Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

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

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

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

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

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

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

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

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

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

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

Once the main gateway to Tokyo, sneaking through this checkpoint was a capital offense in feudal times.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.