Places WigWamWarrior Wants to Go

The site of Japan’s first archaeological excavation is also the birthplace of fingerprint forensics.

This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

Sample specialties from Xinjiang at this Shinjuku neighborhood gem.

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

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

This museum celebrates the history of Japanese advertising, from feudal business tricks to modern T.V. commercials.

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.

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

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

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

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

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

This ordinary set of steps is a must-see destination for fans of a certain romantic anime.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

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

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

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