Find out more about Japan with our guidebooks and maps, hear some travellers’ tales from the country or indulge in the surreal writings of Haruki Murakami. From Tokyo to Kyoto, and Mount Fiji to Osaka, we’ve got all the hotspots covered.
Japan
Japan Solo
Japan can be a bewildering place for the tourist going solo with little or no language skills. But with the right guide, it can be paradise - and that guide is most definitely this one. Japan Solo provides a wealth of information far beyond the offerings of the typical travel guide...
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The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
This novel resonates with contemporary Japan, exploring responsibility for both the past and the present, and also the effects of alienation and isolation - as usual though, Murakami goes about this by making some of the most mundane everyday moments unconventional...
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| Publisher: | Freytag & Berndt |
| Catalogue number: | 116324 |
| Scale: | 1:1,500,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Attractive map with hill-shading showing the general relief and bathymetric tinting to show the surrounding ocean depth. Honshu occupies most of the sheet, with Hokkaido in an inset. The Nansei Islands...
| Publisher: | Reise Know-How Verlag |
| Catalogue number: | 122903 |
| Scale: | 1:1,200,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Indexed, waterproof and tear-resistant road map Japan with topographic and tourist information, published by Reise Know-How as part of their highly acclaimed World Mapping Project. The map is double...
| Publisher: | Cartographia |
| Catalogue number: | 132789 |
| Scale: | 1:1,500,000 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock email, weborders@stanfords.co.uk |
Clear and detailed road map of Japan with minor hill shading and selected spot heights, covering Hokkaido, Shikoku and Kyushu at 1:1,500,000, and the Ryukyu Islands in the south at 1:4,500,000.
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| Publisher: | Kodansha International |
| Catalogue number: | 25559 |
| Scale: | 1:1,500,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Relief map of Japan showing the height of land in strong colours.
Names of places are printed in Japanese and Roman script - useful for reading signs. Railways are shown, and major roads appear faintly...
| Publisher: | Reise Know-How Verlag |
| Catalogue number: | 152642 |
| Scale: | 1:1,200,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Pocket-size, spiral bound road atlas of Japan from Reise Know-How, with numerous street plans and a basic phrasebook. The atlas uses the cartography of the publisher’s highly acclaimed World Mapping...
| Publisher: | Shobunsha |
| Catalogue number: | 81945 |
| Scale: | 1:250,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Excellent Road Atlas of Japan from Shobunsha in a paperback, 18.5 x 26cm format, with most of the country at 1:250,000, except for Hokkaido at 1:600,000. City maps, sightseeing maps and toll tables...
| Publisher: | ITMB - International Travel Maps |
| Catalogue number: | 179164 |
| Scale: | 1:850,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Indexed A5 paperback travel atlas of Japan at 1:850,000 from ITMB, with over 27 pages of regional and city enlargements, including Tokyo city, Kyoto city and more.
Main mapping shows national highways...
| Publisher: | ITMB - International Travel Maps |
| Catalogue number: | 98355 |
| Scale: | 1:850,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Physical map of Hokkaido with detailed information on roads, tourist and leisure activities. Altitude is shown in intervals of 100 to 500 metres in different tints and peaks and their elevation are...
| Publisher: | ITMB - International Travel Maps |
| Catalogue number: | 174178 |
| Scale: | 1:15,000/1:850,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Central districts of Tokyo on a plan from ITMB with clear layout and presentation aimed at tourists visiting the city, plus a diagram of metro/rail networks, street plans of central Osaka and Kyoto...
Tokyo Metropolitan Area Road Map
| Publisher: | Shobunsha |
| Catalogue number: | 148484 |
| Scale: | 1:100,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Tokyo Metropolitan Area from Japan’s leading map publisher, Shobunsha, with additional maps of Mount Fuji and Hakone, Nikko N.P. and Kamakura, plus a road map of the whole of the Kanto District showing...
Tokyo - Yokohama - Tsukuba - Makuhari Messe
| Publisher: | Shobunsha |
| Catalogue number: | 81946 |
| Scale: | 1:45,000/1:30,000/1:10,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Tokyo and Yokohama from Japan’s leading map publisher, Shobunsha, presented in a series of maps covering central Tokyo, its most visited districts at 1:10,000, its metropolitan area, plus Yokohama, Tsukuba...
| Relevant titles: | 2 |
| Publisher: | Dorling Kindersley |
Eyewitness travel guide books from Dorling Kindersley are lavishly illustrated and particularly concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to sightseeing in the chosen...
Frommer's Countries, Regions & Cities Guides
| Relevant titles: | 2 |
| Publisher: | Frommer's |
Frommer’s Countries & Regions guides are good general all-round guides that are useful for both independent travellers and those looking for a more tourist-friendly experience, such is the level of...
| Publisher: | Kodansha International |
| Catalogue number: | 79150 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 3 - 4 weeks |
Japan can be a bewildering place for the tourist going solo with little or no language skills. But with the right guide, it can be paradise - and that guide is most definitely this one.
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| Series: | Lonely Planet Countries and Regions Guides |
| Publisher: | Lonely Planet |
| Catalogue number: | 180692 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Japan in the Countries and Regions series from Lonely Planet, market-leading comprehensive guides aimed at independent travellers and serving a large range of international destinations. Frank and informal...
| Series: | Michelin Green Guides: International Destinations |
| Publisher: | Michelin |
| Catalogue number: | 181290 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Japan in the Green Guide series from Michelin; detailed guides exploring the major sights and attractions of a range of cities, regions and countries. Drawing on a long publishing history, Michelin...
Rough Guide Countries, Regions & Cities Guides
| Relevant titles: | 2 |
| Publisher: | Rough Guides |
The Countries, Regions and Cities series from Rough Guides are comprehensively detailed guidebooks specifically designed for independent travellers and serve a range of destinations worldwide. Widely...
| Relevant titles: | 2 |
| Publisher: | Berlitz |
The Pocket Guide series from Berlitz are a collection of handy, pocket-sized guides dedicated to an extensive range of cities, regions and countries worldwide. Written in narrative form, individual...
| Author: | Josie Dew |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Co |
| Catalogue number: | 127067 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
“A Ride In The Sun” is a wonderfully fresh insight into Japan and Japanese society through the immediacy and humour of Josie Dew. It's not easy landing unprepared in a country like Japan. The eccentricities...
| Author: | Josie Dew |
| Publisher: | Time Warner |
| Catalogue number: | 105840 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Armed only with a bike and great sense of humour, “The Sun In My Eyes” sees Josie Dew return to Japan for a second dose of its eccentric and mysterious culture.
Japan is a land of contradictions; where...
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