Japan Travel Guide: Things I Wish I'D Known Before Going to Japan (2025) Paperback – 11 Oct. 2022

A good read before you travel with some helpful information

Provides a good summary of what to do in Japan and what not to do. How ever some bits were missing like having a.bag to take your rubbish away. But Overall a concisw read

Bought as a gift for somebody travelling to Japan.They found it invaluable for prepping their trip, so I’m very happy with my purchase.

Although very informative, not enough maps and all images are in black and white.

I got this for a friend whose dream is to visit Japan and she thinks it's the best thing since sliced bread. If you are a Prime member you can borrow the digital version for free, if that helps you when deciding whether or not to purchase the physical copy.

My nephew loved this as it was part of a gift for his travels to Japan

I bought this book because I thought it would less dense than a Frodder's or Lonely Planet Guide and only focus on the BEST things to do in Japan and have a more folksy tone - like a good tour guide (a tour guide wrote this book.) Problem is it's way too sparse. Sometimes there's only a sentence on a page with a black and white photo. I read the entire book in an hour. It's a very difficult book to navigate. There's few chapter headings and the layout is confusing. As a reader, I didn't know what part of Japan the cities he spoke about were - the book didn't contain a map of Japan. Truly, this book was a disappointment.

Overall disapointed. There are lots of things I want to know before I go to Japan in a few months but unfortunately unlike the title suggests they are not actually covered. It has some nice pictures and suggestions of what to see and do but little on the practicalities of how to get to them. No maps, no practical info on public transport etc etc Nice to have a printed version to refer to but a quick google search would probably be as helpful.