Shops in Tokyo

Discover 15 shops in Tokyo.

A close-up of the sculpture.

'Magokoro Tennyo' ('Goddess of Sincerity')

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

Ferris wheel at Tokyu Plaza Kamata.

Tokyu Plaza Rooftop Ferris Wheel

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

Detective Bar Progress.

Detective Bar Progress

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

From the Mad Hatter Room

Alice on Wednesday

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Personal gadgets for sale in Akihabara around 2008.

Akihabara Electric Town

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

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The front of Brasserie Kyushoku Toban

Brasserie Kyushoku Toban

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

A ninja waitress

Ninja Akasaka

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

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Catholic iconography at Christon Café.

Christon Café

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

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The "sweets-go-round" looking into the Milk Stand.

Kawaii Monster Cafe

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Pigments at Pigment.

Pigment

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

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Alcatraz ER

Alcatraz ER

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

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Clone Factory

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

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Only a small part of the restaurant!

Fantasy Dining Alice in a Labyrinth

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Vampire Café

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

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Photo courtesy of Michael John Grist

The Akasaka Love Hotel

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

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