This photographic Tokyo travel guide explores the dynamic Japanese
culture, art and architecture that make Tokyo a unique, world-class
city.
It has been said that "every city has its high points, but Tokyo is all
exclamation points!" The largest and most populous city in the world,
Tokyo is best experienced in-person. The next best way? Through Tokyo
Megacity--a visual and descriptive exploration of a city that combines
old with new and traditional with trendy, like no other city in the
world.
This extraordinary book explores Tokyo through more than 250 revealing
photographs by well-known photographer Ben Simmons and over 30 essays by
famed author Donald Richie. Their love of the city, sense of its
history, and the deep respect and pure joy felt in being here, shine
through on every page. Simmons and Richie show us how modern Tokyo
evolved from a patchwork of villages that still exist today as distinct
neighborhoods and districts to the modern, trendsetting metropolis
renowned the world over--that combine to make Tokyo a unique and special
place.
Tokyo Megacity presents the districts of the city in the order that
they originally developed, starting with the Imperial Palace, sliding
down to the "Low City" along the Sumida River, soaring back up to the
"Mid-City," and finally, climbing the hills to the newer districts of
the "High City." The combination of Ben Simmons' photographs and Donald
Richie's text capture the tremendous diversity, vitality and sheer
livability of Tokyo.
This new edition is updated with recent photos, up-to-date revisions and
new sections on the Tsukiji Fish Market and Tokyo Skytree.
