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Originally Posted by Zimmer4141
Do you have any advice for people visiting Japan who speak no Japanese?
Zimmer - if you've got two months until you'll be there, may I suggest spending 7-10 minutes a day from now until then learning some basic Japanese? If you learn as little as 2-3 new words each day, by the time you arrive you'll be able to hold very basic conversations and it will go a long way toward showing respect. You'll find that your effort is much appreciated and I guarantee things will go far better for you than if you hadn't bothered.
Being able to have short conversations such as:
Hello, how are you?
I'm fine, how are you?
Good, thank you.
My name is (name). What is your name?
My name is (name). Where are you from?
I am from (place). Where are you from?
I am from (place).
It was nice to meet you.
It was nice to meet you as well. Goodbye.
Goodbye.
and similar will reap enormous dividends. The same with being able to politely ask for directions or recommendations.
The above may seem daunting right now with no knowledge of the language, but I promise you that you can master it in just a few days with a little effort, and in a couple of weeks with almost zero effort.
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Originally Posted by amoeba
So, thats kind of the end of the trip. I am not sure what you guys want to read about. I can reccount other past trips or I could turn this in to an actual real time blog.
I'm happy reading anything you feel like writing about due to the quality of your writing. Stories like going with your grandfather to the market are wonderful.
Haven't been able to view the more recent images until today. That wagyu katsu sandwich looked unreal. Same for the beet mousse. Also wouldn't blame you for making your wife order another Monet's Garden while you ate hers.