

A small shrine dedicated to a tanuki statue, tucked away in a Blade Runner-esque izakaya alley