I was talking to
pikacheeka about my Japan trip and I realised that maybe other ppl reading my travel journal might find it helpful and it was a bit long for a comment - so here goes:
Japan Rail offers a thing called the Rail Pass, which is Pass that can be used on all JR transport for 1, 2 or 3 weeks. You can buy one that covers all of Japan, or get one for
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You can get by with no Japanese at all, most signs are dual language and people in Hotels/shops/resturants etc can speak a bit of English. Its pretty easy.
I would however learn a little bit - I think it just makes you seem more polite - such as the numbers 1-10, hello, thank you, please, excuse me etc. and these words go a long way in a lot of situations.
As for reading kanji I find knowing a few also helps, but again you can get by without it, such as north, south, east, west, as often they make up road names and it makes it much easier to orient yourself in a new city or a station. Most train stations have the exits named like this too, but sometime it will be in English as "Higashi dori/guchi" which literally means "East street/exit"
Let me know if you want a list of useful words.
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But first it will be Dutch, because I want to visit my friend eowyn_unquendor... I normally get through everyday situation as I understand short sentences when the context is clear, and I can say things as thank you and please, but I have also sometimes messed up because I did not want to resort to English (well, I got a book packed that was for myself actually.) I think I do quite fine, given that I have never had any formal training in Dutch but that I only picked things up.
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When I lived in Europe I just bought a monthly pass that covered all buses and subways within Rome, and I never had to swipe it or anything (just show it to the police if they asked) and that was...a LOT easier than this, so it's nice to have it laid out.
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And where are you staying (which ward?)
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I'll give you a call when I know whats what at home and we can do beer and food (Rusholme curry meybees?) and I can give you stuff.
We have done much cool stuff and I havent posted about it in so long!
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