Gilles Poitras has produced three books on anime: Anime Companion (vols 1 & 2) and Anime Essentials. He has written for magazines including NewType USA and Otaku USA and served as a member of the senior board of Mechademia. He has made presentations at various Japan-US friendship groups, public libraries, the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, conventions, and workshops for librarians, has introduced films at the Smithsonian, and has taught a course on anime for Pixar staff. He resides in Oakland, California.

Jake Adelstein (Foreword) has been an investigative journalist in Japan since 1993. He is considered one of the foremost experts on organized crime in Japan and works as a writer and consultant in Japan, the United States and France. He is the author of Tokyo Vice: A Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan (Vintage, now a hit HBO series) and has written two other books published by Marchialy in France.

Introduction

• Some Basic Etiquette
• Tokyo Is Ever Changing
• Religious Sites in Tokyo
• Things Seen and Not Noticed
• Preparation, Arrival, and Day 1
• Getting Directions
• Navigation Tools
• Walking
• Pasmo and Suica
• Trains and Subways
• Other Transit
• Shopping and Dining
• Tips on Pronunciation
• Style Elements
• Acknowledgements

The Maps

The Strolls

Akihabara and Nearby Kanda

Asakusa

Fukagawa

Ginza and nearby areas

Hakusan/Koishikawa Area

Hong¿

Imperial Palace / K¿kyo

Marunouchi to Nagatach¿

Meguro Station Area

Nihonbashi, North

Nihonbashi South, Ky¿bashi, and Yaesu

Ningy¿ch¿

North Western Sumida Ward

Omotesand¿/Harajuku Area

Ry¿goku

Shibamata

Shibuya Station Area

Shinjuku Station Area

Tsukiji

Ueno

Yanesen (Yanaka, Nezu and Sendagi)

Yoshiwara (Former) and Sanya

More Tips and References

• Day Trippin'
• Further Reading
• General Web Resources
• Glossary

Alphabetical Index

Entry Index by Chapter