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Don’t Visit Tokyo Without It!
- Carefully curated listings – top quality without the top prices
- Getting around – we simplify it for you
- Seasonal activities – the highlights each month
- Traveling with your family? – special chapter “Tokyo with kids”
- Area guides – easy to follow maps and listings
- Super tasty eats – eat your way through the world’s tastiest city
Suggested Activity
Hands-on Kintsugi Experience
Looking for a totally different experience in Tokyo? Take a class in kintsugi - the revered Japanese art of repairing old pottery. Stemming from a belief that breakage is part of the history of an object, rather than a reason to throw it away, your class involves fixing damaged items with lacquer mixed with gold. It's a unique lesson - and an equally unique ...

What Does The Guide Look Like?
The guide is available in Epub, Kindle and PDF, so you can read it on pretty much any e-reader, smartphone, tablet or computer. Here’s a preview of what the guide looks like:




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– John Daub, Creator and Producer of Only in Japan and NHK World reporter
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