Discover Japan

by Lonely Planet, Chris Rowthorn

•Full-colour throughout •Colour maps and handy itineraries •Easy to use with colour-coded tabs •Highlights-focused, including 'Best of' lists •Ideal for one- to two-week trips

Genres: Travel, Japan, Nonfiction, Reference, Cultural, Japanese Literature

400 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2010

About the author

OUR STORY
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.

Reviews

[Ben]

Discovering Japan

This is a very helpful and comprehensive guide on Japan.

I got a lot out of it, and would recommend it to all who are planning to go.

Always a fan of Lonely Planet's guidebooks!

Check it out!

4.3/5

[Gerald Kinro]

Good information but incomplete, for significant parts of the country, those outside of Honshu were neglected.

[Jimmy van der Hoeven]

Perfect help for my trip in Japan as the focus is on the higlights of Japan.

[Lara Kainrathová]

Chichichiiiiii

[Melita]

Pretty good at broad strokes what to do in Japan. A good starting point I think, to help plan the overall structure of my trip.

[Ariadna73]

Loved the picture of the Geishas in Kyoto. Ever since I read Golden's book, I have pictured them in my mind exactly the way they were depicted in this book:




Here is the cover of the book I read


The part I liked the best was the page describing the best and why's of Japan. It is an incredible big amount of information in such small space and few lines:



Finally, the depiction of Kyoto was another part of this book that make me think that it would be a great companion for trip to the empire of the sun.



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[Ilona]

J'ai lu la version française "L'Essentiel du Japon". Vu le format et la concision, ça n'est pas vraiment le livre à utiliser ou emmener. Mais ça donne un aperçu de divers endroits du Japon, et c'est plus facile à lire dans son intégralité qu'un guide plus complet pour une lecture qui soit plus "voyage dans un fauteuil". Surtout pour les choses qu'on ne compte pas faire (tels les randonnées en montagne par exemple).

[Jesse]

This guide is very good when you're joining a preplanned holiday with free time at each place.

It's a more luxurious/condensed version of the regular LP guide and more focused on the sights and activities so it doesn't offer all the places for eating, drinking or sleeping (just the best/most popular).

For eating/drinking you're probably better off wandering around and looking at the menu's anyway.

[Jap Hengky]

I have used this guide in travelling three cities in Japan. It is convenient and give me a good insight on every great places. It has thorough and great details for things that you are looking while traveling to Japan. If you would like to travel independently, might take this guide book as your pal.

[James]

I liked the move towards colour maps and photographs but unfortunately it seemed to be at the expense of the content. Not as detailed or useful as previous black/white lonely planet guides. Used to move around Japan in 2011 but not recommended sorry.

[Diana]

It's been a great resource planning my trip!

[Dgg32]

Concise and informative. Great for first time traveller.