Let's face it: product manuals, while incredibly useful, are not compelling reading, no matter how invested we are in the product itself. And let's also face it, no matter how much you've invested in your trip to Tokyo, the guide book you also invested in might not be as get-into-able as you'd like it to be.
Cool Tokyo Guide: Adventures in the City of Kawaii Fashion, Train Sushi and Godzilla, by Abby Denson.American manga cartoon artist, Abby Denson, proffers a fun solution: Cool Tokyo Guide: Adventures in the City of Kawaii Fashion, Train Sushi and Godzilla. There! Irresistible already - not to mention the cute, colorful cartoons on the semi-gloss cover.
From the New Words prefacing every chapter, your guide, the mauve colored Kitty Sweet Tooth, takes you through your upcoming trip to Tokyo, starting with things to prepare: a JR Rail Pass, tickets to the Ghibli Museum, specific festivals to check out depending on when you'll be there, and useful websites (but JapanVisitor.com Tokyo guide, which is hands-down the most in-depth Tokyo tourist information of any other Tokyo guide site out there, is not listed. Horrors!)
Traditional Japanese entertainment covered in Cover of Cool Tokyo Guide: Adventures in the City of Kawaii Fashion, Train Sushi and Godzilla, by Abby Denson.
This guide is more about how information is presented than what is presented. It's information you'll find in any guidebook worth its salt, but it's the eminent accessibility of the information here that m...