Tokyo Insight City Guide

Insight Guides (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2005
APA Publications Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-4137-59-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This 256-page guidebook to Tokyo presents the city's highlights in a comprehensive but portable format, with the following key features: The Best of Tokyo: overview of vital information for visitors, including money- and time-saving tips and the most family-oriented attractions. Places: district-by-district guide, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps. Restaurant guide: a pull-out, pocket-size "Z" map, with review listings of recommended restaurants and bars. Photo Features: magazine-style full-colour features on some of the most famous sights, including museums and galleries. Essay Features: incisive essays on history, people and culture. Travel Tips: practical listings, covering Accommodation, Entertainment, Transport and more. Street Atlas: colour maps of downtown Tokyo's main streets, with grid-referenced index.

Inhalt

Introduction: The Best of Tokyo, Tokyo Enigmas. History: Creating the Eastern Capital, Decisive Dates. Features: Tokyoites, Festivals, Cuisine, Tokyo After Dark, Fashion and Design, Architecture. Places:; Introduction; Imperial Palace and Surroundings; Yurakucho and Ginza; Ikebukuro and Meijirodai; Shinjuku; Aoyama and Omotesando; Harajuku and Shibuya; Roppongi and Akasaka; Shinagawa, Meguro and Ebisu; Ueno and Yanaka; Asakusa; Suidobashi, Ochanomizu, Kanda and Akihabara; Sumida River, Ryogoku and East Tokyo; Tokyo Bayside; Excursions. Photo Features: Festival and Street Performances, The Art of Landscaping, The Sport of Sumo. Information Panels: The Royal Family, The "Pink" Trade, Tokyo's Fashion Tribes, Encounters with "Janglish", Cherry Blossoms: An Excuse to Party. Travel Tips: TRANSPORT - Getting There, Getting Around, From Narita Airport, From Haneda Airport, Orientation, Public Transport; ACCOMMODATION - Choosing a Hotel, Imperial Palace Area, Yurakucho and Ginza, Ikebukuro, Meijrodai and Shinjuku, Shibuya, Roppongi and Akasaka, Shinagawa, Meguro and Ebisu, Ueno, Yanaka and Asakusa, Suidobashi, Ochanomizu, Kanda and Akihabara, Sumida River and Tokyo Bayside; ACTIVITIES - The Arts, Nightlife, Shopping, Sports, Sightseeing Tours, Children's Activities; A-Z: PRACTICAL INFORMATION - Addresses, Budgeting your Trip, Business Hours, Business Travellers, Children, Climate & Clothing, Crime & Security, Customs Regulations , Disabled Travellers, Electricity, Embassies & Consulates, Emergency Numbers, Entry Requirements, Etiquette, Gay & Lesbian Travellers, Health & Medical Care, Internet, Left Luggage, Lost Property, Media, Money, Postal Services, Public Holidays, Public Toilets, Religious Services, Taxes, Telephones, Time Zones, Tourism Offices, Websites; LANGUAGE - General, Pronunciation Tips; FURTHER READING General. Maps: Tokyo City; Inside Front Cover; Tokyo City; Central Tokyo; Yurakucho and Ginza; Ikebukuro and Meijirodai; Shinjuku; Aoyama and Omotesando; Harajuku and Shibuya; Roppongi and Akasaka; Shinagawa, Meguro and Ebisu; Ueno and Yanaka; Asakusa; Suidobashi, Ochanomizu, Kanda and Akihabara; Sumida River, Ryogoku and East Tokyo; Tokyo Bayside; Excursions; Tokyo Subway; Street Atlas.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.4.2005
• Reihe/Serie: Insight City Guides
• Zusatzinfo: Full colour photographs throughout
• Verlagsort: Singapore
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 135 x 195 mm
• Gewicht: 492 g
• Themenwelt: Reiseführer ► Asien ► Japan
• ISBN-10: 981-4137-59-6 / 9814137596
• ISBN-13: 978-981-4137-59-1 / 9789814137591
• Zustand: Neuware