Berlitz Pocket Guide Tokyo combines informative text with vivid colour photography to uncover Japan's dazzling capital city. It covers everything you need to know about Tokyo's attractions, from the Imperial Palace & Asakusa Kannon Temple, to the Meiji-jingu shrine dedicated to the founder of modern Japan, & the incredible array of shopping in Ginza. Handy maps on the cover flaps help you navigate, & the book uses colour-coding to differentiate between sections. To inspire you, the book offers a rundown of the city's Top 10 Attractions, followed by an itinerary for suggestions on how to spend a Perfect Day in Tokyo. The What To Do chapter is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from spectating at a sumo match to catching a shrine festival or watching a kabuki performance. The book provides all the essential background information, including a brief history of the world's biggest city & an Eating Out chapter covering Japanese cuisine. There are carefully chosen listings of the best hotels & restaurants, & an A-Z of all the practical information you'll need. ...

This adventurous pop-up book for kids whisks you on a whirlwind tour of Tokyo`s most famous landmarks! Tokyo Pop-Up Book cleverly pairs cultural & geographical information with artful paper engineering & an exciting storyline. Follow Chico, a 13-year-old shutterbug, & his mischievous cat Neko as they travel to the world`s largest city. It doesn`t take long for things to go off course when Neko decides to do some sightseeing on her own! As the pair travels the twists & turns of Tokyo, they pass through unique sites, each with an action pop-up to discover: Asakusa Temple, an ancient Buddhist temple where their adventure begins The thriving shopping district above Akihabara Station A stadium where a rousing Sumo match is in progress Shinjuku Station, where riders are packed into trains by professional ”pushers” The imposing Tokyo Skytree tower, the tallest structure in Japan, where poor Neko has a dizzying close call The base of iconic Mt. Fuji, where the adventure has its happy conclusion ...

Explore Tokyo with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized, pop-up map. Small in size yet big on detail, this compact, dependable, city map will ensure you don`t miss a thing. *

Includes:: 2 Pop Out maps
- a detailed street map of Tokyo city centre as well as an overview map of greater Tokyo * Handy, self-folding, tourist map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format * Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination * Hotels, restaurants, stores & attractions are all included on the maps Contents include: Pop Out Map of central Tokyo Pop Out Map of greater Tokyo Detail map of Shinjuku Detail map of Ueno & Asakusa Subway map


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Open the cover & discover a remarkable design! The map & guide is fully cross referenced for instant, effortless navigation between popout & guide, making this the easiest guidebook you'll ever use. Well written text covers sights, shopping, entertainment, food, practical information & where to stay. With a durable stunning laminated cover, this is the perfect map & guide combination for your trip to Tokyo. ...

Tokyo Pop-Out Map
- double map version
- from Compass Maps in a series designed to provide two street plans, the city centre

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It`s clear to see why Tokyo is a source of fascination for travellers. Buzzing streets filled with colourful lights; Harajuku, the fashion-obsessed youth destination; high-end food halls crammed with delicious food & drink & much, much more! Tokyo Precincts is a curated guide to the city`s best shops, eateries, bars & other must-see hangouts, for those looking to delve into the heart of the culture of this fascinating city. Divided into chapters with itineraries for 20 precincts, this book offers tailor-made ways to discover Tokyo`s very best shopping, eating & drinking experiences, suited to a variety of budgets & preferences. Also included are interviews with some of Tokyo`s stylish, creative types, who highlight their favourite haunts to ensure you can get in amongst the trendiest of the locals to see what life in Tokyo is really like. With informative precinct maps, & valuable information such as typical Japanese food & drinks (stylishly illustrated at the start of the book) Tokyo Precincts is the only guide you`ll need to the city. ...

Tokyo in the Shortlist Guide series from Time Out; exploring a range of international destinations in a handy, pocket-sized format designed to introduce visitors to the best nightlife, entertainment & local attractions in the city. Expert local writers provide an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city, ensuring that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. Each guide opens with a ...

1922, Tokyo. Harry Niles is a `wild child`, an American boy in a strange country, ignored by his missionary parents, he begins to lead his life in the Tokyo underworld. One night, he is charged with delivering a painting to an enigmatic figure, the samurai Ishigami. It is an encounter that will haunt Harry Niles forever...1937, Nanking. China is under attack. The Japanese army is brutally & systematically murdering & raping the local population. In the midst of this horror, Harry finds himself face to face once again with Lieutenant Ishigami. But for the samurai warrior, their meeting leads to the greatest possible dishonour
- public humiliation. 1941, Tokyo. With the attack on Pearl Harbour only days away, Japan is on the brink of war with the United States. Harry Niles has become a man of many faces. Allying himself with both sides, he treads a dangerous
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- path between the fading glory of the Chrysantheum Club, where the city`s banking & industrial elite meet, & the shadowy Tokyo underworld.


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Tokyo in the Step by Step series by Insight Guides focuses on providing tailor made walks & tours around the city. The guide features sixteen route recommendations that link up better known sights & take you off of the more beaten track; they are written by local experts who have personally selected places to eat & drink en-route & who offer insider tips on culture, shopping & nightlife. The guide has an array of colour photographs which help bring to life the background & descriptive information provided for destinations & attractions. An overview chapter opens the guide & reviews geography, customs & culture, history, food & drink, shopping, culture & entertainment. Next feature the selected itineraries for walks and/or tours, each of which have a good amount of accompanying information & come with a simple route plan. A user friendly alphabetical directory lists practical information to do with day to day basics & listings of h&-picked hotels & restaurants are provided to suit different budgets & tastes. The publisher ...

Tokyo Stories is an anthology of translated short stories by Japanese writers which depict the city of Tokyo over the course of the twentieth century – a period of continual & deep change, as well as a time during which the city has experienced extreme examples of urbanization & modernisation that have altered & reshaped the geography & people of the city. Eighteen stories, that illuminate different parts of Tokyo, are included in this collection. In literary sketches & popular fiction, Tokyo Stories portrays the nightspots, homes, department stores & working class neighbourhoods of Japan’s capital, in the evocative & often ironic tone of its national writers. An introduction by translator & editor Lawrence Rodgers preludes the anthology, which

Includes:: pieces by better known writers such as Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Kawabata Yasunari, Hayashi Fumiko & Natsume Soseki, as well as including work by Ikeda Michiko & Inaba Mayumi whose writings have been translated into English for the first time. Each story is prefaced with a brief introduction that places the piece & its author in context.

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