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Subway Guide to Tokyo: Take the Right Line, Get Off at the Right Station, And Find the Best Exit! | 
 enlarge | Author: Boye Lafayette De Mente
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1095083
Media: Paperback
Edition: Poketto-ban
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 4.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0804836841
Dewey Decimal Number: 912.52135
EAN: 9780804836845
ASIN: 0804836841
Publication Date: September 15, 2005
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Condition: BRAND NEW CRISP AND CLEAN COPY.
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Product Description
Anyone who's ever ventured into the subway system of Tokyo knows it's like being lost in a maze. The overwhelming sense of hopelessness-which direction to go, which lines to take, where to buy the tickets, etc.-can thoroughly annoy and throw one off, especially someone who can't speak or read Japanese.
Help is at hand with the publication of this tremendous little guidebook. It is a wonderful booster for those who need to make sense of the confusing and multifaceted Tokyo subway system.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Definitely Not as Good a TOKYO CITY ATLAS May 14, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
See my review for TOKYO CITY ATLAS. It is much better than this albeit newer guide. The signage in Tokyo is still a mix of the "old" and the "new" system and TCA has better station area maps.
 Using the Tokyo Subways August 17, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This new (2005) book from Tuttle is not to be confused with the same author's "Tokyo Subway Guide" (2002) published by Kodansha. In one aspect, the newer book has the advantage of including the newly designated codes for each subway stop (a letter and number combination that uniquely identifies each station on each line). However, the older volume is more useful to this reader than the newer one because it includes area maps of 50 major stations, each showing interconnections between lines, numbered exists, and major buildings. The `area profiles' in the newer volume are limited to 13 in number (thus omitting Ikebukuro, Jimbocho, Shimbashi, Ueno, and others). While each area profile includes some text describing noted features in the areas of interest, they are far less detailed than the older maps. Of the newer volume's 160 pages, 100 are given over to category listings (`acupuncture clinics' to `zoo') that could allow the newer volume to double as a guidebook, though the listings are not annotated and, thus, will have utility primarily to those already familiar with the city and who know what sights, stores, or services they are seeking.
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