TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
PART ONE BASICS
Getting there from Britain and Ireland
Getting there from the USA and Canada
Getting there from Australia and New Zealand
Land and sea routes to Japan
Visas and red tape
Insurance
Health
Travellers with disabilities
Information and maps
Costs, money and banks
Getting around
Accommodation
Eating and drinking
Communications and the media
Opening hours, national holidays and festivals
Social conventions and etiquette
Shopping and souvenirs
Sports and outdoor activities
Police, trouble and emergencies
Working and studying in Japan
Gay and lesbian Japan
Directory
PART TWO THE GUIDE
CHAPTER 1: TOKYO
Arrival
Information
Orientation
City transport
Accommodation
The Imperial Palace
East of the Imperial Palace
North of the Imperial Palace
South and west of the Imperial Palace
Asakusa
Ueno
West along the Yamanote line
Ikebukuro
Shinjuku
Meiji-jingp
Harajuku
Shibuya
Ebisu
Meguro and Shinagawa
Bayside Tokyo
Eating
Nightlife and entertainment
Shopping
Travel details
CHAPTER 2: AROUND TOKYO
Nikko
Mashiko
Narita
Kawagoe
Mount Takao
Fuji Five Lakes
Mount Fuji
Hakone
Izu Hanto
Atami
Shimoda
Matsuzaki
Dogashima
Shuzenji
Kamakura
Yokohama
Travel details
CHAPTER 3: NORTHERN HONSHU
Aizu-Wakamatsu
Kitakata
Bandai Kogen
Yamagata
Zao Onsen
Yamadera
Sendai
Matsushima
Oshika Hanto
Hiraizumi
The Tono valley
Morioka
Aomori
Shimokita Hanto
Hirosaki
Towada-ko
Akita
Kakunodate
Dewa-sanzan
Niigata
Sado-ga-shima
Travel details
CHAPTER 4: HOKKAIDO
Sapporo
Otaru
Niseko
Hakodate
Shikotsu-Toya National Park
Asahikawa
Daisetsu-zan National Park
Bibaushi
Furano
Wakkanai
Rishiri-to
Rebun-to
Abashiri
Shiretoko National Park
Akan National Park
Kushiro
The Shiretoko Peninsula
Erimo Misaki
Travel details
CHAPTER 5: CENTRAL HONSHU
Nagano
Karuizawa
Togakushi
Obuse
Nozawa Onsen
Hakuba
Shiga Kogen
Matsumoto
Hotaka
Kamikochi
Norikura Kogen Onsen
Narai
Magome
Tsumago
Takayama
Furukawa
Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
Takaoka and Toyama
Kanazawa
Noto Hanto
Fukui and Eihei-ji
Nagoya
Inuyama
Meiji Mura
Gifu
Gujo Hachiman
Travel details
CHAPTER 6: KANSAI
Osaka
Takarazuka
Kyoto
Hiei-zan
Ohara
Arashiyama
Uji
Nara
Koya-san
Shima Hanto
Ise
Toba
Ago-wan
Kobe
Arima Onsen
Himeji
Travel details
CHAPTER 7: WESTERN HONSHU
Okayama
Kurashiki
Takahashi
Kojima and Seto-rhashi
Imbe
Fukuyama
Tomo-no-Ura
Onomichi
Ikuchi-jima
rmi-shima
Hiroshima
Miya-jima
Iwakuni
Yamaguchi
Akiyoshi-dai
Shimonoseki
Hagi
Tsuwano
Matsue
Yakumotatsu Fudoki-no-Oka
Izumo Taisha
Tottori
Amanohashidate
Fuchu
Travel details
CHAPTER 8: SHIKOKU
Takamatsu
Yashima
Shodo-shima
Nao-shima
Mega-jima
Kotohira
Tokushima
Hiwasa
rboke Gorge
Kochi
Ashizuri Misaki
Tatsukushi
Sukumo
Uwajima
Uwa-chô
Uchiko
Matsuyama
Ishizuchi-san
Travel details
CHAPTER 9: KYUSHU
Kita-Kyushu
Fukuoka
Dazaifu
Takeo
Huis ten Bosch
Nagasaki
Unzen
Shimabara
Kumamoto
Aso
Kurokawa Onsen
Takachiho
Beppu
Kagoshima
Ibusuki
Yakushima
Kirishima National Park
Miyazaki
Aoshima
Obi
Aya
Travel details
CHAPTER 10: OKINAWA
Okinawa-Honto
Naha
Southern Okinawa
Central Okinawa
Northern Okinawa
The Kerama islands
The Miyako islands
The Yaeyama islands
Travel details
PART THREE CONTEXTS
History
Religion, belief and ritual
Art and architecture
Music
Environmental issues
Film
Pop culture
Books
Language
Glossaries
Index
LIST OF MAPS
Japan
Chapter divisions map
TOKYO
The Imperial Palace and around
East of the Imperial Palace
North of the Imperial Palace
Akasaka and Roppongi
Asakusa
Ueno
Ikebukuro
Shinjuku
Shibuya, Harajuku and Aoyama
Daikanyama, Ebisu and Hiro-o
AROUND TOKYO
Nikkl
Kawagoe
Fuji Five Lakes
Hakone
Izu Hantl
Shimoda
Kamakura
Yokohama
NORTHERN HONSHU
Aizu-Wakamatsu and Bandai Klgen
Yamagata
Sendai
Tlno
Morioka
Aomori
Hirosaki
Towada-ko
Akita
Dewa-sanzan
Niigita
Sado-ga-shima
HOKKAIDO
Sapporo
Hakodate
Shikotsu-Toya
National Park
Daisetsu-zan
National Park
Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu
National Park
CENTRAL HONSHU
Nagano
Matsumoto
Takayama
Ogimachi
Kanazawa
Nagoya
KANSAI
Osaka
Kita
Minami
Kyoto
Central Kyoto
Around Kyoto Station
East Kyoto
Northwest Kyoto
Around Kyoto
Nara
Around Nara
Koya-san
Shima Hanto
Kobe
Himeji
WESTERN HONSHU
Okayama
Kurashiki
Tomo-no-ura
Onomichi
Hiroshima
Miya-jima
Yamaguchi
Shimonoseki
Hagi
Tsuwano
Matsue
Amanohashidate
SHIKOKU
Takamatsu
Kotohira
Tokushima
Oboke Gorge and
Iya Valley
Kochi
Uwajima
Uchiko
Matsuyama
Dogo
KYUSHU
Fukuoka
Dazaifu
Nagasaki
Central Nagasaki
Kumamoto
The Aso Caldera
Beppu
Kagoshima
Ibusuki
Yakushima
Kirishima
National Park
Miyazaki
OKINAWA
Okinawa Island
Naha
Miyako-jima
Hirara
Yaeyama Island
Ishigaki
Taketomi-jima
COLOUR
Tokyo Subway
Osaka rail lines
