Reviews:
| "The
true beauty of Tokyo Pub Crawler lies in its unflinching
observations on local expat sociology" |
—Metropolis
|
| “extremely
practical straightforward advice” |
—Tokyo
Weekender |
| "
It provides the low down on a pretty comprehensive list
of pubs and bars." |
—Japanzine |
| "
To the enthusiastic newcomer or jaded veteran, it offers
an entertaining read thanks to the authors' lively and
amusing style." |
—The
Daily Yomiuri |
| "One
of the most refreshing, realistic and uninhibited books
about Tokyo life I've read since coming to Japan 25 years
ago." |
—Brews
News |
About
the Authors:
Dan Riney has made himself a regular at bars in Toyama and
Tokyo, Japan; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (underground); and the
U.S. states of Michigan, Vermont, Maine, and Alaska as well
as in Washington, D.C. While traveling, he has bar-hopped
his way through Ireland, Canada, Thailand, Cambodia, Lebanon,
Bahrain, and Kenya. He has worked as, among other things,
a youth counselor, commercial fisherman, English teacher,
newspaper copy editor, and editor for an economics research
institute. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, and raised in
the suburb of Warren. If you run into Dan in a bar, he'd be
happy to let you buy him a beer. His work in this book is
dedicated to his deceased father, Harry, who taught him to
love a good dive.
Gia Payne is a proud product of the great state of Tennessee,
home of Jack Daniel's, Graceland, and rabid football fans
(American football, not soccer). Japan is her second stint
abroad; she cut her expat teeth in Mexico where she surveyed
several of the nation's finest cantinas and clubes. Gia came
to Asia as an English teacher with one of Tokyo's ubiquitous
language schools, and chose to stay. A jill-of-all-trades,
she has worked in print media, public relations, sales, the
nonprofit arena, and other fields-all this in spite of possessing
a virtually useless degree in communications and equally unsuitable
minors in biology and Spanish. She currently works as a magazine
editor for a major English-language publication in Japan.
Gia has an abiding fondness for the sprawling Tokyo metropolis.
Her one great wish with the publication of this book is that
more people will enjoy this city as much as she does. Gia
whole-heartedly supports "pub culture" and encourages its
propagation and enjoyment wherever and whenever she can.
 
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