Tokyo New City Guide [Paperback]

Mayumi Yoshida Barakan (Author), Judith Connor Greer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 1996

This lively, up-to-the-minute city guide pounds the pavements of the true Tokyo, with comprehensive listings and insider information on Tokyo's most unusual and undisclosed treasures.

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About the Author

Mayumi Yoshida Barakan was born in Sapporo and moved to Tokyo in 1974 to attend a local college. After working in the editorial department of a music magazine, she moved to London for a year in 1980. Since returnign to Tokyo, she has worked as a self-employed editor and translator. She now manages the business that she and her husband run.

Judith Connor Greer grew up in Olympia, Washington, and moved to Tokyo in 1980. Starting out in fashion she began freelancing as a writer and arts organizer. From 1986 to 1993 she worked at a Japanese museum of contemporary art. She is now living in London with her husband and two children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Revised edition (April 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804819645
• ISBN-13: 978-0804819640
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,254,375 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most useful guide to Tokyo, October 21, 1999

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Polly (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tokyo New City Guide (Paperback)

This book made our trip to Tokyo very memorable and enjoyable. The history portion written of each district helped us appreciate Tokyo, the maps were very useful and helped us find some very out of the way places. The fact that they included place names in English AND Japanese characters was extremely helpful in practically locating places (most places in Japan are not labelled in English as most guidebooks are). The restaurant recommendations were very good and reliable. A must buy for Tokyo travellers.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Info Outdated!, June 22, 2000

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M. McCarthy "persiancat" (Dallas, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tokyo New City Guide (Paperback)

The information is not current, 1996! Some of the places that they have recommended are no longer around. I also did not like the lay out of the infomation.

I just got back from visiting Tokyo yesterday.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very useful....however....., June 21, 2000

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nekko1 "nekko1" (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tokyo New City Guide (Paperback)

The choice of stores are great and descriptions themselves are a fun read. The directions for finding locations are flawless. Maps in the back are extremely useful and prevented lots of unnecessary backtracking. A great book! Here are a few comments for the author and publisher - the book is heavy to carry around. I would split it into a 2 piece volume - sightseeing/shopping/neighborhoods and then arts/history/culture so then you only have a carry one at a time. Also the writing tends toward fairly dry - just the facts, ma'am. Although I guess dry and accurate is better than clever and shallow. Also, wish they would update the book more frequently - I have bought 2 editions now and for a city like Tokyo, you really need a new edition every 5 years or even less.