The Rough Guide to Japan 2

by Dodd, Jan; Richmond, Simon

• ISBN13: 9781858286990
• ISBN10: 1858286999
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-06
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

THE ROUGH GUIDE TO JAPAN is the most complete handbook to this exhilarating country. Features include:

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
PART ONE BASICS	1	(80)
Getting there from Britain & Ireland	3	(3)
Getting there from the USA & Canada	6	(4)
Getting there from Australia & New Zealand	10	(3)
Land & sea routes to Japan	13	(2)
Visas & red tape	15	(2)
Insurance	17	(1)
Health	18	(2)
Travellers with disabilities	20	(1)
Information & maps	21	(4)
Costs, money & banks	25	(3)
Getting around	28	(10)
Accommodation	38	(7)
Eating & drinking	45	(11)
Communications & the media	56	(4)
Opening hours, national holidays & festivals	60	(3)
Social conventions & etiquette	63	(4)
Shopping & souvenirs	67	(2)
Sports & outdoor activities	69	(5)
Police, trouble & emergencies	74	(2)
Working & studying in Japan	76	(2)
Gay & lesbian Japan	78	(1)
Directory	79	(2)
PART TWO THE GUIDE	81	(746)
Tokyo	83	(93)
Arrival	87	(3)
Information	90	(1)
Orientation	90	(1)
City transport	91	(2)
Accommodation	93	(7)
The Imperial Palace	100	(4)
East of the Imperial Palace	104	(4)
North of the Imperial Palace	108	(4)
South & west of the Imperial Palace	112	(3)
Asakusa	115	(5)
Ueno	120	(4)
West along the Yamanote line	124	(2)
Ikebukuro	126	(3)
Shinjuku	129	(5)
Meiji-jingu	134	(2)
Harajuku	136	(2)
Shibuya	138	(2)
Ebisu	140	(2)
Meguro & Shinagawa	142	(2)
Bayside Tokyo	144	(5)
Eating	149	(10)
Nightlife & entertainment	159	(10)
Shopping	169	(5)
Travel details	174	(2)
Around Tokyo	176	(67)
Nikko	178	(9)
Mashiko	187	(1)
Narita	188	(2)
Kawagoe	190	(3)
Mount Takao	193	(2)
Fuji Five Lakes	195	(2)
Mount Fuji	197	(2)
Hakone	199	(6)
Izu Hanto	205	(1)
Atami	206	(2)
Shimoda	208	(6)
Matsuzaki	214	(1)
Dogashima	215	(1)
Shuzenji	216	(2)
Kamakura	218	(10)
Yokohama	228	(12)
Travel details	240	(3)
Northern Honshu	243	(76)
Aizu-Wakamatsu	243	(4)
Kitakata	247	(1)
Bandai Kogen	248	(1)
Yamagata	249	(3)
Zao Onsen	252	(1)
Yamadera	253	(1)
Sendai	254	(6)
Matsushima	260	(2)
Oshika Hanto	262	(2)
Hiraizumi	264	(3)
The Tono valley	267	(6)
Morioka	273	(4)
Aomori	277	(6)
Shimokita Hanto	283	(2)
Hirosaki	285	(6)
Towada-ko	291	(1)
Akita	292	(4)
Kakunodate	296	(5)
Dewa-Sanzan	301	(3)
Nigata	304	(4)
Sado-ga-shima	308	(8)
Travel details	316	(3)
Hokkaido	319	(52)
Sapporo	323	(11)
Otaru	334	(1)
Niseko	334	(2)
Hakodate	336	(6)
Shikotsu-Toya National Park	342	(7)
Asahikawa	349	(1)
Daisetsu-zan National Park	350	(3)
Bibaushi	353	(1)
Furano	354	(1)
Wakkanai	355	(2)
Rishiri-to	357	(1)
Rebun-to	358	(2)
Abashiri	360	(3)
