Best of Tokyo: Your #1 Itinerary Planner for What to See, Do, and Eat (Wanderlust Pocket Guides - Japan) Paperback – July 11, 2015

What are the absolute best things in Tokyo?This travel guide answers this question precisely. I don't have hours to spend researching or surfing the net and travel blogs. I just wanted a source of quality information. Wanderlust delivered.The info presented here is useful, to the point, and full of photos, maps, addresses and insider tips for how to get the most out of each attraction.This is a must have for visiting Tokyo.

It is difficult for me to believe that the four and five star reviews for this item are genuine. I own other Japan-related guidebooks so was looking forward to adding this one to my collection based on the publisher's description. Instead, the book that I received offered less information than you'd get by simply printing out a few Tokyo-related websites. The rudimentary black & white maps have no useful navigation details such as streets or landmarks, and the hotel recommendations are simply lists of hotel names by neighborhood, with no descriptions or maps. Furthermore, place names and addresses are not written in kanji or kana, so few Japanese taxi drivers or non-English speakers would be able to help you find your way. On top of everything else, the formatting is awkward, the book is full of typos, and the binding feels like it is unlikely to withstand more than one day of use. I've already asked Amazon to refund my money -- this is a complete waste.

Helpful with a bunch of insider tips!good guide, especially when the authors tell you if a place offers an English menu or has english-speaking staff. i don't know about you, but my Japanese is definitely not up to the test, so it's nice to have a warning, hey you might struggle to be understood at this restaurant! not that we wouldn't still go.

This book is so helpful - had everything I needed to know! Only criticism and why it gets 4 stars is that the formatting is terrible. They need to spend the money to get this properly edited/structured. The chapters don't have a chapter name at the top so it's hard to figure out where you're at when trying to flip through and find something.

Not a novice traveler, but I wish I had this handy pocket book loaded to my phone while I was in Tokyo the past February. Love it that it's organized by district, pretty consistent with the way I travel - I try to spend a day or two in one district before moving on to the next. The restaurant part is especially helpful, since people there use tablelog, a yelp-like website but in Japanese to find restaurant, which is pretty useless for foreign travelers. Will give it a try in my next trip there this year end.

You're kidding. Surely there are blogs better than this book. The maps pale in comparison to other guides. B&W photos make things that might be glorious (cherry blossoms and sushi) look anything but attractive. There seems to be a genuine intention to be helpful in the content (I'll take the guide to Tokyo and give it a spin) but the writing is poor:Prepare to be "amazed" by the sheer number of people, lights and businesses.Start bright and early at Tsukiji Fish Market. Breakfast? Divine seafood.Many exclamations at the end of each preview make one feel...not exciting ("Rent a whole 6-person gondola for some alone time!" or "Sit at the bar, and get ready to unbuckle your belt!").Overall this seems thrown together and as cheap as the price. Hotel recommendations come with no description and it's questionable that the author(s) stayed at them all. A disappointment. I wish I had held this in my hand and perused it before ordering.

Going to Tokyo and was hoping this would be a better resource than what it is - No maps - no web sites really listed to help you plan for your stay. However, there are not many travel guides for Japan and something is better than nothing.

I'm an avid traveler and love a good pocket guide so when I saw "pocket guide" in the title I was excited to get this book for my upcoming trip to Tokyo. Unfortunately it arrived and it is not pocket sized...but that's just the first thing that's terrible about this book. It is written like a 5th grade book report on Tokyo. In large font with no details and I immediately knew this was useless. Have to return it now and find a book that actually has useful maps and details.