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9780864426932

Lonely Planet Japan

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    0864426933

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-10-01
  • Publisher: Lonely Planet
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Summary

Venture beyond Tokyo, the capital of cute and cool, and explore! Jump on a shinkansen and visit the 'Tibet of Japan' in lya-dani or the hip Earth Celebration festival on Sado-ga-shima. The options and shinkansen routes are endless.-- updated by an experienced team of Japan-based authors-- special sections covering everything from kabuki to hot springs-- huge range of affordable accommodation, shopping and eating options-- discover Japan for yourself with our easy-to-follow language chapter-- 170 detailed maps

Table of Contents

The Authors 8(3)
This Book 11(1)
Foreword 12(3)
Introduction 15(1)
Facts About Japan
16(72)
History
16(7)
Geography
23(1)
Geology
23(1)
Climate
24(1)
Ecology & Environment
25(1)
Flora & Fauna
25(2)
Government & Politics
27(2)
Economy
29(1)
Population & People
30(2)
Education
32(29)
Japanese Arts
33(28)
Arts
61(13)
Contemporary Architecture
65(9)
Society & Conduct
74(5)
Religion
79(7)
Language
86(2)
Facts For the Visitor
88(78)
Highlights
88(3)
Suggested Itineraries
91(1)
Planning
92(2)
Tourist Offices
94(1)
Visas & Documents
95(3)
Embassies & Consulates
98(1)
Customs
99(1)
Money
99(3)
Post & Communications
102(3)
Internet Resources
105(1)
Books
106(3)
Newspapers & Magazines
109(1)
Radio
110(1)
TV
110(1)
Video Systems
110(1)
Photography
110(1)
Time
110(1)
Weights & Measures
111(1)
Laundry
111(1)
Toilets
111(1)
Health
111(7)
Women Travellers
118(1)
Gay & Lesbian Travellers
118(1)
Disabled Travellers
119(1)
Senior Travellers
119(1)
Travel with Children
119(1)
Dangers & Annoyances
119(2)
Emergencies
121(1)
Legal Matters
121(1)
Business Hours
121(1)
Public Holidays & Special Events
121(1)
Cultural Events
122(1)
Activities
122(4)
Courses
126(1)
Work
127(1)
Accommodation
128(31)
Japanese Cuisine & Menu Glossary
137(22)
Entertainment
159(1)
Spectator Sport
160(2)
Martial Arts
162(1)
Shopping
162(4)
Getting There & Away
166(7)
Air
166(5)
Sea
171(1)
Trans-Siberian Railway
172(1)
Getting Around
173(20)
Air
173(2)
Train
175(5)
Bus
180(1)
Car
181(4)
Motorcycle
185(2)
Bicycle
187(1)
Hitching
188(1)
Walking
189(1)
Boat
189(1)
Local Transport
190(1)
Organised Tours
191(2)
Tokyo
193(72)
History
194(1)
Orientation
194(1)
Information
195(5)
Central Tokyo
200(5)
Akihabara
205(1)
Ueno
205(3)
Around Ueno
208(1)
Asakusa
209(2)
Ikebukuro
211(3)
Around Ikebukuro
214(1)
Shinjuku
214(4)
Harajuku & Aoyama
218(2)
Shibuya
220(1)
Ebisu & Daikanyama
221(3)
Akasaka
224(1)
Roppongi
225(2)
Odaiba/Tokyo Bay
227(1)
Other Attractions
227(5)
Organised Tours
232(1)
Special Events
232(1)
Places to Stay
233(7)
Places to Eat
