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Lonely Planet Pocket Kyoto & Osaka
Lonely Planet’s Pocket Kyoto & Osaka is your guide to the city’s best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Marvel at Kinkaku-ji, explore the Gion district, and browse at Nishiki Market; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Kyoto & Osaka and make the most of your trip!
Inside Lonely Planet’s Pocket Kyoto & Osaka : Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020’s COVID-19 outbreak Full-colour maps and travel photography throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Convenient pull -out Kyoto map (included in print version), plus over 17 colour neighbourhood maps User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time Cove rs Kyoto Station & South Kyoto, Downtown Kyoto, Gion & Southern Higashiyama, Northern, Higashiyama, Imperial Palace & Around, Minami, Kita and more The Perfect Lonely Planet’s Pocket Kyoto & Osaka , an easy-to-use guide filled with top experiences - neighbourhood by neighbourhood - that literally fits in your pocket. Make the most of a quick trip to Kyoto & Osaka with trusted travel advice to get you straight to the heart of the city. Looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends both popular and offbeat experiences, and extensively covers all of Kyoto's neighbourhoods? Check out Lonely Planet’s Kyoto city guide. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet’s Japan guide for a comprehensive look at all that the country has to offer.
About Lonely Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' – New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' – Fairfax Media (Australia)
Inside Lonely Planet’s Pocket Kyoto & Osaka : Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020’s COVID-19 outbreak Full-colour maps and travel photography throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Convenient pull -out Kyoto map (included in print version), plus over 17 colour neighbourhood maps User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time Cove rs Kyoto Station & South Kyoto, Downtown Kyoto, Gion & Southern Higashiyama, Northern, Higashiyama, Imperial Palace & Around, Minami, Kita and more The Perfect Lonely Planet’s Pocket Kyoto & Osaka , an easy-to-use guide filled with top experiences - neighbourhood by neighbourhood - that literally fits in your pocket. Make the most of a quick trip to Kyoto & Osaka with trusted travel advice to get you straight to the heart of the city. Looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends both popular and offbeat experiences, and extensively covers all of Kyoto's neighbourhoods? Check out Lonely Planet’s Kyoto city guide. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet’s Japan guide for a comprehensive look at all that the country has to offer.
About Lonely Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' – New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' – Fairfax Media (Australia)
176 pages, Paperback
Published April 26, 2022
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January 7, 2019
Great book with highlights/must see places. Can't wait to see it for myself!
June 1, 2020
Tiny but mighty! After great success using the pocket Tokyo guide, we purchased this book before heading south. (The salesperson in the bookstore provided us with a complimentary book cover for it!)
With so many temples, shrines and palaces to see and limited time in the country, this guide was absolutely essential. Although we visited Kyoto but not Osaka, it was still worth it.
Instead of hiring a local tour guide (as some friends suggested prior to departure), we felt that the pocket guides did the job perfectly! We didn’t even need the internet.
Exceedingly highly recommended, primarily for the guided walking tours with detailed maps.
With so many temples, shrines and palaces to see and limited time in the country, this guide was absolutely essential. Although we visited Kyoto but not Osaka, it was still worth it.
Instead of hiring a local tour guide (as some friends suggested prior to departure), we felt that the pocket guides did the job perfectly! We didn’t even need the internet.
Exceedingly highly recommended, primarily for the guided walking tours with detailed maps.
June 13, 2019
Great guide
October 20, 2019
I like a lot of the information in here, but I feel like "Kyoto and Osaka" is kind of misleading. Almost everything in here is Kyoto, with only a few Osaka highlights.
March 12, 2020
I don't typically buy guidebooks but I'm glad I'll have this one with me this summer.
November 28, 2022
Detailed information
December 19, 2022
A very useful, concise and quick read on the best of Osaka and Kyoto for itinerary planning!!
June 27, 2024
It's just the right size: pocket size to carry it around with you. Tells the top sights of Kyoto first and in detail as well later if you want to see. It was very useful to me for exploring Kyoto
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