Lonely Planet Best of Japan

by Lonely Planet, Rebecca Milner

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher

Lonely Planet Best of Japan is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. See traditional geisha in Kyoto, hike up Mt Fuji, or shop around the clock in Tokyo; all with your trusted travel companion. Discover the best of Japan and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet Best of Japan:

Full-colour maps and images throughout

Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests

Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots

Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices

Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss

Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, art, architecture, politics, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, onsen, ryokan, customs, etiquette

Over 40 colour maps

Covers Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Japan Alps, Fuji Five Lakes, Mt Fuji, Hiroshima, Osaka, Naoshima, Hokkaido, Kagoshima, Okinawa, Kii Peninsula and more
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Best of Japan, our easy-to-use guide, filled with inspiring and colorful photos, focuses on Japan's most popular attractions for those looking for the best of the best.


Looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends both popular and offbeat experiences, and extensively covers all the country has to offer? Check out Lonely Planet Japan guide.


Looking for a guide for Japan's major cities? Check out Lonely Planet Tokyo and Lonely Planet Kyoto guides for comprehensive looks at all that each of these cities have to offer; or Pocket Tokyo and Pocket Kyoto & Osaka, handy-sized guides focused on the can't-miss sights for quick city trips.
About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves, near or far from home.

TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category

Genres: Travel, Japan, Nonfiction

324 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2017

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

[Nicki Markus · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Best of Japan is a good introductory text. I am planning my first-ever trip to Japan, and this book gave me an excellent overview of the cities/areas, which has helped me decide where I want to concentrate my time on this first visit. Being a "best of" guide, there is some depth of information missing in a few areas. However, those are things I can now check online, armed with a basic knowledge of what I would like to see and do. I plan to follow up this reading with a guide just for Tokyo, but this was a worthwhile book to skim through in the earliest planning stages. Recommended for first-time visitors looking to cover the basics fast.

[Maruska Matouskova · Rating 5 out of 5]

V roce 2019 jeden z mála aktuálních českých průvodců po Japonsku. Nikdy bych nevěřila, jak je ta aktuálnost užitečná. Anglické verze jsou daleko širší, tady mi ale na tří týdenní pobyt stačilo. Ono stejně až tam člověk přijede, najednou se mu otevřou oči a chce vidět i něco jiného, než co říká průvodce. Třeba i to, co mu doporučí krajané v zahraničí a nebo lokální obyvatelé.

[Jade · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good overview for first-time travellers but unfortunately lacking depth of famous streets and areas in favour of pages upon pages of restaurant recommendations.

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

added a ton of neat recs to our itinerary!!

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great travel guide.

Was hoping to go to Japan this year.. Alas

4.8/5