frau-klein is going to Tokyo for work and I'm tagging along. It's a badly planned (well unplanned) holiday, considering we were going to go to Dresden originally.

Some useful links for preparing on a short notice for i.e. hotels and plane tickets

• http://www.itcj.jp/eng/index.php -- great for picking out locations that you want to stay.
• http://www.ebookers.ie/ -- for the plane tickets.
• http://www.trailfinders.ie/ -- we we actually booked the plane tickets, they aren't bad at all.
• http://www.tripadvisor.com/ -- great for finding out reviews on hotels/hostels.
• http://www.agoda.com/ -- great rates on hotels/hostels, this is where I booked.

Some guides/reading material that I ended up getting

• Lonely Planet - Toyko Encounter
• AA Citypack guide and foldout map

Now that I have a plane ticket and a hotel, I need an itinery for the trip.