Japan: A Budget Travel Guide [Paperback]

Ian L. McQueen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1997

A guide to getting there and enjoying it more - with minimum hassle and expense. This updated version of the guide to Japan includes maps, travel schedules and fares.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Japan is well covered by excellent guidebooks, and this one is a good as any. Its Canadian author, McQueen, has become a bit more grumpy about the Japanese over the years, especially regarding their attitudes toward foreigners who take root in their country, but he still finds much to recommend. There are 200 pages of fine background and introductory information, and an abundance of simple but practical maps. Robert Strauss's Japan: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet, 1991. 4th ed.) is longer, has some color photographs, and is slightly more expensive. Both of these guides are superior choices for the independent traveler, and libraries cannot go wrong in buying them in rotation.
- Harold M. Otness, Southern Oregon State Coll. Lib., Ashland
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 656 pages
• Publisher: Kodansha International (JPN); Updated edition (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 4770020473
• ISBN-13: 978-4770020475
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,191,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best travel guide to Japan, August 12, 2002

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Ms. Stephanie Tomiyasu (Yokohama Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Japan: A Budget Travel Guide (Paperback)

Ian McQueen's book is by far the best travel guide to Japan, even if you're not on a budget. He describes both the well known places and the out-of-the-way ones. He doesn't make up your mind for you, but leaves it up to the reader whether what's being described is a place the reader would like to go.

What amazed me most, of all the advice, was when he said that a certain beach in Hokkaido had washed-up fishing floats (those beautiful big glass balls) on it that people could take home (free) as souvenirs. I went there, and he was right!

When I first came to Japan, I tried various guidebooks. This one was the best for me. Now that I've lived here 18 years, I still refer to it occasionally before a trip, and I always recommend it to new visitors.