Yes, this one definitely deserves an entry of its own. Absolutely indispensible entertainment information whether you are living in or visiting Japan. They have a Visitor’s Guide, listings of events in every category imaginable. News, classifieds… the list goes on and on. This is a MUST to pour over before and during your time in Japan.
Below you will find websites to the airport, the limousine bus from the airport and the trains. This will be useful to your planning both before you arrive and even after you arrive.
This will simply be a page of resources that might be used while actually in Japan and needing to perform some quick research.
Honestly? This is THE starting point for Otaku. Be aware that it is out of date, so try and verify actual locations with the shop’s website or googling the shop name (there are many insane people such as myself that are happy to show you a step by step on how to get to a specific place). Otherwise, you’ll notice that there are numerous places of interest packed closely together.
Also, be aware that many of these shops are upstairs and downstairs, so don’t expect main floor signage — or signage in English characters either.
Japanese Phrase Book & Dictionary
by Berlitz
(ISBN-10: 9812681574)
I’ve looked at a lot of these phrase books over the years, and this is the one I keep going back to. It has a bit of everything and gets me by.
Tokyo City Atlas: A Bilingual Guide
by Kodansha International
(ISBN-10: 4770025033)
This is THE BIBLE for travelling around Tokyo and finding anything and everything. What’s so great about it?
- Bilingual, so even if you can’t read the Japanese, you can play “match those characters”
- The first few pages provide you details of the train system — absolutely invaluable and all you really need to navigate the trains
- The maps themselves show you the block numbers, so if you have an address, the only guess work is finding the building and floor number
Thursday, February 23, 2012 | 7:02 am
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