Shiretoko National Park	363	(2)
Akan National Park	365	(3)
Kushiro	368	(1)
The Shiretoko Peninsula	368	(1)
Erimo Misaki	369	(1)
Travel details	370	(1)
Central Honshu	371	(60)
Nagano	373	(5)
Karuizawa	378	(1)
Togakushi	379	(2)
Obuse	381	(1)
Nozawa Onsen	382	(1)
Hakuba	383	(1)
Shiga Kogen	383	(1)
Matsumoto	384	(5)
Hotaka	389	(1)
Kamikochi	389	(2)
Norikura Kogen Onsen	391	(2)
Narai	393	(1)
Magome	393	(1)
Tsumago	394	(1)
Takayama	395	(6)
Furukawa	401	(1)
Shirakawa-go & Gokayama	402	(4)
Takaoka & Toyama	406	(1)
Kanazawa	407	(7)
Noto Hanto	414	(3)
Fukui & Eihei-ji	417	(1)
Nagoya	418	(6)
Inuyama	424	(1)
Meiji Mura	425	(1)
Gifu	426	(1)
Gujo Hachiman	427	(2)
Travel details	429	(2)
Kansai	431	(119)
Osaka	433	(18)
Takarazuka	451	(2)
Kyoto	453	(47)
Hiei-zan	500	(3)
Ohara	503	(1)
Arashiyama	504	(3)
Uji	507	(2)
Nara	509	(14)
Koya-san	523	(5)
Shima Hanto	528	(1)
Ise	529	(4)
Toba	533	(1)
Ago-wan	533	(2)
Kobe	535	(8)
Arima Onsen	543	(1)
Himeji	544	(4)
Travel details	548	(2)
Western Honshu	550	(80)
Okayama	553	(7)
Kurashiki	560	(5)
Takahashi	565	(2)
Kojima & Seto-Ohashi	567	(1)
Imbe	567	(1)
Fukuyama	568	(2)
Tomo-no-Ura	570	(2)
Onomichi	572	(4)
Ikuchi-jima	576	(2)
Omi-shima	578	(1)
Hiroshima	578	(9)
Miya-jima	587	(4)
Iwakuni	591	(2)
Yamaguchi	593	(5)
Akiyoshi-dai	598	(1)
Shimonoseki	599	(5)
Hagi	604	(6)
Tsuwano	610	(4)
Matsue	614	(6)
Yakumotatsu Fudoki-no-Oka	620	(1)
Izumo Taisha	621	(2)
Tottori	623	(2)
Amanohashidate	625	(3)
Fuchu	628	(1)
Travel details	629	(1)
Shikoku	630	(64)
Takamatsu	634	(6)
Yashima	640	(1)
Shodo-shima	641	(3)
Nao-shima	644	(1)
Mega-jima	645	(1)
Kotohira	646	(3)
Tokushima	649	(8)
Hiwasa	657	(1)
Oboke Gorge	658	(2)
Kochi	660	(9)
Ashizuri Misaki	669	(1)
Tatsukushi	670	(1)
Sukumo	671	(1)
Uwajima	671	(5)
Uwa-cho	676	(1)
Uchiko	676	(3)
Matsuyama	679	(12)
Ishizuchi-san	691	(1)
Travel details	692	(2)
Kyushu	694	(90)
Kita-Kyushu	697	(1)
Fukuoka	698	(6320)
Dazaifu	7018
Takeo	712	(1)
Huis ten Bosch	712	(2)
Nagasaki	714	(14)
Unzen	728	(2)
Shimabara	730	(1)
Kumamoto	731	(7)
Aso	738	(4)
Kurokawa Onsen	742	(1)
Takachiho	742	(2)
Beppu	744	(7)
Kagoshima	751	(8)
Ibusuki	759	(5)
Yakushima	764	(6)
Kirishima National Park	770	(3)
Miyazaki	773	(6)
Aoshima	779	(1)
Obi	780	(1)
Aya	781	(1)
Travel details	782	(2)
Okinawa	784	(43)
Okinawa-Honto	788	(2)
Naha	790	(9)
Southern Okinawa	799	(1)
Central Okinawa	800	(3)
Northern Okinawa	803	(2)
The Kerama islands	805	(3)
The Miyako islands	808	(5)
The Yaeyama islands	813	(13)
Travel details	826	(1)
PART THREE CONTEXTS	827	(84)
History	828	(13)
Religion, belief and ritual	841	(10)
Art and architecture	851	(10)
Music	861	(6)
Environmental issues	867	(7)
Film	874	(7)
Pop culture	881	(8)
Books	889	(10)
Language	899	(9)
Glossaries	908	(3)
Index	911