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Summary: A Good resource - but not Awesome
Review: I currently am in Tokyo and have been for 3 months and have use used this map book extensively throughout the Metro area. I happen to have the first edition (1993) that I bought in the US. I have tried to see if this book has been updated but Amazon.com is unclear about this - leading me to believe it has i in fact, not been updated. There are entire trains and subway lines not listed because they are new since 93. I was on the tiny Tamagawa line yesterday and two of the station names have been changed! Seems like some residents didn't like living means in front of a cemetary (Tamabochi-mae). Other than the old edition this is a great map book , especially for the essential area of train/subway travel. domo.
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Summary: Great Maps but be careful...
Review: I currently am in Tokyo and have been for 3 months and have use used this map book extensively throughout the Metro area. I happen to have the first edition (1993) that I bought in the US. I have tried to see if this book has been updated but Amazon.com is unclear about this - leading me to believe it has i in fact, not been updated. There are entire trains and subway lines not listed because they are new since 93. I was on the tiny Tamagawa line yesterday and two of the station names have been changed! Seems like some residents didn't like living means in front of a cemetary (Tamabochi-mae). Other than the old edition this is a great map book , especially for the essential area of train/subway travel. domo.
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Summary: Useful but not complete.
Review: I gave up trying to get around with this atlas because not all of Tokyo is covered in the street maps and I found myself wandering out of their limits too often. The street maps that are included are excellent; they are highly detailed and include major buildings, but there is no key linking the individual maps. The rail maps are also excellent and extremely useful. I just wish the whole thing was a more complete atlas. If it's not reasonable to include street maps of every inch of the city there should be a level of detail in between the highway (macro) map and the street (micro) maps. If you are taking a short trip to Tokyo you don't really need this atlas, unless you are a map nut like me, the maps in the travel books are adequate for most people. If you find yourself needing this much detail head for the nearest Police booth.
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Summary: Useful but not complete.
Review: I gave up trying to get around with this atlas because not all of Tokyo is covered in the street maps and I found myself wandering out of their limits too often. The street maps that are included are excellent; they are highly detailed and include major buildings, but there is no key linking the individual maps. The rail maps are also excellent and extremely useful. I just wish the whole thing was a more complete atlas. If it's not reasonable to include street maps of every inch of the city there should be a level of detail in between the highway (macro) map and the street (micro) maps. If you are taking a short trip to Tokyo you don't really need this atlas, unless you are a map nut like me, the maps in the travel books are adequate for most people. If you find yourself needing this much detail head for the nearest Police booth.
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Summary: A Good resource - but not Awesome
Review: I live in the Tokyo area, and this guide is useful for riding the trains, but I think they could organize it better. It takes a little getting used to. The train maps are divided up by companies and types of trains not by areas... so you get really confused at first. Buy this book for the train maps, not the street maps. I wouldn't rely on these street maps (which take up a majority of the book) for driving. This book was recommended to us. We also looked through several English atlases like this one, and this seemed to be the best one available in English....
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Summary: excellent map of tokyo
Review: Quite possibly the only english-language resource you will need to get around Tokyo. Features detailed maps of popular areas (Ginza, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Harajuku, Ikebukuro, etc). Good maps of subway and JR lines, and even pretty comprehensive bus route maps. Only covers Tokyo (and a bit of Yokohama) though, but if that's what you need, you'll get it all here in one book.
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Summary: Best Tokyo Map I've seen yet
Review: This book has super clear maps, english and Kanji, and super detail (most block numbers). This is the best Tokyo metro map I've seen (the big fold out maps from Kodansha are excellent also). I use this all the time to get around Tokyo.
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Summary: Definitely worth owning
Review: This resource is really quite good. Very thorough. The inclusion of both English and Japanese is invaluable, though there are certainly other publications that use both. For the price, portability, and ease of use, this is hard to beat, and a valuable addition to my own small stock of travel books.
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