Tokyo Metropolitan Area Rail & Road Atlas/English/Japanese (Paperback)

~ Kodansha International (Author), Atsushi Umeda (Author), Tetsuo Kuramochi (Editor)

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Product Description

This atlas includes both rail and road maps for the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, with place names given in both English and Japanese. Immediately adjacent areas are also shown, such as parts of Chiba, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Yamanashi, Kanagawa, and Saitama prefectures as well as cities like Mito, Tsukuba, Omiya, Urawa, Kawasaki, and Yokoyama.

FEATURES

*Place names given in both Japanese and English

*A comprehensive guide to the complex Tokyo-area transportation system, including railway and road maps

*15 railway maps, including J.R. and private lines, indicating travel time between destinations

*8 comprehensive road maps, including major bus lines

*23 major train stations and their environs

*7 specialized indices

Language Notes

Text: English, Japanese

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Kodansha International (JPN); Eng/Japane edition (September 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 4770017812
• ISBN-13: 978-4770017819
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,649,213 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Tokyo Map I've seen yet, January 6, 2000

By	Henry Minsky (Newton, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book has super clear maps, english and Kanji, and super detail (most block numbers). This is the best Tokyo metro map I've seen (the big fold out maps from Kodansha are excellent also).

I use this all the time to get around Tokyo.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good resource - but not Awesome, December 4, 2002

By A Customer

I live in the Tokyo area, and this guide is useful for riding the trains, but I think they could organize it better. It takes a little getting used to. The train maps are divided up by companies and types of trains not by areas... so you get really confused at first. Buy this book for the train maps, not the street maps. I wouldn't rely on these street maps (which take up a majority of the book) for driving. This book was recommended to us. We also looked through several English atlases like this one, and this seemed to be the best one available in English....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent map of tokyo, April 14, 2001

By	Kenji (Washington DC, USA) - See all my reviews

Quite possibly the only english-language resource you will need to get around Tokyo. Features detailed maps of popular areas (Ginza, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Harajuku, Ikebukuro, etc). Good maps of subway and JR lines, and even pretty comprehensive bus route maps. Only covers Tokyo (and a bit of Yokohama) though, but if that's what you need, you'll get it all here in one book.