Yoking past and future, Tokyo dazzles with its traditional culture and passion for everything new. Lonely Planet is your passport to Tokyo, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice.
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Explore Shinjuku’s nightlife, shop for an outfit or two in Harajuku, escape the city for the calm of Meiji-jingū; all with your trusted travel companion.
Lonely Planet writer Rebecca Milner describes why she loves Tokyo. "I've lived in Tokyo for almost two decades now and am continuously surprised - sometimes on a daily basis - by something new. Such is the joy of living in a city that prides itself on constant renewal and reinvention; it seriously never gets old. Tokyo has everything you can ask of a city, and has it in spades: dynamic, cosmopolitan dining scene, more cafes and bars than you could visit in a lifetime, plenty of parks, awesome public transport and such a high level of safety and convenience that makes it hard to imagine living anywhere else."
Tokyo Top 10
1. Shinjuku Nightlife
2. Tsukiji Market
3. Contemporary Architecture & Design
4. Shopping in Harajuku
5. Meiji-Jingu
6. TeamLab Borderless
7. Senso-Ji
8. Yanesen
9. Sumo in Ryōgoku
10. Kabukiza
Inside Lonely Planet’s Tokyo Travel Guide:
- Full-colour maps and images throughout
- Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
- Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
- Honest review for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
- Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience – Politics, Culture, History, Pop Culture, Arts, Architecture, Onsen
- Free, convenient pull-out city map (included in print version), plus over 38 colour maps
Coverage includes: Marunouchi, Nihombashi, Ginza, Tsukiji, Roppongi, Ebisu, Meguro, Shibuya, Shimo-Kitazawa, Harajuku, Aoyama, Shinjuku, Northwest Tokyo, Kōrakuen, Akihabara, Ueno, Yanesen, Asakusa, Sumida River, Odaiba, Tokyo Bay and more
Get to the heart of Tokyo and begin your journey now!
by The Raven Brothers
Out of shape and unprepared, The Raven Brothers return to the road in a collection of ten quests to travel to their dream destinations against all odds! After two decades pioneering new routes across the globe, you would expect the authors of 'Driving the Trans-Siberian' to be hotshot explorers, with a sixth sense and an ability to survive in almost any situation. Think again! With virtually zero knowledge of the workings of the internal combustion engine and very limited skills of wilderness survival, Simon and Chris struggle into their hiking boots and power across three continents by river, tarmac and trail.
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Noted by Lonely Planet for their talent to portray an “accurate view of what to expect”, 'Hike, Drive, Stayin’ Alive!' signals a return to the duo writing “buttock clenching” travel comedy with the first in a series of candid stories of adventure by The Raven Brothers.