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ASAKUSA Underground is an alternative travel guide of the Asakusa area in Tokyo, Japan.
Two Japanese writers and their friends will guide you to a Tokyo that a conventional travel guide has never told you about.
Have you ever thought that travelling Japan is expensive?
It is, of course, expensive if you want to stay at a 5-star hotel.
But it is the least original way to travel Japan, not to mention the least economical way.
Travelling in Japan is not at all expensive if you know some tips to economize.
This Tokyo travel guide gives you plenty of ideas to save money.
See Sleep in a Net cafe or Sleep at a Karaoke box., for instance.
It is fun to live as local Japanese do.
Sometimes, economizing is not enough when you are in dire straits.
Then, this guide will tell you how to sell your gold in Tokyo. (See To Sell Gold near Asakusa) You can even sell your dirty underwear. (See Pawnbrokers)
Tokyo is a wonderland.
You can enjoy it as much as Alice can only if you have a local friend or an informative travel guide.
In this sense, we, the authors of ASAKUSA Underground, always get disappointed every time we read travel guides on Japan in English.
They are comprehensive, but do not tell you what is really exciting about Japan. They tell you about interesting phenomena, but rarely show you their analyses about why they happen.
One of the original approaches by ASAKUSA Underground travel guide is that we use our knowledge on literature, history, economy, ecology, and art to explain why a tourist spot is worth visiting or what is behind a bizarre phenomenon. See Asakusa Samba Carnival, for example, and look Japanese girls dancing pseudo-samba in Tokyo. You can learn a lot about the philosophical "wriggling" of the Japanese society in the modern era.
Another characteristic way is that we want to tell you about things that an ordinary travel guide normally ignore, such as, how a boy can meet a girl (See Nampa(romance-seeking)in Asakusa) or a girl can meet a boy (See English Conversation Cafe).
Besides, this travel guide refuses to portray Japan as a perfect entity.
We love this beautiful and weird country all the more because it is far from perfect.
We will, therefore, tell you about the dark side of this society. (See A shelter from the Japanese society)
The authors of ASAKUSA Underground travel guide are sure that the more you know about Japan, the more you like it.
Enjoy this guide and see you in Tokyo.
ASAKUSA Underground? The Tokyo (Japan) travel guide!
ASAKUSA Underground is an alternative travel guide of the Asakusa area in Tokyo, Japan.
Two Japanese writers and their friends will guide you to a Tokyo that a conventional travel guide has never told you about.
Have you ever thought that travelling Japan is expensive?
It is, of course, expensive if you want to stay at a 5-star hotel.
But it is the least original way to travel Japan, not to mention the least economical way.
Travelling in Japan is not at all expensive if you know some tips to economize.
This Tokyo travel guide gives you plenty of ideas to save money.
See Sleep in a Net cafe or Sleep at a Karaoke box., for instance.
It is fun to live as local Japanese do.
Sometimes, economizing is not enough when you are in dire straits.
Then, this guide will tell you how to sell your gold in Tokyo. (See To Sell Gold near Asakusa) You can even sell your dirty underwear. (See Pawnbrokers)
Tokyo is a wonderland.
You can enjoy it as much as Alice can only if you have a local friend or an informative travel guide.
In this sense, we, the authors of ASAKUSA Underground, always get disappointed every time we read travel guides on Japan in English.
They are comprehensive, but do not tell you what is really exciting about Japan. They tell you about interesting phenomena, but rarely show you their analyses about why they happen.
One of the original approaches by ASAKUSA Underground travel guide is that we use our knowledge on literature, history, economy, ecology, and art to explain why a tourist spot is worth visiting or what is behind a bizarre phenomenon. See Asakusa Samba Carnival, for example, and look Japanese girls dancing pseudo-samba in Tokyo. You can learn a lot about the philosophical "wriggling" of the Japanese society in the modern era.
Another characteristic way is that we want to tell you about things that an ordinary travel guide normally ignore, such as, how a boy can meet a girl (See Nampa(romance-seeking)in Asakusa) or a girl can meet a boy (See English Conversation Cafe).
Besides, this travel guide refuses to portray Japan as a perfect entity.
We love this beautiful and weird country all the more because it is far from perfect.
We will, therefore, tell you about the dark side of this society. (See A shelter from the Japanese society)
The authors of ASAKUSA Underground travel guide are sure that the more you know about Japan, the more you like it.
Enjoy this guide and see you in Tokyo.