240(11)
Entertainment
251(6)
Spectator Sports
257(1)
Shopping
257(2)
Getting There & Away
259(2)
Getting Around
261(4)
Performing Arts
265(8)
The Japanese Stage
265(1)
Classical Theatre
266(3)
Yose
269(1)
Contemporary Theatre
269(4)
Around Tokyo
273(50)
North of Tokyo
275(1)
Nikko
275(5)
Around Nikko
280(2)
Mashiko
282(1)
Oze-ga-hara & Lake Oze-numa
283(1)
Kawagoe
283(1)
Chichibu-Tama National Park
283(4)
Mito
287(1)
West of Tokyo
287(1)
Mt Fuji Area
287(6)
Hakone
293(5)
Izu-hanto
298(6)
South of Tokyo
304(1)
Kawasaki
304(1)
Yokohama
305(6)
Kamakura
311(6)
Enoshima
317(1)
East of Tokyo
317(1)
Narita
317(2)
Izu-shoto
318(1)
O-shima
319(1)
To-shima
319(1)
Nii-jima
320(1)
Shikine-jima
320(1)
Kozu-shima
320(1)
Miyake-jima
320(1)
Mikura-jima
321(1)
Hachijo-jima
321(2)
Ogasawara-shoto
322(1)
Central Honshu
323(76)
Nagoya
324(10)
Southern Gifu-ken
334(1)
Seki
334(1)
Gifu
335(2)
Inuyama
337(2)
Around Inuyama
339(1)
Gujo Hachiman
339(1)
Gero
340(1)
Northern Gifu-ken
340(1)
Takayama
341(9)
Furukawa
350(1)
Shokawa Valley Region
351(4)
Hirayu Onsen
355(1)
Fukuchi Onsen
356(1)
Shin-Hotaka Onsen
356(1)
Nagano-ken
357(1)
Tenryu-kyo & Komaga-take
357(2)
Bessho Onsen
359(1)
Kiso Valley Region
359(3)
Matsumoto
362(4)
Shirahone Onsen
366(1)
Kamikochi
366(3)
Norikura-kogen & Norikura Onsen
369(1)
Hotaka
370(1)
Nagano
370(4)
Togakushi
374(1)
Obuse
374(1)
Yudanaka
374(1)
Hakuba & Around
375(1)
Omachi
376(1)
Toyama-ken
376(1)
Toyama
376(2)
Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route
378(1)
Kurobe-kyo & Unazuki Onsen
379(1)
Gokayama
379(1)
Ishikawa-ken
379(1)
Kanazawa
380(8)
Noto-hanto
388(6)
Hakusan National Park
394(2)
Fukui-ken
396(1)
Fukui
396(1)
Eihei-Ji
397(1)
Tojinbo
397(1)
Tsuruga
398(1)
Kansai Region
399(124)
Kyoto
401(1)
History
401(1)
Suggested Itinerary
402(1)
Planning
402(1)
Orientation
403(1)
Information
403(6)
Central Kyoto
409(4)
Kyoto Station Area
413(4)
Eastern Kyoto
417(10)
North-Western Kyoto
427(4)
Western Kyoto
431(2)
South & South-Eastern Kyoto
433(3)
Northern Kyoto
436(4)
Baths
440(1)
Activities
441(1)
Organised Tours
441(1)
Special Events
441(1)
Places to Stay
442(5)
Places to Eat
447(5)
Entertainment
452(2)
Shopping
454(2)
Getting There & Away
456(1)
Getting Around
457(1)
Shiga-ken
458(1)
Otsu
458(2)
Sakamoto
460(1)
Ishiyama-dera
460(1)
Hikone
461(1)
Nagahama
461(1)
Osaka
462(1)
History
462(1)
Orientation
462(2)
Information
464(1)
Central Osaka
465(1)
Kita Area
465(2)
Minami Area
467(3)
Tenno-ii & Around
470(1)
Other Attractions
471(1)
Special Events
472(1)
Places to Stay
472(2)
Places to Eat
474(2)
Entertainment
476(1)
Shopping
477(1)
Getting There & Away
477(1)
Getting Around
478(10)
Kobe
479(6)
Himeji
485(3)
Nara
488(1)
History
488(1)
Information
489(1)
Nara-koen Area
489(3)
Todai-ji
492(2)
Naramachi
494(1)
Temples South-West of Nara
494(2)
Organised Tours
496(1)
Special Events
