Travel to Asia

Lonely Planet Japan

Format: Paperback
Author: Chris Rowthorn
ReleaseDate: October, 2005
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Rating:

Best Cultural Guide


Only disappointment was it didn't cover the section of Osaka I stayed in - couldn't find anything on my hotel or the surrounding area though it's a large, famous hotel. Just reading the book was a good background for me for travelling as a tourist in Japan (this was a first trip to Asia).

The japan bible!
It has very comprehensive listings with good descriptions of sights, hotels, restaurants, bars and clubs in, to name only the places i had been, tokyo, kyoto, osaka and even in koyasan (a little village in the mountains) - it certainly gave me more than enough to cover in 7 days. Also found this book very useful (can't compare either, still give 5 as I wasn't really missing anything).

The getting around sections were extremly useful (public transport in japan can be a bit of an adventure, the book gives useful tips for example to pay the fare at the end of the journey). Another useful thing were the suggested routes at the beginning of the book.

It didn't even suffer from the usual Lonely planet problem to miss out on more upscale places, the book has all the fancy hotels, restaurants, bars covered. Great buy!
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Little space for so much to do!
The book is nice but I found there are more things to do in some cities than what it says in the book.

Related products:
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	Japanese: Lonely Planet Phrasebook
	Lonely Planet Tokyo
	The Rough Guide to Japan, Third Edition
	Tokyo City Atlas: A Bilingual Guide (3rd Ed.)
	Japan (Eyewitness Travel Guides)