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11. Robot Restaurant
Weird, mechanical, vaguely sexual – where do you even start to describe this madness?! The Robot Restaurant cost a big old chunk of money to make, and this is reflected in the admission prices, although you can get lucky with certain days and times – but for pure futuristic, out-there fun, this is definitely something worth factoring in to your budget. Take a trip into an alternate reality – the mind-bending starts almost as soon as you enter – but don’t, no matter what the name may imply, come here expecting droolworthy food: the show is very much the main thing and eating is, although available, of secondary importance. Popcorn, anyone?
12. Monkey Mountain
Wild monkeys take on a whole different aspect when they’re as accustomed as these ones are to human interaction; what you get are monkeys simultaneously wild and tame, engaging in random and erratic behavior but unafraid of close-up interaction. Iwatayama Monkey Park, also known as “Monkey Mountain,” is located in Arashiyama in Kyoto – the site itself offers fantastic views over Kyoto, which you have to earn by a fairly strenuous hike of about 30-40 minutes. Plus, of course, there’s the chance to get close to the monkeys from within the shelter of a hut, so that you can feed them without having the ears ‘borrowed’ from your head by marauding fingers.
