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Superfuture.com redesigns the usual cheesy tourist guides. Make friends with the site and you too can have a genuinely connected pal in every city.

Superfuture.com is huge. But not in a big heavy guidebook way - that ensures you're a instant target for muggers/flower sellers and other weirdoes. No this is stealth knowledge - what those in the know sms/twitter/facebook in a cooler than average global network.

The site consists of superfuturecity guides - otherwise known as "maps that work". Clear, consise, and easy to use the maps feature the city's best shops, places to eat, and other places of interest. In addition to the maps are are the downloadable PDF city superguides featuring key urban metropolises such as Shanghai, Tokyo, New York and Sydney.

 

 

 

 

 

The site has reviewed thousands of shops in its Supershop area - created by a dedicated team of shopping slaves who have combed the globe (spending thousands of dollars/yen in the process) to bring you the all-important retail fixes for your travellers cheques. Even more exciting is the news that later this year the site will launch its e-commerce portal allowing users to actually buy directly from many of their featured stores.

 

 

 

 

 

Supernews - features bite-sized chunks of info helping you decided what to see when you get your destination of choice. News such as: Tokyo: graniph opening "Japan’s leading tee purveyor graniph has opened a new flagship store on meiji dori. It’s the brand’s largest store in town and also features an art gallery. To celebrate the occasion a limited-edition windbreaker jacket has been released. Location: diamond building, 6-12-17 jingumae [harajuku]"

The news section is to the point - useful and refreshingly without a point a view.

 

 

 

 

 

In fact this is the site's greatest achievement - the guides are not designed to suit everyone’s tastes – if you want something bland, then stick to your usual out of date guidebook. The superfuturecity site is aimed at people who like the same sort of things - those that appreciate cultivated trash just as much as vulgar extravagance and enjoy extremes no matter how weird, wacky, tacky, obnoxious, or pretentious.

 

 

 

 

 

Source & Photo Credit:www.superfuture.com/

 

 

 

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