Tokyo Vertigo Author:Stephen Barber, Romain Slocombe, Nobuyoshi Araki, Eikoh Hosoe Innovative travel writing by award-winning writer Stephen Barber as he guides the reader through the ultimate futuristic city: Tokyo. A cinematic portrayal of the city, from close-up portraits of individual citizens to panoramic descriptions of its vast avenues and immense digital image screens, from day to night, past to present, Tokyo Verti... more »go is visceral, exhilirating travel writing.« less
Coffee-table type book, with many photos and large-font text, divided into two parts: the first section is a geographic overview of various Tokoyo neighborhoods, while the second has a (less place-specific) sociological/anthropological focus.