Tokyo Japan Books

tokyo train map
Tokyo Metropolitan Area Rail and Road Atlas

A bilingual atlas illustrating the transport networks of the Tokyo metropolis, concentrating on the rail and road infrastructure of the city and region, but superimposing subway and bus routes on to the colour maps. Also shows parts of Chiba, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, and Saitama prefectures as well as cities like Tsukuba, Omiya, Kawasaki and Yokoyama.
Tokyo Subway Map
The Pocket Tokyo Subway Guide

This bilingual guide to using the subway system of the Tokyo metropolis offers: information on the 12 subway lines and 300 stations; 40 bilingual subway station maps with major landmarks, public buildings and hotels marked; and information on zonal tickets, travel cards, hotels, embassy information and airlines.
Rough Guide Tokyo
The Mini Rough Guide to Tokyo

The Rough Guide to Tokyo provides informed accounts of every attraction from the the futuristic Odaiba to the temple town of Asakusa. Also included is advice on where to stay, eat, shop and go out. Information on excursions to Mount Fuji, Yokohama's Chinatown and the beautiful shrines of Nikko is also provided.
Lonely Planet Guide Tokyo
Lonely Planet Tokyo

Current information on accommodations, restaurants and entertainment options for both business travel and leisure travelers to Tokyo city. Features 24 pages of colour maps, including a subway map; how to eat and sleep well on any budget, cultural tips, from doing business to bathing in a sento, plus coverage of Yokohama, seaside Kamakura, Nikko and Mt Fuji. Essential Japanese script throughout.
Tokyo Q
Tokyo Q 2001-2002 - Annual Guide to the City

Tokyo Q is an annual city living guide by the well known online guide to Tokyo, created by a city staff that includes the author of Little Adventures in Tokyo.
Tokyo Visitors Guide
Tokyo: A Visitor's Guide

Synopsis: A no-nonsense planing guide to sampling the best Tokyo has to offer, this guide offers: bilingual local and transport maps for getting around painlessly; details of first class restaurants and hotels; shopping ideas; and helpful tips for a trouble-free trip.
Fodor's Guide to Tokyo
Fodor's Pocket Guides: Tokyo

Synopsis: The Fodor Pocket Guide to Tokyo, ideal for those travelling both for business and pleasure. It covers things to do and see, along with accommodation and dining, practical information including websites, and also recommended shopping, nightlife, and outdoor activities.
Tokyo
Introducing Tokyo
Donald Richie, Ben Simmons (Photographer)

This illustrated volume presents a portrait of Japan with over 100 colour photographs and essays on nature, arts, traditional culture and modern life.
Tokyo X
Tokyo X

Synopsis: This is a collection of over 250 photographs which capture the variety and intensity of the Tokyo metropolis. The photographs depict all aspects of Tokyo's urban existence, from the dawn tranquility of the sleeping homeless, to the vibrant nightlife of the Roppongi district.
Tokyo Vertigo
Tokyo Vertigo

Innovative travel writing by award-winning writer Stephen Barber as he guides the reader through the ultimate futuristic city: Tokyo. A cinematic portrayal of the city emerges, from close-up portraits of individual citizens to panoramic descriptions of its vast avenues and immense digital image screens, from day to night, past to present,Tokyo Vertigo is visceral, exhilarating travel writing.
Tokyo Fruits
Fruits

If you ever wondered where the catwalk got its claws, then the portraits gathered in photographer Shoichi Aoki's book Fruits, from the streets of Harajuku in Tokyo, point the way to an extraordinarily imaginative and invariably stunning glut of mongrel fashion heists.
Tokyo London
Jam: Tokyo London

An examination of the interchange of fashion, graphics, photography, music and digital media ideas between the cities of Tokyo and London, shown at the Barbican Art Gallery, London. The book distills the reciprocal energies of two very different scenes.
Tokyo Apartments
Tokyo Apartments

Simplicity isn't just a matter of taste in Japan - it's part of the culture. But within that aesthetic there is much diversity. This photographic sampling of Tokyo's apartments attempts to display that diversity. The clutter-free rooms in this collection are filled with muted colours and natural objects; traditional materials such as rice paper, tatami, wood, ceramics and stone are made use of.
Tokyo Time Out

Time Out Guide Tokyo
Tokyo Time Out

Book Description: Written and researched by Tokyo city residents, this guide details one of the most exciting and at times bemusing cities in the world, with recommendations for eating out, accommodation, nightlife, shopping and sightseeing. A series of annotated maps will guide you through Tokyo.
Tokyo INsight Guide

Insight Pocket Guide Tokyo

Pocket-sized guide to Tokyo includes a chapter detailing the city's history and culture, a comprehensive information section of essential contact addresses and numbers.

Tokyo Guide
Tokyo Insight Guide
Tokyo City Guide

Tokyo City Guide
EVERYMAN GUIDE

Tokyo Insight
Tokyo Insight Guide

This flexi map for Tokyo contains five maps including Central Tokyo, Tokyo Bay, Tokyo Environs, Tokyo Metro and a locator map of the whole region.
Tokyo Restaurant Guide
Zagatsurvey 2002 Tokyo Restaurants
Tokyo City
AA City Pack Tokyo

Offering guidance through the city streets of Tokyo, this reference includes the author's selection of the top 25 sights in the city; a section on restaurants for different price levels and types of cuisine; and suggestions for shopping, entertainment and accommodation.
Tokyo Bilingual Map
The New Tokyo Bilingual Pocket Atlas

Bilingual atlas providing place names in both English and Japanese, this atlas features useful information for Tokyo residents, including 93 pages of maps, two page embassy index, plus a map of the Tokyo rail system, including new Tokyo subway lines. Maps symbols indicate, JR Lines, expressways, parks and gardens, government offices, hospitals and schools. Also lists hotels from which limousine service to Narita Airport is available.
Kids Trips
.Kid's Trips in Tokyo : A Family Guide to One Day Outings.

Good resources for parents with children from six months to teenagers up to about sixteen. Written by four women all married to Japanese from personal experience and knowledge of Tokyo, Yokohama and Kamakura, with sensitive attention paid to the added challenges posed by language and cultural factors.

Japan for Kids

Japan for Kids : The Ultimate Guide for Parents and Their Children.

A guide to entertaining and raising children in Japan, written by long term residents. Ideas for rainy days, shopping, amusements, parties and celebrations, local travel, health care and education are included.