Super Cheap Japan: Budget Travel in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Hiroshima and Surrounding Areas (Paperback)

I’m reading a number of resources for my trip planning to Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka), including the traditional travel guides, blogs, and Instagram, I’m so happy to have found Matthew Baxter’s “Super Cheap Japan”. This book fits what I need for planning my upcoming trip on a budget from what to see and do to what to eat and where to stay. I highly recommend this book for those planning a trip to Japan on a budget, this is the definitely a unique book!

Simple references then I can Google those venues, I am interested I knowing more about. I have the Kindle version, so I will have easy access to the book while travelling.

Great

I like how this starts out with selling the high points of Japan. It gives advice about different methods of transportation that are available in Japan and more common and how to use them. Tips on budget-friendly food and has a great run-down of hostels, love hotels and other sleeping accomadations and descriptions of what to expect with them.
This book gives a nice and easy run through of different aspects of visiting that one should worry about. The chapters are broken down very well. Provides valuable information about stuff that you might already know and a lot that you might not have thought about, such as the necessity of adapters when it comes to using electronics and charging them. This is the perfect guide to start out with making a trip to Japan affordable.

Things are always changing in Japan, so it's super helpful to have updated information to get the most out of your trip. The revised edition of this guidebook provides all that information with details, maps, etc. Thanks to this book, I discovered new places to visit.

I have been looking forward to the updated version of, ‘ Super Cheap Japan’. I have the kindle edition which not only looks great on an iPad, it reads well and is easy to navigate. I love all the links in blue if you want to find out some more about a place. The maps and symbols are so easy to use. Who needs Lonely Planet or the Rough guide when you have Super Cheap Japan! I can’t wait to use this edition when I next visit Japan.

Awesome book with a lot of detail

Really good overall book for places to go and pre-departure purchases for events and museums you might need. Really good tips for saving money.

I was lucky enough to take a last-minute week-long trip to Tokyo late last year and this book greatly helped with budgeting and things to do. The paths were pretty easy to follow and insight into Pasmo cards helped my fiance know not got get the "visitors" card.

Great book, excellent advice for saving money.

This is a great book! It gives you all levels of accommodations, breaks down areas of the entire island of japan for food, activities, free things to see and lodging. It also warns you against what to stay away. He lists websites so you can do research and check out prices and IT COMES WITH MAPS! The maps are small and related to only a general area based on whatever section you're reading. Also he spells things in english and has the same thing written in japanese so you can find the characters on the signs themselves.

My husband and I went on our honeymoon to Japan, and had bought this book as a reference to keep with us to the different cities we were traveling too. This was both our first time going. We had gone to Tokyo, Kyoto, Hakone, Nara, and Osaka - all of which were included in this handy little book. And we would pull it out at different times if we were on the train or in our hotel, to remind ourselves what the big tourist attractions were in each city. We had done our own online research prior to leaving as well, so we had an planned itinerary, but it was really helpful to have this book as it gives little summaries on historical importance of each location, what the highlights were, and then other optional places to see as well as how to find cheap eats. Overall we really loved this purchase, and would recommend it to any traveler who’s planning on a trip.

For a future holiday but looks very informative.

Super beneficial for preparing my 3+ week adventure in Japan and help keeping it cost effective and efficient. Thank you!

excellent book

Moving to Japan soon. This will be a great guide.

It's a little outdated.

I bought this for my son for a recent trip to Japan, he states that it was helpful to find food at a reasonable price

This book is awesome and has very specific recommendations. It is well worth the money with really good money saving tips. I am really happy with this purchase.

Great information! Highly recommend this book.Packed with lots of juicy tips, the author writes in a fun, easy to understand tone, no excessive jargon. It has given us confidence to plan our trip, book our flights and lodging. I had no idea we could do this so affordably. We have already save a lot. For example: Our lodging expense for 30 days, 2 adults, averages $33 per day! We are very excited about using the JR (Japan Rail Pass) and special one day city passes available only to tourists!
Also, looking forward to visiting the many free or very low cost, but high quality scenic areas, shrines, temples and more. The author gives a short historic background description of each city covered, with main points of interest, best ways to get around, best time of day to go, info on how to save even more $, 100 yen and 300 yen stores, supermarkets, cheap but good restaurants, and much, much more. So-o-o glad I got this book. You will too. Absolutely worth it.

This book has given me a lot of helpful insight and ideas for my upcoming trip to Tokyo and Kyoto.

Loaded with useful information and maps.

I have traveled to Japan many times and this is a fun and informative book that I will use on my next trip. A lot of good tips in this book that I didn't even know about!

Worth every dollar!!!! Made our trip to Japan rich.

A must read if traveling to Japan. Quick useful info about places to go and how to get there.

I have spent many months travelling in japan over 7 trips. I have even lived & worked there! after all that experience, this little book is still packed with useful tips for me. It's well worth the price as it will save you many times that on your trip.

It's a great guide which presents the information in a very easy to find fashion. It's great for those who want to travel to Japan but don't wanna waste time doing too much planning to save money. This book does that for you.

Concise, humorous and above all incredibly useful practical guide to seeing the best of Japan on a tight budget. Highly recommended!

This book is so helpful and packed with a ton of information! The book begins with basic tips to saving money on a trip like utilizing 100 yen stores (for what? You need to read the book!) to researching free festivals for entertainment (and there is a list of festivals throughout the year in Japan). Then, the book is divided into regions of Japan so you can plan your budget-friendly trip based on areas you are visiting. For example, the author covers Tokyo by providing a brief history, list of affordable lodging, and listing groups that offer free tours... How cool is that?I loved this book for how clearly everything is laid out and for the authors honest opinions