The Rough Guide to Tokyo - 4th Edition

by Jan Dodd, Simon Richmond

The Rough Guide to Tokyo is the ultimate insiders guide to accessing Japan''s dazzling capital, with comprehensive coverage of all the sights, from beautiful traditional gardens to start-of-the-art museums and the iconic new Tokyo Midtown development. It tracks down the latest and best places to sleep, eat, drink and shop and gives detailed accounts of day-trips to Mount Fuji, the tranquil temples of Kamakura, and other nearby attractions. Full-colour sections introduce Tokyo''s highlights, its stunning modern architecture and design and its shrines and temples, and two new colour sections cover the city''s eye-opening contemporary art galleries and refreshing onsen and spas. You’ll find detailed information of Japanese cuisine and expanded coverage of shopping in the city. There are maps for the whole of the city and the recommended day-trips, plus a Tokyo subway map. The Rough Guide to Tokyo is like having a local friend plan your trip!

Genres: Travel, Reference, Nonfiction, Japan

336 pages, Paperback

First published November 12, 2001

Reviews

[Maria-Laura]

Ciężko ocenić, bo na pewno bardzo przestarzały motyw, ale no cóż…kiedyś nie było instagrama…

[Phil · Rating 3 out of 5]

For the average traveler, Frommers and Fodors are more balanced, and far easier to actually read - when you get older, 6 point type on an orange background gets to be anoying. The Hotels section is useless, with little differentiation and no ratings - every hotel listed is some variation on "stylish," "upmarket," etc. The price range symbols are unreadable - white numbers on orange circles.

Most travel books list translatiions of common phrases such as "Where is the Mens' Room?," and "I don't speak Japanese." The Rough Guide is the first I've seen that gives translations of specific "tourist" sites, such as "The National Museum of Modern Art" - "Kokuritsu Kindai Bijusukan" - potentially useful if you're really stuck for directions, etc., although in Tokyo itself there's enough English spoken.

[Theut · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful guide, full of tips, for a gorgeous city that still keeps my heart :)