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Title: Lonely Planet Tokyo (Lonely Planet Tokyo) by John Ashburne, Chris Rowthorn ISBN: 1-74059-059-7 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.2 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Indispensable for surviving in Tokyo
Comment: If you don't speak Japanese and you're visiting Japan for the first time, this book is an absolute must! The maps are very good - this is very important since roads are not very well marked in Japan. You have to get by using landmarks and Lonely Planet does a great job of listing them & locating them on their maps. The subway map needs to be relocated to the end of the book - its tucked in between & hard to find. The top ten list was great - I thoroughly enjoyed my visits to the shrines & the palace. I also found Kabuki very interesting. Further, we are vegetarians and were terrified at the prospect of eating in Tokyo (& no, fish are not vegetables). Lonely Planet had a decent list of vegetarian restaurants and also suggestions on how we might locate other veggie restaurants. If you want more jazz, I recommend that you supplement this book with an eyewitness guide.
Rating: 5
Summary: Find your way around Tokyo
Comment: This book is an excellent guide on what to do and see in Tokyo as well as providing insight into Japanese culture and language. It gives a list of the must-see items (don't miss Tsukiji fish market) with clear maps and directions. It provides practical tips on how to get around (especially important in a city that uses a non-roman alphabet!). I found the book extremely useful on my recent (first) trip to Japan.
Rating: 1
Summary: What a waste of my money!!
Comment: It appears as though the author must not have liked Tokyo very much, or else he/she had simply gone through the place in less than three days. I had just returned from Tokyo, and throughout my journey I had found the book immensely informative... NOT. In fact, it was downright frustrating to use, given the amazing number of unhelpful maps, half-useful directions and descriptions of places that seemed half-hearted and downright incomplete.
For instance, it mentioned takashimaya square as a place to visit. Happily, I noted the place in my itinerary but did not bother to check for directions first. Imagine my horror when I got to shinjuku station and could derive no clear directions as to how to approach it, from the book. Takashimaya was not even shown on the shinjuku map in the book!
Another grouse I have is the lack of information and places of interest regarding anime. Japan being the land of orgination of anime, I would have expected a bit more write-up on it, not the measly single paragraph that does not do justice to its significance. People who are interested might take note of the Studio Ghibli Museum located in Mitaka - tickets can be purchased from any Lawson convenience store; to reach there, take JR or the subway to Mitaka station, there'll be a bus that caters to the museum visitors there.
All in all, this book is less than useful and I found its lack in most instances to be completely unforgivable. People who are used to blindly purchase from the series based on the strength of its brand name, as I did, please beware!
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Title: Lonely Planet Japan (Lonely Planet Japan) by Chris Rowthorne, Andrew Bender, John Ashburne, Sara Benson, David Atkinson, Craig McLachlan ISBN: 1740591623 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Japanese Phrasebook (Lonely Planet Japanese Phrasebook) by Yoshi Abe ISBN: 086442616X Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Kyoto (Lonely Planet Kyoto) by Chris Rowthorn, Mason Florence ISBN: 1740590600 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Pub. Date: 01 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Tokyo City Atlas: A Bilingual Guide by Kodansha International ISBN: 4770028091 Publisher: Kodansha International (JPN) Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Little Adventures in Tokyo: 39 Thrills for the Urban Explorer by Rick Kennedy ISBN: 1880656345 Publisher: Stone Bridge Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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