Berlitz Pocket Guide Japan (Travel Guide eBook)

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Berlitz Pocket Guide Japan

The world-renowned pocket travel guide by Berlitz, now with a free bilingual dictionary.

Get Olympic ready with this iconic pocket guide to Japan that comes with a free dictionary - the perfect pocket guidebook to accompany travellers' Tokyo 2020 Olympic adventure.

Compact, concise and packed full of essential information about where to go and what to do, this is an ideal on-the-move guide for exploring Japan. From top tourist attractions like Mount Fuji, deer in Nara and nightlife in Osaka, to cultural gems, including taking in Tokyo's Edo-Tokyo Museum, exploring the historical centre of Kamakura and relaxing in an onsen hot spring, plan your perfect trip with this practical, all-in-one travel guide.

Features of this travel guide to Japan:
- Inspirational itineraries: discover the best destinations, sights and excursions, highlighted with stunning photography
- Historical and cultural insights: delve into the country's rich history and culture, and learn all about its people, art and traditions
- Practical full-colour map: with every major sight and listing highlighted, the full-colour maps make on-the-ground navigation easy
- Key tips and essential information: from transport to tipping, we've got you covered
- Dictionary: quick-reference bilingual language guide to help you with vocabulary 
- Covers: Tokyo; Kanto; Kansai; Chubu; Western Honshu and Shikoku; Kyushu; Northern Honshu; Hokkaido

Get the most out of your trip with Berlitz Phrase Book & Dictionary Japanese

About Berlitz: Berlitz draws on years of travel and language expertise to bring you a wide range of travel and language products, including travel guides, maps, phrase books, language-learning courses, dictionaries and kids' language products.

Sujets

• Travel
• Japan
• East
• Asia

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781785732782
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 14 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Japan, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Japan, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
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 Japan are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Japan. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Berlitz Pocket Guides
The Berlitz story began in 1877 when Maximilian Berlitz devised his revolutionary method of language learning. More than 130 years later, Berlitz is a household name, famed not only for language schools but also as a provider of best-selling language and travel guides.
Our wide-ranging travel products – printed travel guides and phrase books, as well as apps and ebooks – offer all the information you need for a perfect trip, and are regularly updated by our team of expert local authors. Their practical emphasis means they are perfect for use on the ground. Wherever you’re going – whether it’s on a short break, the trip of a lifetime, a cruise or a business trip – we offer the ideal guide for your needs.
Our Berlitz Pocket Guides are the perfect choice if you need reliable, concise information in a handy format. We provide amazing value for money – these guides may be small, but they are packed with information. No wonder they have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.
© 2020 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
Japan’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Tour of Japan
Introduction
The Japanese archipelago
A crowded nation
People
Religion
Extremes of climate
Architecture
Tradition meets modernity
A Brief History
Prehistory and early chronicles
Chinese influences
The Nara Period
The golden Heian era
Enter the shoguns
Creative turmoil
Momoyama unification
Tokugawa takes all
The Yankees are coming
The Meiji restoration
Triumph and disaster
Peace and prosperity
The inevitable collapse
Destruction and rebirth
Historical landmarks
Where To Go
Tokyo
The Imperial Palace
Ginza
Asakusa
Senso-ji Temple and surroundings
Tokyo Skytree
Ueno
Harajuku and Yoyogi Park
Shinjuku
Roppongi
Shinagawa and Odaiba
Kanto
Nikko
The Toshogu Shrine complex
Around Nikko
Yokohama
Kamakura
Sightseeing in Kamakura
Ryukoji Temple and Enoshima Island
Hakone
Izu Peninsula
Mt Fuji
Kansai
Kyoto
Kyoto’s imperial residences
Exploring the city
Higashiyama
Ukyo and Kita
Central Kyoto
South Kyoto
Excursions from Kyoto
Fukui
Nara
Nara Park and Mt Wakakusa
Outside Nara
Iga
Osaka
Kobe
Ise-Shima
The Outer Shrine
The Inner Shrine
Wakayama
Chubu
Takayama
Kanazawa
Nagano
Western Honshu and Shikoku
Himeji
Kurashiki
Hiroshima
Miyajima
Matsue
Shikoku
Kyushu
Northern Kyushu
Southern Kyushu
Western Kyushu
Nagasaki
Northern Honshu and Hokkaido
Tohoku
Hokkaido
Sapporo
Around the island
What To Do
Shopping
Hi tech products
Traditional goods
Entertainment
Noh
Kabuki
Bunraku
Film
Nightlife
Festivals and folklore
Sports
Participatory sports
Spectator sports
Onsen (Hot Springs)
Eating Out
Etiquette
Where to eat
What to eat
Breakfast
Lunch and dinner
Desserts
What to drink
Western-style food
Reading the Menu
To help you order…
… and read the menu
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation
Airports
B
Bathhouses
Budgeting for your trip
C
Camping
Car hire (Rental)
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety (see also Police)
D
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies
Emergencies
Etiquette
G
Getting there
Guides and tours
H
Health and medical care
L
Language
Left luggage
LGBTQ travellers
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening hours
P
Police
Post offices
Public holidays
R
Religion
T
Telephones
Time zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist information
Transport
Travellers with disabilities
V
Visa and entry requirements
W
Websites
Dictionary
English–Japanese
Japanese–English


Japan’s Top 10 Attractions




Top Attraction #1
Chris Stowers/Apa Publications

Nara
Once Japan’s first imperial capital, this city remains the country’s cultural and artistic cradle. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #2
JNTO

Himeji
Home to the only castle in Japan that survives in its original form. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #3
Chris Stowers/Apa Publications

Tokyo
Japan’s capital is one of the largest cities in the world – it captures the mix of tradition and futurism that is central to the magic of this extraordinary country. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #4
Chris Stowers/Apa Publications

Kyoto
The city of temples, sanctuaries, geisha and Zen gardens has played a key role in the establishment of national identity. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #5
Chris Stowers/Apa Publications

Osaka
Japan’s second city is a lively business and nightlife centre. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #6
Dreamstime

Mt Fuji
Japan’s breathtaking national emblem. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #7
Chris Stowers/Apa Publications

Kyushu
A Mediterranean climate, hot springs and active volcanoes. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #8
Chris Stowers/Apa Publications

Toshogu
The last resting place of Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #9
Chris Stowers/Apa Publications

Nagasaki
Despite foreign influences, the city still has a strong Japanese flavour and much of its old town survived the atomic bomb. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #10
Corbis

Ise-Shima
This sacred area is renowned for its Shinto sanctuaries. For more information, click here .


A Perfect Tour of Japan



Days 1-2

Modern Tokyo
Go to Akihabara and marvel at the gadgets on sale. Take a stroll through Ginza, Tokyo’s centre of high fashion. The next day, begin by navigating through Shibuya, the centre of Japan’s youth culture, before winding round to Roppongi Hills and the National Art Center.


Days 3-4

Traditional Tokyo
Start with a stroll through the quiet grounds of the Meiji-jingu shrine and visit the Imperial Treasure House Museum. Make your way to the Imperial Palace at the very heart of the city or go to the beautiful Hamarikyu Garden and try green tea and Japanese sweets at the teahouse. The following morning, head across town to Asakusa and take in Senso-ji temple and Asakusa-jinja. Drop by Ueno to visit the Shitamachi Museum. Finally, brush up on the history of the city at the Edo-Tokyo Museum.


Day 5

Nikko
Take a train north from Tokyo to Nikko and spend a day soaking up th