Insight Guides: Tokyo City Guide (5th ed)

City Guide Tokyo is a full-colour guidebook to Asia's most dynamic city.

Our Best Of Tokyo recommendations will help you to make the most of your time, selecting the best of the city's palaces, temples, shrines and shops, as well as its quirkiest attractions. In-depth essays explore Tokyo's fascinating people, history and culture.

Other topics include the manga and anime craze, the Japanese monarchy, love hotels, "Janglish" and cherry blossoms. A detailed Places section covers all major sites, from the Imperial Palace to the city's shopping and business districts, and beyond to attractions outside the city. Comprehensive, opinionated hotel and restaurant listings are given for each area of the city, plus shopping and nightlife information. Navigation is made easy with detailed colour maps linked to the text by numbered dots, plus an 8-page indexed street atlas.