Lonely Planet Pocket Kyoto & Osaka: top sights, local life, made easy (Travel Guide)

Excellent guide book, had all the best things to view in Kyoto. Used the book a lot in our 9 day holiday/conference in Kyoto, but didn't visit Osaka other than airport so can't comment on that section. Useful information about how to get to sights - bus, tube, train and entrance information very good. Would recommend. Didn't use hotel or restaurant information much as hotel already booked and hotel gave brilliant restaurant advice.

This guide proved very useful for a visit to Kyoto last October. The guide to walks around Kyoto are very good and help you plan your visit.

Great size for travelling, useful information and maps. Although I would have liked to have seen some places included that were a bit off the beaten track.

Just back from first time trip to Osaka and Kyoto, and you know what? This book was perfect.

Was ok for an introduction before you go, but we didn't use it much while in Japan. The local information in this digital age is far more useful.

Good bookJust got to but into practice

Bought this for my partner on their travels and they said it was invaluable and glad they had it with them, gave a great insight into Osaka and the area and they saw alot more than they would have if they hadn't read this guide, great job!

Very useful for our move to Kyoto.

Ótimo guia para quem for planejar uma viagem. Usei diversas dicas para a minha viagem. Recomendo.

I like this pocket guide. It’s easy to carry, easy to navigate

Perfect pocket guide covering a lot of the sights in both Kyoto and Osaka. The areas are sorted into the major areas of interest and both Kyoto and Osaka sections overlap a bit (there are a few Kyoto sections, then a couple of Osaka sections and then back to Kyoto). I think they tried to just put the most popular sections in the front, such as Higashiyama in Kyoto and Dotonbori in Osaka.The guide, like most Lonely Planet guides, covers a lot of SIGHTS. This guide highlights a few restaurants, but they gladly don't devote too much space to exhaustive lists of restaurants and hotels - which I use TripAdvisor and Google+ for anyway. (And Airbnb is the way to go in both towns - $1000 total for the two places we booked, 11 nights, 3 people - seriously - and in Kyoto we booked a traditional, 19th century private home!)The other thing that is nice is this guide has travel information for getting to sights from central locations. For example, they give subway information, train information, and bus information that makes it easy to locate which station and type of transit works best. This is very convenient and one of the best aspects of this guide.Also it is very packed with information and very portable. Bonus!

That's a very nice book that will allow you to know more about city even before your trip

Trovo la serie Pocket di Lonely Planet davvero geniale. Considerato che la guida del Giappone è una delle più grosse che abbia visto, questa risolve parecchio se si vuole visitare queste due città: ho lasciato la lonely in albergo e mi sono portata dietro solo questa. E' esaustiva e ben fatta, sono citati tutti i maggiori luoghi di interesse, con le indicazioni su come raggiungerli. Ci sono molte foto e le descrizioni sono sintetiche ma accurate.Interessante ed utile la sezione sulla vita notturna, lo shopping e i ristoranti, utile come in tutte le guide della Lonely.Il vantaggio del formato pocket è davvero importante se si vuole viaggiare leggeri.Ci sono varie sezioni, per ogni città. Inoltre ci sono alcune sezioni a tema su shopping, cibo, locali, musei gratuiti, attrazioni per bambini.Alla fine della guida c'è una sezione "Survival guide" con informazioni di carattere generale relative a come arrivare nelle città, che tipo di spina elettrica serve, la moneta utilizzata, gli orari di esercizi commerciali e ristoranti ecc.In fondo ci sono alcune pagine per prendere appunti e un mini glossario.Davvero preziosa per visitare Kyoto e Osaka, tra consigliata.