The Rough Guide to Tokyo

by Jan Dodd, Simon Richmond

The Rough Guide to Tokyo is the ultimate insider''s guide to Japan''s dynamic capital. The guide has comprehensive coverage of all the sights, from the city''s timeless shrines and temples to the hip 21st-century development of Roppongi Hills, plus up-to-date reviews of the best places to eat, sleep, drink and shop and detailed accounts of day-trips to Mount Fuji, the tranquil temples of Kamakura, and other nearby attractions. A full-colour section introduces Tokyo''s highlights, and there are maps for the whole of the city and day-trips, plus the Tokyo subway map.

Genres: Travel, Reference, Nonfiction, Japan

272 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 :)