http://www.amazon.co.uk/DK-Eyewitnes...9563315&sr=1-1
I have this book. Its a travel guide, but is extensive at 414 pages long. It give tips on every city & town in Japan, & the places in between, & has hundreds upon hundreds of pictures. It also has 150 pages (of the 414) that briefly, but well, explains the history of Japan, as well as, accommodation, eating out, etiquette, customs and key phrases & words. I really recommend this book.