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Text editor: Sarah DallasSeries editor: Mark EllinghamTypesetting: Jerry Williams, Justin Bailey, Henry IlesCartography: Maxine Burke
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This first edition published January 1999 byRough Guides Ltd, 62--70 Shorts Gardens, LondonWC2H 9AB.
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© Jan Dodd & Simon Richmond336pp, includes indexA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
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We set out to do something different when the first Rough Guide was published in 1982. Mark Ellingham, just out of university, was travelling in Greece. He brought along the popular guides of the day, but found they were all lacking in some way. They were either strong on ruins and museums but went on for pages without mentioning a beach or taverna, or so conscious of the need to save money that they lost sight of Greece's cultural and historical significance. Also, none of the books told him anything about Greece's contemporary life -- its politics, its culture, its people and how they lived.
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The Authors
Born in Africa,Jan Dodd caught the travel bug early. In the late 1980s she surfaced in Southeast Asia and spent the next six years exploring the region. After a couple of years in Tokyo studying Japanese language and nightlife, she moved to France. Jan is also co-author ofThe Rough Guide to Japan andThe Rough Guide to Vietnam .
In 1991Simon Richmond headed east to work as an editor and journalist in Tokyo. Two and a half years later he traded in his treasured shoe-box apartment for the itinerant life of a freelance travel writer. Now based in Sydney, he has had features published in many major national newspapers, and reports broadcast on BBC Radio 4. As well as contributing to theRough Guide to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei , Simon is co-author of theRough Guide to Japan .
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the staff of JNTO in London and Tokyo, members of the Japanese Inn Group and the Japan Youth Hostels Association. A big thanks also to everyone at Rough Guides, including Sarah Dallas, Amanda Tomlin, Jo Mead, Link Hall, Helen Ostick, Andy Hilliard, Susanne Hillen, Maxine Burke and Nichola Goodliffe. Also to Jerry Williams, Justin Bailey and Henry Iles for typesetting, Derek Wilde for proofreading, Sean Harvey and Alison Cowan for additional Basics research. A special thanks to Yamamoto Yuka for her sterling work on the Japanese language;domo arigatō gozaimasu .
Jan: Many thanks to all the people who helped with this guide, including Ōishi Nozomi at JNTO, Sawa Isao and family, Sally Hanamura, Sekiwa Tomioka, Neil and Cathy Richards, Chris and Tako Matthews, Rob Schwartz, Herb Donovan, Paul Sands, Chie and Hugh Cannaway. Thanks also to Michitaka Hitomi for her friendship and Steve for his unstinting support and boundless patience.
Simon: In Tokyo, I'm indebted to Herb and Keiko Donovan, Paul and Karen Fisher and Chris and Tako Matthews -- all treasured friends and Japansensei . Past colleagues and friends fromTokyo Journal andNikkei News Bureau who were also a source of inspiration and help include Abigail Haworth, Greg Starr, Dave McCombs, Funayama Mutsumi, Takamoto Yoshiharu and Matthew Smith. Thanks also to Tajima Noriyuki and Catherine Powell.
In London, Patrick Wilson, Higashimoto Takenobu and the staff at JNTO went beyond the call of duty in checking facts and general assistance. For their unwavering support and encouraging me to keep going in the toughest times my love to Alex and Bradd and my best pal Donna.
Getting there from Britain and Ireland
Getting there from the USA and Canada
Getting there from Australia and New Zealand
4 Kanda and across the Sumida-gawa
10 Harajuku, Aoyama and Shibuya
11 Ebisu, Meguro and Shinagawa

