Lonely Planet Tokyo

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781786578488
• eBook ISBN: 9781788685849

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Tokyo is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Spend all-night in a karaoke parlour in Shinjuku, walk the forest path to Tokyo's largest Shinto shrine, Meiji-jingu, or sample the delights of Mitsukoshi's food hall -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Tokyo and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Tokyo Travel Guide: 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 Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews 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 - history, pop culture, performing arts, visual arts, tea ceremonies, cinema, literature, architecture, onsen, festivals, cuisineCovers Marunouchi, Nihombashi, Tsukiji, Ginza, Roppongi, Ebisu, Meguro, Shibuya, Harajuku, Aoyama, Shinjuku, Akihabara, Ueno, Asakusa, Odaiba, Shimo-Kitazawa, Korakuen, Yanaka, Nikko, Hakone, Hamakura, Mt Fuji and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Tokyo, our most comprehensive guide to Tokyo, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. The world awaits! 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

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As in any major city, accommodation will take up a big chunk of your Tokyo budget. But there’s good news: there are plenty of attractive budget and midrange options, and levels of cleanliness and service are generally high. You can play it safe with a standard hotel or change it up with a more local option, like a ryokan (traditional inn with Japanese-style bedding) or a capsule hotel.

Apartment Hotels

Tokyo has a few hotels that offer rooms with the amenities of a small studio apartment, including kitchenettes and in-room laundry facilities. These can sometimes sleep more than two, which makes them a good option for families. Tokyu Stay (www.tokyustay.co.jp/e) is a reliable chain that has apartment-style rooms.

Boutique & Design Hotels

Tokyo has some very cool boutique and design hotels. While stylish, some are milking the design factor a little too much: be wary of ones with rooms that are really no bigger than those of a business hotel and, alternatively, ones that out-price even the luxury hotel franchises, but often don’t have the same level of practised concierges that the established-name hotels have. A double room for ¥20,000 to ¥25,000 is around the sweet spot.

Business Hotels

Functional and economical, ‘business hotels’ have compact rooms, usually with semidouble beds (140cm across; roomy for one, a bit of a squeeze for two) and tiny en-suite bathrooms. If cost performance is your chief deciding factor – and you don’t plan to spend much time in your room – then a business hotel is your best bet.

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Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Tokyo
• Tokyo’s Top 16
• What’s New
• Need to Know
• First Time Tokyo
• Getting Around
• Top Itineraries
• If You Like…
• Month by Month
• With Kids
• Like a Local
• For Free
• Eating
• Drinking & Nightlife
• Entertainment
• Shopping
• Neighbourhoods at a Glance
• Marunouchi & Nihombashi
• Ginza & Tsukiji
• Roppongi & Around
• Ebisu, Meguro & Around
• Shibuya & Shimo-Kitazawa
• Harajuku & Aoyama
• West Tokyo
• Shinjuku & Northwest Tokyo
• Kōrakuen & Akihabara
• Ueno & Yanesen
• Asakusa & Sumida River
• Odaiba & Tokyo Bay
• Day Trips from Tokyo
• Sleeping
• Understand Tokyo
• Tokyo Today
• History
• Tokyo Pop Culture
• Arts & Architecture
• Onsen
• Transport
• Directory A–Z
• Language
• Tokyo Maps
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writers