- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Automobile Association; 3rd Revised edition edition (2 Jan 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749535792
- ISBN-13: 978-0749535797
- Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 13.6 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This pack consists of a folded map and a travel guide, designed to provide fascinating facts and anecdotes as well as practical travel information. Features include: an A-Z section of places to visit; viewing ratings for sights to help you plan your trip; suggested walks and days out, with clear maps; information on Japan as it was and the essence of Japan today; and practical travel facts, including recommended hotels and restaurants.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A well written book, that guides you thought the must see parts of Japan. Itfs additional sections on culture, travel facts and hotels and restaurants make traveling a great deal smoother, and historical snippets help you to understand the significance of what you are seeing. Itfs logical progression through districts make it easy to use. Mapped out walks, and its recommendations of- Do not miss, highly recommended worth seeing and not essential, make sure you see all of the things that appeal to you.
Its only downside is a somewhat brief assessment of Osaka but this is easily overcome with a regional guide for the city.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Useless. Bad maps. No focus. Don't touch.
2 Sep 2003
There is the sad thing: sometimes big corporations like AA (and they ARE big in UK, selling everything from roadside rescue to insurance to travel booking) think they can also be publishers and sell books on the strength of their very strong brand.
I can almost see them coming up with the idea. "Let's get someone to write this stuff, we'll get some nice pictures from agency libraries, some kinda map, and bingo!" Sorry, it doesn't work like this. You need some knowledge and experience and skills in travel writing business, and just because it's a big business and you're a big company does not guarantee success.
The book does not position itself anywhere, really. It tries to be as pictorial as Eyewitness Guide or Insight Guide but there is a distinct feeling of everything done in a hurry and on tight budget.
As for practicalities, it doesn't even try. It's just an eclectic collection of semi-relevant factoids. You could write a guide like this without ever actually going to the country.
And for maps - who called them "clear"? They're awful. I could draw you a better map myself, and I am no cartographer. Map depicting a river and a dozen of main streets? Wow, that's helpful, thank you very much. It's good these guys are not in charge of defence or anything serious; on this occasion, they stayed in the business of producing a bad guidebook which hopefully not many people will buy.
Avoid like a plague.
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