OMGay awesome Japan! Do you know any Japanese/if not, how hard is it to get round without it? I really want to one day spend like a month in Osaka but fear my lack of communication skills.
I know very little Japanese, but it wasn't often a problem. Anything you need to know in the big cities (travel info, prices) is written in English too (or at least Romanji), and many younger people can speak a little to a lot of English. There were a few times when I couldn't get across what I wanted to or someone was trying to tell me something, but it wasn't ever a big deal. THEN AGAIN... my dad took care of buying me passes for the train and figuring that stuff out, and there were a few times when it was weirdly difficult to figure out schedules (in Kyoto).
I spent very little time in Osaka, but my friend Lucy tells me that's where the fashion is a little more fun and grungy, whereas in Tokyo everyone seemed very rigidly put together.
Sweet. My mom spends six months a year over there. She just left last week for this year's stay. I have an open invitation to go whenever I want. Just gotta get some air fare together for it. I should really get on that.
So very jealous! It looks like it was a lot of fun!
My visiting japan question: How hard is it to avoid fishy food in japan? I can't stand the taste of fish. Not even in broth. Would I starve? I want to visit one day, but not being able to eat is a major concern for me. (And I refuse to travel across the globe just to eat mcdonalds every day.)
Well, there's stuff to eat, but it would be much harder. It's super hard to tell what's in anything. Even the curry shop had seafood curry as one of two mild options. But you could definitely eat curry and meat and potstickers and even veggie sushi. But there's a lot of seafood everywhere!
Uh oh! Yeah, that's tough. There would be stuff to eat but you would definitely not be eating much Japanese food... but hey, just within like a block of our apartment there was tons of curry and a Spanish place (lots of seafood there too) and a French country place, as well as a yakiniku place where you just order meat and kimchi and pickled veggies.
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I spent very little time in Osaka, but my friend Lucy tells me that's where the fashion is a little more fun and grungy, whereas in Tokyo everyone seemed very rigidly put together.
Shit is EXPENSIVE, though!
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My visiting japan question: How hard is it to avoid fishy food in japan? I can't stand the taste of fish. Not even in broth. Would I starve? I want to visit one day, but not being able to eat is a major concern for me. (And I refuse to travel across the globe just to eat mcdonalds every day.)
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I'm going to starve in japan....
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