496(1)
Places to Stay
496(1)
Places to Eat
497(1)
Entertainment
498(1)
Getting Around
498(1)
Around Nara
499(1)
Around Sakurai
499(2)
Around Yamato-Yagi
501(1)
Asuka
502(1)
Oshino
502(3)
Odai-ga-hara & Osugi-dani
505(1)
Iga-Ueno
505(2)
Wakayama-ken
507(1)
Shingu
507(2)
Doro-kyo
509(1)
Hongu
509(1)
Yunomine, Watarase & Kawa-yu Onsen
509(1)
Nachi & Kii-Katsuura
510(1)
Kushimoto & Shionomi-saki
510(1)
Shirahama
511(1)
Wakayama
512(1)
Koya-san
513(4)
Shima-hanto
517(1)
Ise
517(3)
Futami
520(1)
Toba
520(1)
Ago-wan & Kashikojima
520(1)
South of Kashikojima
521(2)
Western Honshu
523(74)
Accommodation
524(1)
Getting There & Away
525(1)
Okayama-ken
525(1)
Okayama
525(5)
Around Okayama
530(3)
Kurashiki
533(4)
Takahashi
537(1)
Fukiya
538(1)
Hiroshima-ken
539(1)
Fukuyama
539(1)
Tomo-no-Ura
540(2)
Onomichi
542(2)
Onomichi to Hiroshima
544(1)
Northern Hiroshima-ken
545(1)
Hiroshima
546(9)
Miyajima
555(3)
The Inland Sea
558(1)
Omi-shima
558(1)
Ikuchi-jima
559(1)
Inno-shima
559(1)
Shiwaku-shoto
559(1)
Shodo-shima
560(1)
Awaji-shima
561(1)
Yamaguchi-ken
562(1)
Iwakuni
562(3)
Yamaguchi
565(2)
Around Yamaguchi
567(1)
Shimonoseki
568(4)
Shimonoseki to Hagi
572(1)
Akiyoshi-dai
572(1)
Hagi
573(6)
Shimane-ken
579(1)
Tsuwano
579(4)
Masuda
583(1)
Izumo
583(2)
Matsue
585(4)
Around Matsue & Izumo
589(2)
Oki-shoto
591(1)
Yonago
592(1)
Tottori-ken
593(1)
Tottori
593(1)
Wakasa-wan Area
594(1)
Wakasa-wan
594(1)
Amanohashidate
595(1)
Tango-hanto
595(1)
Kinosaki
596(1)
Northern Honshu (Tohoku)
597(72)
Fukushima-ken
599(1)
Aizu-Wakamatsu
599(2)
Ouchijuku
601(1)
Kitakata
602(1)
Inawashiro-ko
603(1)
Bandai-san & Bandai-kogen
603(1)
Miyagi-ken
604(1)
Sendai
604(7)
Around Sendai
611(1)
Akiu Onsen
611(1)
Matsushima
611(2)
Oku-Matsushima
613(1)
Oshika-hanto
614(1)
Ayukawa
614(1)
Kinkazan
614(1)
Onagawa
615(1)
Naruko Onsen
615(1)
Iwate-ken
616(1)
Hiraizumi
616(3)
Tono
619(3)
Morioka
622(3)
Iwate-san
625(1)
Miyako
626(1)
Ryusen-do
626(1)
Aomori-ken
627(1)
Hachinohe
627(1)
Shimokita-hanto
628(1)
Aomori
629(4)
Hakkoda-san
633(1)
Hirosaki
634(3)
Aoni Onsen
637(1)
Iwaki-san
637(1)
Towada-ko
638(1)
Akita-ken
639(1)
Hachimantai
639(2)
Tazawa-ko
641(1)
Kakunodate
642(2)
Akita
644(3)
Kisakata
647(1)
Yamagata-ken
647(1)
Sakata
647(2)
Tobi-shima
649(1)
Mogami-kyo
650(1)
Tsuruoka
650(1)
Dewa Sanzan
651(3)
Yamagata
654(2)
Tendo
656(1)
Zao-san
656(1)
Yamadera
657(1)
Takahata
657(1)
Yonezawa
657(1)
Niigata-ken
658(1)
Niigata
658(4)
Sado-ga-shima
662(6)
Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen
668(1)
Hokkaido
669(58)
Do-nan (Southern Hokkaido)
675(1)
Hakodate
675(5)
Matsumae
680(1)
Esashi & Okushiri-to
680(4)
Sapporo
681(3)
Things to See & Do
684(6)
Do-o (Central Hokkaido)
690(1)
Otaru
690(2)
Niseko
692(1)
Toya-Ko
693(2)
Muroran
695(1)
Noboribetsu Onsen
696(1)
Shiraoi
697(1)
Tomakomai
697(1)
Biratori
698(1)
Shikoku
699(1)
Do-hoku (Northern Hokkaido)
