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Robot Restaurant
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Shibuya (Love Hotel) Hill
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Cat Island
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Jigokudani Monkey Park
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Darkroom Temple
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Kawachi Fuji Gardens
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Sagano Bamboo Forest
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Anata No Warehouse
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Gunkanjima Island
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Vampire Cafe
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Kawaii Monster Cafe
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Tōdai-ji Daibutsuden (The Great Buddha Hall)
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Akeno strip club haikyo
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Yunessun Spa Resort
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Atami Adult Museum
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Nishiki Market
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Yokai Street
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Pigment
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Godzilla Head
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Zauo
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Akihabara Electric Town
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Owakudani Black Eggs
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Ninja Akasaka
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Tokyo
A must go, obviously. 10/10
High
Theme restaurant/bar featuring a raucous pop-culture show with robotic monsters, dancers & lasers.
https://shinjuku-robot.com/sp/
Tokyo
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High
Spot with all of the love hotels - most overnight check-ins after 10pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuya
n/a
Medium
Cats!
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tashirojima
Nagano
n/a
High
Monkey Spa!
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/jigokudani-park-japan
Nagano
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Medium
At Zenkoji, the eternal quest for fortune during your short time on this earth is molded into a type of hide and seek in a tunnel, or “darkroom.” Beneath the main temple the monks have hidden the so-called ‘Key to Paradise’, and to find it is a challenging adventure for even the most avid explorers. The Key to Paradise is hidden in a tunnel where the sun doesn’t shine - as a matter of fact, there is not a single rayof light to be seen, unless reveals itself in a spiritual way.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nagano-s-darkroom
n/a
Medium
BOOK IN ADVANCE A beautiful wisteria tunnel. Make sure to visit in late April or Early May, during the “Fuji Matsuri,” or “Wisteria Festival,” when the magical tunnel is in full bloom. http://goo.gl/maps/UKLwRTake the Shinkansen to Kokura station.Change to the JR Kagoshima line for Yahata station.From Yahata station, take the Nishitetsu bus to Kawachi Syougakou mae (Kawachi Elementary School).Buses only run once an hour or so, and the stop is not close. A taxi might be a better, but expensive
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/wisteria-tunnel
Kyoto
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Medium
Only 30 minutes or so from the bustling Kyoto city center
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sagano-bamboo-forest
Kawasaki
45 min train ride from Tokyo - didn't have the time to go but really wish we had
High
This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/anata-no-warehouse
Nagasaki
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Low
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gubkanjima-island
Tokyo
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High
Its a vampire cafe.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/vampire-cafe
Tokyo
n/a
High
Choose from BABY, CANDY, DOLLY, CRAZY, and NASTY
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kawaii-monster-cafe
Nara
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Low
The former world's largest wooden building containing a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer which wander the grounds.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/t-daiji-daibutsuden-great-buddha-hall
n/a
Low
Burned down strip club
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/akeno-gekijo-ruined-japanese-stripclub
Hakone
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Medium
CLOSE TO TOKYO This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/yunessun-spa-resort
Atami
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Low
Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/atami-adult-museum
Kyoto
Amazing knives for surprisingly cheap (get yours engraved). Big highlights here are the soy based things, pickled things and the eel.
High
BRING CASH This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nishiki-market
Kyoto
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Medium
This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters. Standing at the south exit of the shrine on Imadegawa dori you will see a street just east that leads south. Walk south a couple of minutes until you hit a small huddle of shops. Turn west and you will run into these guys.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/yokai-street
Tokyo
AMAZING - pigments made out of actual semi-precious stones, adhesives/vehicles made from nature, and beautiful paint brushes.
Medium
Thousands of pigments with names like “Autumn Mystery” and “Luxury Twinkle” line the neat, airy bamboo shelves of a store called Pigment. It's a roughly three-minute walk from the Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Rinkai Line "Tennozu Isle Station" and a roughly five-minute walk from the Tokyo Monorail "Tennoz Isle Station."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pigment
Tokyo
n/a
Low
Its Godzilla!!
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/godzilla-head
Tokyo
We heard its really touristy and expensive - not worth it so we didnt go
Medium
Catch your fish and eat it at the restaurant.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/zauo
Tokyo
So fun - look for the underground capsule toy machines and sexi action figures. Great place to find items to make professional grade miniatures
Low
Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/akihabara-electric-town
Hakone
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Medium
Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/owakudani-black-eggs
Tokyo
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Medium
A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas. Entering through a plain black facade, the restaurant inside is only marked by a small sign reading “NINJA” in English. A silent escort dressed head to toe in black will lead you through a series of winding corridors, a drawbridge, and secret doorways into the hidden dining room.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ninja-akasaka
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