Tokyo New City GuideThe Tokyo New City Guide goes far beyond the well-worn tourist itineraries and deep into the complex, highly contrasted heart of one of the world's largest and most exciting cities. This lively, up-to-the-minute Japan travel guide covers modern Tokyo like no other. Here's where you will find the ideal balance between the still-extant traditional Japan with its temples, way of life, arts and crafts, kimono, festivals, customs and cuisine and the crowded futuristic technopolis of electronics, high fashion, contemporary art and architecture, and gastronomic experiences from the four corners of the globe. Bewildering at times, the coexistence of such contrasts is precisely what makes Tokyo tick. More than just a perfunctory Tokyo guide, this is a handbook for life in contemporary Tokyo. The style is informative, absorbing and witty and, where due, refreshingly frank and critical. Bursting at the seams with information, it is not only invaluable for the short term visitor or the newcomer, but likely to send even the most jaded long-term residents off to explore some new horizons of their many-faceted adopted home. |
Contents
THE CITY19 | 19 |
ACCOMMODATION43 | 43 |
RYOKAN54 | 54 |
EATING OUT IN TOKYO64 | 64 |
JAPANESE RESTAURANTS71 | 71 |
HEALTH FOOD RESTAURANTS91 | 91 |
SHOPPING DISTRICTS101 | 101 |
TRADITIONAL ARTS AND CRAFTS117 | 117 |
MOVIES174 | 174 |
BARS | 180 |
MUSEUMS | 189 |
CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERIES AND EXHIBIT SPACES198 | 198 |
TRADITIONAL ARTS204 | 204 |
TEMPLES AND SHRINES211 | 211 |
PARKS AND GARDENS217 | 217 |
CEMETERIES223 | 223 |
HARDWARE125 YOJITOOTHPICKS126 | 126 |
FOOD AND DRINK139 | 139 |
BOOKS147 | 147 |
OTHER SHOPS149 | 149 |
TRADITIONAL THEATER157 | 157 |
CONTEMPORARY THEATER165 | 165 |
OUTSIDE TOKYO232 | 232 |
PLANNING247 | 247 |
COMMUNICATIONS257 | 257 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS350 | 350 |
Common terms and phrases
Akasaka artists Asakusa Azabu Bijutsukan Bldg boutiques Chiyoda-ku Chuo-ku closed Sun closed Wed contemporary cuisine daimyo department stores designed district Dogenzaka Ebisu Edo period exit famous fashion buildings festival fish foreign GALLERY garden geisha GEKIJO Ginza grilled Hall Harajuku Hibiya Higashi Hotel Hours Ikebukuro Japan Japanese Japanese-style Jingumae Jinja Shrine Kabuki Kaikan Kanda kimono Kita Aoyama Kyobashi Kyoto Line listed located Lunch Marunouchi meal Meiji period menu Minami Aoyama Minato-ku minutes Museum Nihombashi Ningyocho Nishi Azabu Nishi Shinjuku P.M. daily P.M. on Sun Park popular Rates restaurants rice rooms Roppongi saké samurai sauce Seibu Senso-ji temple served Shibuya Shibuya-ku Shimbashi Shinagawa Shinjuku Station Shinjuku-ku shogun shops Shoten Shrine soba Station street sumo sushi Taito-ku tempura theater ticket Toei Toei Asakusa Line Tokugawa Tokyo Tokyo Station Tokyu traditional Tsukiji Udagawa-cho Ueno ukiyo-e Western Yoyogi Yurakucho Yushima