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

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

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

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

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

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

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

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

This cozy café is housed in a repurposed pharmacy originally built in 1927.

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

Hundreds of statues of Buddha’s disciples meditating, napping, sneezing, and picking their noses.

Guarding the city of Chiyoda is a bizarre insectile creature with a name no one can pronounce.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

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

This quirky collection of furniture also happens to be a public art installation.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

More than 100 antique vending machines housed in a used tire shop sell everything from candy to sake and ramen.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

This often-overlooked monument was crafted in the shape of the iconic samurai coin to honor an Edo-period mint.

The only Kurdish restaurant in Japan invites you to learn and feast.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.