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

This small park holds what remains of a former prison and execution ground.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.

“Historical” markers commemorating the sites of fictional events depicted in a popular jidaigeki novel series.

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

This statue of a deified “hag” is said to protect children from the common cold and coughing fits.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

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

This monument gives insight into how lost children were found in Edo-period Tokyo.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

In Asakusa, Tokyo's very own Walk of Fame.

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

Daikon radishes are offered to the Japanese Buddhist counterpart of the Hindu god Ganesha at this historic hilltop temple.

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

This time capsule lets you enjoy decades-old Japanese arcade games.

A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.

The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.

Japan's first train station is also the site of Godzilla's first destructive visit to the nation.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

This 400-year-old noodle joint was once frequented by a fox-turned-monk, according to local folklore.

This surreal thumbs-up monument commemorates a shiatsu legend.

This “grave” memorializes the 53 rakugo stories that were once banned by the national censorship.

You can receive a blessing for your electronics at this Shinto shrine near Akihabara.