700(1)
Wakkanai
700(2)
Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park
702(5)
Asahikawa
707(2)
Daisetsuzan National Park
708(1)
Furano
709(1)
Biei
710(1)
Tokachidake & Shirogane Onsen
711(1)
Asahidake Onsen
711(1)
Sounkyo Onsena
712(2)
Do-to (Eastern Hokkaido)
714(1)
Abashiri
714(1)
Shari
715(1)
Utoro
715(1)
Shiretoko-hanto
716(2)
Rausu
718(1)
Akan National Park
718(1)
Kawayu Onsen
718(3)
Teshikaga (Mashu Onsen)
721(1)
Akan Kohan
721(2)
Kushiro
723(1)
Tokachi
724(1)
Obihiro
724(1)
Ikeda
725(1)
Erimo-misaki
726(1)
Shikoku
727(39)
Onsen Manial
728(1)
Kagawa-ken
729(1)
Takamatsu
729(5)
West of Takamatsu
734(4)
Tokushima-ken
738(1)
Tokushima
738(4)
Around Tokushima
742(1)
Iya Valley
743(4)
Kochi-ken
747(1)
Kochi
747(4)
Around Kochi
751(1)
Muroto-misaki
752(1)
Ashizuri-misaki
752(1)
North-West to Uwajima753
753(1)
Ehime-ken
753(1)
Matsuyama
753(6)
Around Matsuyama
759(1)
Uchiko
760(2)
Uchiko to Uwajima
762(1)
Uwajima
762(4)
Kyushu
766(87)
Fukuoka-ken
767(1)
Kitakyushu
767(3)
Fukuoka/Hakata
770(9)
Dazaifu
779(2)
Tachiarai
781(1)
Genkai Quasi-National Park
781(1)
Kurume
781(1)
Yanagawa
781(1)
Saga-ken
782(1)
Karatsu
782(1)
Higashi-Matsuura-hanto
783(1)
Pottery Towns
784(1)
North-West Islands
784(1)
Tsu-shima
785(1)
Iki-shima
785(1)
Hirado-shima
786(1)
Goto Retto
786(1)
Kyujukyu-shima
787(1)
Nagasaki-ken
787(1)
Nagasaki
787(12)
Shimabara-hanto
799(1)
Unzen
799(1)
Fugen-dake Walk
800(1)
Shimabara
800(1)
Kumamoto-ken
801(1)
Kumamoto
801(6)
Yamaga Onsen
807(1)
Aso-san Area
807(4)
Kurokawa Onsen
811(1)
South of Kumamoto
812(1)
Amakusa-shoto
812(1)
Kagoshima-ken
812(1)
Kirishima National Park
812(2)
Kirishima-jingu
814(1)
Kagoshima
814(8)
Sakurajima
822(2)
Satsuma-hanto
824(1)
Chiran
824(9)
Matsuri Magic
825(8)
Ibusuki
833(2)
Miyazaki-ken
835(1)
Obi
835(1)
Toi-misaki & Nichinan-Kaigan
836(1)
Miyazaki
836(4)
Seagaia
840(1)
Saitobaru
840(1)
Takachiho
840(3)
Oita-ken
843(1)
Beppu
843(6)
Usuki
849(1)
Yufuin
850(1)
Beppu to Aso-san
851(1)
Kunisaki-hanto
851(1)
Northern Oita-ken
852(1)
Okinawa & The South-West Islands
853(36)
History
854(1)
Orientation
855(1)
Climate
855(1)
Osumi-shoto
856(1)
Yaku-shima
856(2)
Amami-shoto
858(1)
Amami-Oshima
858(1)
Other Amami Islands
858(1)
Okinawa-honto
858(1)
Naha
858(8)
Southern Okinawa-honto
866(2)
Central Okinawa-honto
868(1)
Okinawa City
869(1)
Okinawa City to Nago
870(1)
Nago
870(1)
Motobu-hanto
871(1)
le-jima
872(1)
Northern Okinawa-honto
872(1)
Islands Around Okinawa-honto
872(1)
Miyako-shoto
873(1)
Miyako-jima
873(3)
Irabu-jima & Shimoji-jima
876(1)
Yaeyama-shoto
877(1)
Ishigaki-jima
877(6)
Taketomi-jima
883(1)
Iriomote-jima
884(2)
Islands Around Iriomote-jima
886(1)
Yonaguni-jima
886(1)
Hateruma-jima
887(2)
Language
889(6)
Glossary
895(7)
Thanks
902(8)
INDEX 910(1)
Abbreviations
910(1)
Text
910(9)
Boxed Text
919

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