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

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

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

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

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

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

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

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

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

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

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

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.