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Tokyo is well stocked with English language listings guides but Metropolis, also available online

, is one of the most comprehensive.

It would be foolish to visit Tokyo without picking up something to impress the gadget freaks back home. Akihabara Electric Town is the place to satisfy all of your electronic urges, whether it be computers, cameras or next generation games consoles. Bring lots of cash as credit cards are usually only accepted in department stores.

As baseball is to Americans and cricket is to the English, sumo is to the Japanese. To witness this strangest and most ritual-bound of sports, head for the Kokugikan Stadium, where tournaments are staged in January, May and September, each lasting two weeks.

Japanese may not be the easiest language to get your tongue around, but in most parts of Tokyo you shouldn't have too many problems with many streets and transport links signposted in English. If you need to get somewhere more obscure, get someone to write down the name before you get lost.

Japan may be famous for its impenetrable customs, but Tokyo is an international city these days and Tokyoites are usually forgiving of gaijin indiscretions. If you remember two things though, make it these: blowing your nose is guaranteed to cause major offence and eating on the street is also very, very bad manners.

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