Places Titi Wants to Go

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

Home to herbal cosmetics, teas, and a unique set of dolls known as kitchen witches.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

The decommissioned steam engine’s whistle can still be heard three times a day at one of Japan’s oldest train stations.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

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

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

The bank's whimsical shape was inspired by a child’s toy.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

This small Milan street is filled with colorful homes and a rich history.

Invented in the mid-19th century, this machine could send copied images via telegraph lines.

A larger-than-life house of cards stands outside the house of a former fashion designer.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.