Insight Guides - Insight Guides City Guide Tokyo

How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book

This Insight CityGuide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Tokyo, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Tokyo. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Tokyo are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Tokyo. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

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Tokyos Top 10 Attractions

At a glance, the Tokyo sights and activities you cant afford to miss, from traditional Asakusa and fashionable Omotesando to relaxing in one of the citys onsen baths or admiring nature in Shinjuku Gyoen.

Top Attraction 1

Omotesando . Parading down tree-lined Omotesando, Tokyos most fashionable shopping avenue, is a must; many of the boutiques are housed in striking modern buildings designed by the worlds top architects. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 2

Onsen . Join throngs of locals enjoying a soothing onsen dip at Odaibas Oedo Onsen Monogatari, a giant modern bathhouse with a nostalgic design, or the more contemporary-styled Spa LaQua. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 3

Senso-ji . Resplendent in red and gold is Senso-ji, the Buddhist temple thats the spiritual core of Asakusa, one of Tokyos most venerable areas, packed with craft shops and lovely ryokan (traditional Japanese inns). For more information,