Places Schiffty5 Wants to Go

An exhibit tracing Japan's cinematic history in an often-overlooked national museum.

Once known for its eerie appearance, this semicircular monument is all that remains of a Tokyo industrial icon.

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

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

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

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.

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

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

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.”

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.

Grand architectural relics gain a new life in this Pennsylvania warehouse.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

Family-run for more than a century, this pizzeria makes a unique mustard pie.