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Any of you travelers out there use travel guides? I'm looking for a good guide for moving to Tokyo but i dont want one fo these boring tourist books that tells you all the expensive resturaunts you can't afford and skips the sleazy night life and more underound happenings! I've seen some lonely planet ones and they are cool but not all that concise, the rough guide books look good. I just wondered if anyone actually reads travel guides and if there is travellers bible so to speak! |
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I forgot to mention, I've no interest in Japanese food etc, I'm more keen to find cool music venues and underground bars! |
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This is a good one but really it'd be best to wait 'till you get there and make some friends to ask |
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you lucky git. |
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+ you've got to go it's amazing! |
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hehe yeah everyone raves on about shinjuku, even my fucking japanese lessons "Shinjuku dori wa doko desu ka?" lol. I will no doubt ask my fellow work mates some of the mor insider hang outs i just fancied a guide to read before i arrive and for initial adventures! It's a shame they focus on central Tokyo because im moving to Toba city (Tokyo's urban sprawl) although Tokyo is so close i see no reaosn not to simply hang out there! |
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Toda not Toba! |
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I meant Tokyu Hands, the shop in Shinjuku. It's got everything from Architects models to Scarves in every colour to suitcases in every style and colour to HardGay fancy dress costumes to knives to umbrellas etc. etc. It's amazing!! |
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I am so spending all my wages on every bit of hard gay merchandise! I really want the HG TOMY toy they made! |
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I've got a HardGay alarm clock and keyring from there. |
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I HAVE TO HAVE A HARD GAY ALARM CLOCK!!!!! does it wake you by saying SAY SAY SAY HOOOOOOOO or something? i bet that's an expensive shop hehe |
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Hey man hows your trip coming along? When will you be in TK? I am in Laos at the moment, I have been thinking about going to Jap for a few days in a month or so, if I can by any chance get some great flight deals, etc. Its probably not going to happen though I'll keep you updated it would be cool to meet in Tokyo of all the places on earth. But on topic, yeah over here, travel guides are pretty much THE LAW it seems. Lonely Planet outnumbers Rough Guide about 15 - 1 I would say, literally. This is in South East Asia, so you need one really, its not like there's a yellow pages for rural Laos. Some people are militantly anti-LP, as so many backpackers now don't explore anywhere outside of the restaurants/guesthouses/whatever recommended. And I think most people feel the same, but that doesn't mean they can't be really essential though, if for nothing else than for the maps of each location, prices/modes of transport, locations of post offices/watever, tel numbers... I would advise you to get one as up to date as humanly possible. The latest Laos LP everyone's got is Jan '05, and its so inaccurate now. And also, don't assume the critics know anything at all - half the places they recommend are shitholes, etc, or non-existant, as they date so fast. Don't make the mistake of using the book like an actual itinerary planner - maybe when you start, then use it more for reference as you find your feet. I've found that spoken recommendations for food/sleep/drink/towns are so much more useful than anything in the guidebooks. The main LP everyone has over here is 'South East Asia - On a Shoestring' (yeah this is SEAsia's travellers' bible, unofficially: the 'Yellow Bible') which obviously has zero expensive places recommended. Now I'm not sure if there's an equivalent that includes Japan but I'm sure that would be cool. So yeah I would say get an LP or RG, its a good base, then maybe get somehting a bit more specific as to the kinda scene you're interested in. Too much writing, keep in tou |
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...ch. |
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hhehee sounds like your having a good time man. I have the lonely Planet Japan book but everyone seems to make a specific guide just for Tokyo as its so big and so different from the rest of Japan. Theres new LP for tokyo out August 31st unfortunatly I fly August 28th :( so i'll have to get last years. I already bought a AAA city guide because of the road map,I figured I'd get one over here where it has Japanese and English road signs :D it's gonna be a hell of a city to explore, but at least i have a whole year to explore it :D |
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hey john nice to see you here. your emails made me laugh. very british :D |
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