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Title: Little Adventures in Tokyo : 39 Thrills for the Urban Explorer by Rick Kennedy ISBN: 1-880656-34-5 Publisher: Stone Bridge Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Rick Kennedy's love for Tokyo is infectious...
Comment: Having this book on a recent trip to Tokyo was like having a personal tour guide who appreciates the funky and beautiful in this crazy city. The Adventures include both walking tours and destinations, some cover the tourist spots and some are far from the mainstream. His coverage of the tourist spots will give you a unique view of them, but also try some of the more quirky destinations.
I realised quickly that I wanted to carry this book with me every day. I followed 6 or 7 Little Adventures and each one was memorable. My favorite was the Old Tokyo neighborhoods near Ueno, followed closey by Asakusa and Minka-en.
I would recommended this book highly to anyone visiting Tokyo. It's an overwhelming city and this book will take some of the stress out of tackling it. The author's insights are fun and the directions and maps are easy to follow (or as easy as can be hoped for in Japan!). I just hope Mr Kennedy keeps updating this book because Tokyo is such a rapidly changing city. There was at least one instance where I did not see a shop that was supposed to be on a route, but there was a huge new building under construction in the general area.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Glimpse of Tokyo - Excellent guide and good read
Comment: "Little Adventures in Tokyo" does more than offer a guidebook to this amazing city, it also offers hints of the various flavors of Tokyo from the most famous to the most infamous. A great amount of information is packed into this slim volume. Each of the 39 adventures is a view point.
While not exactly an "off the beaten path" type of guide, there is plenty here to compliment a Lonely Planet or Frommer's. "Little Adventures in Tokyo" is more like having a friend showing you around his beloved city, from the top sites to his favorite hole-in-the-wall. Major attractions like Tsukiji, the famous fresh fish market (Adventure 10), are illuminated in fine detail. Interesting little bits like where to go for avante-guarde theater (Adventure 27) show an entirely different side. Variety is the key here, ranging from high priced to free, from esoteric to amusement.
The book is very well written, and can be read as a traveler's tales account of Tokyo in its own right, as well as used as a guide book. Several of the adventures I will never do, but I enjoyed reading about them all the same. It seems to be written a little more for residents than casual travelers, as several of the Adventures take some time.
The only word of warning is to take the prices with a grain of salt, as in Japan's rapidly changing economy things don't stay the same for long. I found everything to be about 100 yen more than the guide prices.
Rating: 3
Summary: Too many common
Comment: I purchased this book because I wanted to escape the world of lousy planet and was looking for a guidebook that could give me a fresh, different perspective to this world metropolis. However, I was disapponted by the content, with many of the "adventures" being very common tourist destinations in Tokyo, like Asakusa, Yokohama, Tsukiji and the morning rush at Shinjuku station, covered by almost any guidebook. And given that this book can never be your only guidebook to Tokyo (there are no accomodation listings or basic travel information, and few maps), I was expecting more unique destinations.
On the other hand, some of the adventures in this book are so expensive or esoteric, only the elite few will ever experience them, like enjoying Koh-do or watching the art of Japanese archery. That being said, I did enjoy some of the adventures, most notably the walk through old Tokyo. But if given the chance again, I would skip this book.
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Title: Tokyo for Free by Susan Pompian ISBN: 4770020538 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Tokyo City Atlas: A Bilingual Guide by Kodansha International ISBN: 4770028091 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Gateway to Japan (Kodansha Guide) by June Kinoshita, Nicholas Palevsky ISBN: 477002018X Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: What's What in Japanese Restaurants: A Guide to Ordering Eating and Enjoying by Robb Satterwhite ISBN: 4770020864 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Japanese Phrasebook (LONELY PLANET JAPANESE PHRASEBOOK) by Yoshi Abe ISBN: 086442616X Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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