Tokyo a Cultural Guide: A Cultural Guide to Japan's Capital City

Tuttle Publishing, 2012. Paperback. Very Good+. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. This useful Tokyo travel guide presents fourteen original walking tours tha t unlock some of Tokyo's secrets and mysteries. Although Tokyo today is a sprawling urban patchwork of towns and wards, eac h of the city's districts retains a unique charm and character. Discover, in a series of linked, engaging half-day excursions, the stories behind places like Hibiya's Hall of the Cry of the Stag and "Flying Head" o f Marunouchi. Visit the sites where the Forty-Seven Ronin, the "last Samura i" General Nogi, and Yukio Mishima committed ritual Seppuku. In the sumo di strict see where the wrestlers fight, train and live, and just a bit farthe r on, the massive Thunder Gate of Senso-ji Temple. John and Phyllis Martin have visited Tokyo numerous times and know the city intimately. With detailed directions and maps, they introduce the background, the legends, and the sights that bring old Edo alive.