what is a good book to help with preparing to travel to japan?

Question

i will be traveling to japan in early april '07 and i was trying to find a good book about japan to help me prepare for the trip. this is my first international trip. in the past, i have used the dummies books (i.e., hawaii for dummies, etc) and they have been very helpful, however, they do not make one for japan. i went to the book store and i was able to find a couple good books on customs and etiquette of japan, as well as, a basic japanese phrase book. i guess i'm looking for more of a travel guide book (i.e., where to stay, tips on getting around, best cherry blossom sites, etc)....frommers makes a book, but was hoping there was something simpler out there (like the dummies books). i should also mention that i will be spending my time in tokyo. thanks for your help.

Answer 1

i have lived abroad, and traveled all over the place. out of all of the travel books out there, lonely planet is by far the best. it seriously is the traveler's bible. they make them for everything you can possibly think of, and they cover everything. i used them in china, while i was backpacking southeast asia, and all over europe. everyone else i talk to swears by their lonely planet guide books.

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Answer 2

in case you pick to earnings jap on your commute, you're extra useful off for the instant in targeted on some key and sensible words. you could actual do this with a powerful travellers' word e book. straight forward yet sensible words which includes: "the position is ...?", "how a lot is this?", and so on. issues that a vacationer would pick for circumstances they might stumble upon on their adventure truly of verbal substitute on the philosophical which technique of "wa". The huge substantial of the jap are thoughtful and knowledge of travellers who do no longer communicate jap. in case you're taking some straight forward education and take a even as, it truly isn't problematical. you isn't waiting to have deep meaingful verbal substitute with human beings you meet, yet you're purely going to be there for a pair weeks in any case. even as English is a required learn in jap faculties, this technique they have isn't geared in the route of verbal substitute yet for interpreting comprehension so those who bypass into parts which includes medical, engineering, international corporation fields can study the classes concerning those parts. So, do not assume to easily walk as a lot as any jap human being and performance an English verbal substitute.

Answer 3

oh...i have to say good luck in japan...

why not come to Hong Kong & Macau in China?
too see the real culture...