Title: No better than Lonely Planet's book
Review: I recently travelled to Kyoto, Hiroshima and Tokyo after buying both this book and "Lonely Planet Japan" in Spring of 2004. While I found the energy of this book to be superior to the LP and better able to answer the "what's there to eat in Kyoto?" - type questions, the writing style of "Let's Go" is simply atrocious. Most of the eating options that were featured were simply noodle fill-up joints. What happens when you had ramen yesterday? The fawning over their favorite ryokan in Tokyo (the ONLY unfriendly place in my trip) is unjustified. I found LP much more useful in getting around the cities I visited, although neither book offered much help in the How to Get Cash at Night in Japan category. LP was also better for pre-trip planning. My advice is to grab the Fodor's / Frommer's guide when it comes out next.
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