Best of Tokyo [antikvár]

I From tne ruum AUTHOR _____ Wendy Yanagihara Wendy first toured Tokyo perched on her mother's hip at the age of two. Between and beyond childhood summers spent in Japan, she has travelled through Mexico, Central America, Europe and Southeast Asia and spent stints as a psychology and art student, bread peddler, espresso puller, jewellery pusher, graphic designerand, more recently, co-author on LP's Southeast Asia on a Shoestring, Mexico and Vietnam. She had long dreamed of going back to live in Japan to revive her language skills and reconnect with family and so jumped at the chance to spend a sweltering, quaking, typhoon-lashed (and utterly sublime) season reacquainting herself with Tokyo. Thank you to Mom, Dad, Jason and the Yamamoto, Maekawa and Giichi families, all of whom are inseparable from my wonderful memories in Japan. Many thanks also to Anazawa Kenichi, Kisaburo Minato and Aaron Held for their insights and our illuminating conversations, and to the countless Tokyoites who acted as expert informants on their complicated city. Thanks to John Ashburne for writing such a solid, knowledgeable and insightful previous edition of this book. To Sarah, Lana, Anja and Enrique, dómo dömo for perspective and playtime in Tokyo. And to Eric, tack sao mycket for everything. Big thanks to Paul Wellman for shooting the author photo. The 1st edition of this book was written by John Ashburne. PHOTOGRAPHER . ; 1 Greg Elms Lured by magazine images of exotic locales, Greg has always dreamed of becoming a travel photographer. He completed a Bachelor of Arts in Photography at the Royal Melbourne institute of Technology, then embarked on a travel odyssey across Australia, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. He has been photographer for numerous award-winning books, and has worked from Melbourne for 12 years, for a variety of magazines, ad agencies, designers and, of course, book publishers such as Lonely Planet. This Tokyo guide is Greg's seventh Lonely Planet commission. SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK We love to hear from travellers - your comments keep us on our toes and help make our books better. Our well-travelled team reads every word on what you loved or loathed about this book. Although we cannot reply individually to postal submissions, we always guarantee that your feedback goes straight to the appropriate authors, in time for the next edition - and the most useful submissions are rewarded with a free book. To send us your updates - and find out about Lonely Planet events, newsletters and travel news - visit our award-winning website: (5; www.lonGlyplanet.com/feedback. Note: We may edit, reproduce and incorporate your comments in Lonely Planet products such as „ guidebooks, websites and digital products, so let us know if you don't want your comments reproduced or;: your name acknowledged. For a copy of our privacy policy visit [Q] www.lonelyplanet.com/privacy f ¦ i- ' ! ¦ 1 Lonely Planet books provide independent advice. Lonely Planet does not accept advertising | in guidebooks, nor do we accept payment in exchange for listing or endorsing any place I or business. Lonely Planet writers do not accept discounts or payments In exchange for f positive coverage of any sort. I