Less a guidebook, more a good read.
LOST iN reads like a culture magazine you can carry in a bag: thin, beautifully made, and built around the people who actually shape a city. This second edition of the Tokyo guide keeps LOST iN’s best interviews and stories and adds updated recommendations, more interviews, and a new short story by British author and Tokyo resident Pip Murphy. Local legends share their side of the city — an arthouse filmmaker, the woman behind a famous fashion label, a nightlife veteran, a top food critic.
Blowtorched mackerel, upscale downtown baths, shopping malls for supergeeks, raw beef sushi, art in a shipping container, and a story set in an anime sento (one of Tokyo’s neighbourhood bathhouses) — a city of neon lights and cherry blossoms, in one slim volume.
Inside this edition
- Five long interviews with locals on the Tokyo they love
- The best of two of the city’s most characterful neighbourhoods
- Our top picks across the whole city
- An in-depth report on the yakuza and their link to Tokyo
- A photo showcase by Masataka Nakano
- A Tokyo shopping guide
About LOST iN
LOST iN makes guides for travelers, not tourists — uncovering the voices, scenes and local favourites kept quietly out of sight, in cities around the world. Go beyond the obvious.
Details
Paperback · 68 pages · 8.25 × 6.25 in (21 × 16 cm) · English · Second edition (2025) · Publisher: LOST iN City Guides · ISBN 9781965941010
A WAZA pick
We chose LOST iN Tokyo as a companion to the makers and food on our shelves — a way to keep exploring Japan after you leave the shop. A limited number of copies, in-store at Japan House Los Angeles and here online.
