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Little Adventures in Tokyo: 39 Thrills for the Urban Explorer Paperback – September 1, 1998

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Stone Bridge Press; Updated edition (September 1, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1880656345
  • ISBN-13: 978-1880656341
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 7.5 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,532,113 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 starsTop marks for usefulness
By The Honourable Husband on October 15, 2000
Format: Paperback
When I first visited Tokyo, it seemed perplexing and impenetrable.
There are few well-known must-see tourist attractions from which to get your bearings; not like London with Buckingham Palace and Piccadilly, New York with Times Square and the Statue of Liberty, or Paris with Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower (though, confusingly, Tokyo has one of those, too.)
No, Tokyo is not a city of things to see, so much as a city where people meet to create and exchange ideas--and have a rollicking good time when they can. Rick Kennedy introduces the stories and personalities of this utterly fascinating city to us.
Most of the Little Adventures are walking tours with explicit directions, a godsend in a densely-packed, chaotically organised place with an unintelligible address system. A city of Tokyo's size and wealth can afford to indulge almost every whim, and Kennedy shows a good selection of whims, both the eccentric and the commonplace. Perfect example: without this book, I would never have visited the particular art supplies shop where the brushmaker who supplied Picasso still works. I visited Akihabara several times before discovering that the radio building had an upstairs level...full of antiques.
Since few people have the room to entertain at home, Tokyo abounds in restaurants, bars, and other social places. Rick seems to have visited all of them. (A sister publication and website, Tokyo Q, gives an even better guide to restaurants, as well as being funkier)
The only thing that keeps me from giving this guide five stars is that a few of these little adventures really do require some Japanese language skill to get the best out of them, which Kennedy seems to gloss over.
But it's wonderful gloss.Read more ›
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 starsA Glimpse of Tokyo - Excellent guide and good read
By Zack Davisson HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on February 13, 2004
Format: Paperback
"Little Adventures in Tokyo" does more than offer a guidebook to this amazing city, it also offers hints of the various flavors of Tokyo from the most famous to the most infamous. A great amount of information is packed into this slim volume. Each of the 39 adventures is a view point.
While not exactly an "off the beaten path" type of guide, there is plenty here to compliment a Lonely Planet or Frommer's. "Little Adventures in Tokyo" is more like having a friend showing you around his beloved city, from the top sites to his favorite hole-in-the-wall. Major attractions like Tsukiji, the famous fresh fish market (Adventure 10), are illuminated in fine detail. Interesting little bits like where to go for avante-guarde theater (Adventure 27) show an entirely different side. Variety is the key here, ranging from high priced to free, from esoteric to amusement.
The book is very well written, and can be read as a traveler's tales account of Tokyo in its own right, as well as used as a guide book. Several of the adventures I will never do, but I enjoyed reading about them all the same. It seems to be written a little more for residents than casual travelers, as several of the Adventures take some time.
The only word of warning is to take the prices with a grain of salt, as in Japan's rapidly changing economy things don't stay the same for long. I found everything to be about 100 yen more than the guide prices.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 starsNon-touristy things to do ...
By C. E. Stevens VINE VOICE on August 29, 2000
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One of the enjoyable things about this book is that for the most part, they're all things to do and places to go that one has never heard of. I bought this book about 3/4 of the way through my stay of one year in Yokohama (just south of Tokyo), and I regret that I couldn't make more time to do more of the things in this book.
If you're on a whirlwind tour of Tokyo and/or Japan, you can leave this book at home. But if you'll be in Tokyo for even a week or more, I highly recommend trying the tea ceremony, seeing some minka, meditation, going to a public bath, etc. These are activities many Japanese people don't know about or don't take the time to do often. Moreover, they're activities that very few tourists (read: gaijin) do, so it is more of an enjoyable experience in my opinion.
Great book for those who enjoy places off the beaten path ...
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 starsRick Kennedy's love for Tokyo is infectious...
By Dianne on April 2, 2002
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Having this book on a recent trip to Tokyo was like having a personal tour guide who appreciates the funky and beautiful in this crazy city. The Adventures include both walking tours and destinations, some cover the tourist spots and some are far from the mainstream. His coverage of the tourist spots will give you a unique view of them, but also try some of the more quirky destinations.
I realised quickly that I wanted to carry this book with me every day. I followed 6 or 7 Little Adventures and each one was memorable. My favorite was the Old Tokyo neighborhoods near Ueno, followed closey by Asakusa and Minka-en.
I would recommended this book highly to anyone visiting Tokyo. It's an overwhelming city and this book will take some of the stress out of tackling it. The author's insights are fun and the directions and maps are easy to follow (or as easy as can be hoped for in Japan!). I just hope Mr Kennedy keeps updating this book because Tokyo is such a rapidly changing city. There was at least one instance where I did not see a shop that was supposed to be on a route, but there was a huge new building under construction in the general area.
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3.0 out of 5 starsFinding your way to little Tokyo gems

Has the potential to be a very useful little resource into those eclectic and hard to find gems in Tokyo, unfortunately the poor map cartography nearly deprived me of a visit to... Read more

Published 7 months ago by Dr. Leslie Mullins
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Guide for Old Tokyo

My husband and I were on our own in Tokyo and we wanted to explore "old Tokyo" . This little book was the best guide we could have had and we saw everything we had wanted... Read more

Published 22 months ago by Judith Myers
5.0 out of 5 starsInteresting facts

Great stuff in here. I have gone to a couple things in the book, and plan on using it in 2 days when I go again!

Published on May 9, 2013 by Nancy Erickson Dutmer
4.0 out of 5 starsA classic in it's day

This book came out in 1998, and captured much of the excitement of one of the worlds great cities. In 1999 and 2000, it was a must-have in the Tokyo expat community, and many... Read more

Published on September 3, 2008 by therosen
5.0 out of 5 starsA Wonderful Walk Through Old Tokyo

Although a few locations mentioned in the guidebook have changed in the ten years since this book was published, I found it a wonderful guide to adventure. Read more

Published on July 10, 2008 by S. Henn
5.0 out of 5 starsBuy this book if you are going to Tokyo (or even just contemplating...

Rick is a fabulous writer. Each chapter is like a "Talk of the Town" column in the New Yorker and provides a guide to a quirky little outing in Tokyo that you will not find in... Read more

Published on June 4, 2008 by D. B Whittle
5.0 out of 5 starsLittle Dventures in Tokyo

Excellent. A must for both residents and tourists.

I have lived here for 6 years and had not seen the city under such light. Read more

Published on May 30, 2007 by Tommaso Santojanni
5.0 out of 5 starsI wish there was a book like this for every travel destination

For my first trip to Tokyo, I took along this book and a Lonely Planet. I never used my Lonely Planet but went on atleast 15 of the little advetures described in this book. Read more

Published on August 17, 2006 by K. Boyle
4.0 out of 5 starsEntertaining, but somewhat misleading and out of date

I've been to Japan several times on business. I picked up Little Adventures in Tokyo for my second trip, and it was a fun read and great inspiration to get out and try new and... Read more

Published on August 14, 2006 by Sitting in Seattle
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Ideas for Tokyo Sightseeing

See also my review for "Tokyo City Atlas". This book by Kennedy is pretty unique. He gives some great "off the beaten track" ideas for folks to explore. Read more

Published on December 24, 2005 by Joe Bruce

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