Kyoto and Nara Travel Guide + Map: Tuttle Travel Pack: Your Guide to Kyoto's Best Sights for Every Budget

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The only guide you'll need for getting around Kyoto and Nara. Everything you need is in this one convenient package; including a large pull-out map!

This brand new Japan travel guide by award-winning author Rob Goss, a longtime Japan resident, is designed for people with limited time. It covers not only the unique UNESCO World Heritage sites but also bustling Nishiki-koji street market and many smaller shrines and temples where enchanting moss and tree gardens lie hidden behind high stone walls. The list of things to do and see in Kyoto and Nara is literally endless, which is why you need an experienced author to point the way.

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"If you plan a visit to Kyoto of up to a week, the full-day tours listed in this handy guide will help you ensure that you don't miss any of the must-see sights that define this unique city and its superb heritage." -- Kyoto Journal

Author Bio

Rob Goss is a British writer based in Tokyo, focusing on travel writing and books and features on Japan. He also dabbles in haiku and short fiction. To date, Rob is the author of three travel books with Tuttle Publishing: the award-winning Travel Pack Japan (North American Travel Journalists Association 2013 Gold Prize Winner), Travel Pack Tokyo (2014) and the upcoming Tokyo: Capital of Cool (2015). Rob has also contributed to and/or updated Japan guidebooks for Rough Guides, Fodor's, Insight Guides, Dorling Kindersley, and National Geographic.

As well as books, Rob has written for more than 70 magazines and online publications, from National Geographic Traveler magazine and TIME to the in-flight magazines of Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM, Korean Air, Qatar Airways and US Airways. More recently, Rob has self-published a collection of haiku and is currently working on a collection of short stories. Rob is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and the North American Travel Journalist Association.