Quirky Guide

No, not cafés with dog on the menu! Quite the opposite. These are cafés where animal lovers go to make a big soppy fuss of somebody else’s pets.

Is it the world’s fastest elevator? Or a thrill ride in a very unusual spot? Yabafo drops shoppers in the centre of Osaka 74 meters at 22 meters per second.

Unleash your inner swamp monster while ironing out some wrinkles at one of South Korea’s biggest festivals.

Nothing unusual about eating noodles in Japan. Unless, that is, they are ice-cold and come at you down a waterslide.

This traditional Shinto fertility festival comes to a head on the first weekend of April.

Stepping off the 7th floor of a building is generally to be recommended. Unless you’re going to be scooped up and taken on a breath-taking aerial voyage.

What to do with a huge Olympic stadium once the games are over is always a problem. In Beijing, they decided to fill it with 80 tons of chocolate.

You’ve watched Akira, Ghost in the Shell and countless other classic Japanese animations. But could you make anime worth watching?

Conveyor-belt sushi restaurants meet Charlie and the Chocolate factory in this robot-powered restaurant.

A museum dedicated to pot noodles might sound like a bit of a joke, but the story behind the instant noodle is a worthy and fascinating one.