Gaijin...Google translate will help...I know it was touched on Hawkmoon, but I have a question about the language barrier. My wife and I are going (COVID postponed the trip) and I know zero Japanese.
What are the odds that I can actually survive not speaking Japanese?
I know it was touched on Hawkmoon, but I have a question about the language barrier. My wife and I are going (COVID postponed the trip) and I know zero Japanese.
What are the odds that I can actually survive not speaking Japanese?
Anyone know how expensive a two week vacation there would be? Id like to visit someday too. Wondering how travel expense compares to when we went to Italy.Agree with everything you said and figured as much but wanted your opinion as someone who is American and actually lives there. I don’t trust those countries at all. I definitely wanna visit once things settle down and traveling becomes more lax.
Anyone know how expensive a two week vacation there would be? Id like to visit someday too. Wondering how travel expense compares to when we went to Italy.
The most expensive thing would be hotels, as in most of Japan they charge by person, not room. Young children excluded I think most places.
Food can be quite cheap, or expensive - huge range of options. Japan is overall on the expensive side, but has been living with stag-flation for a long time.
Transportation...I'd strongly recommend public. Tourists can get a JR Pass that they can use on any line - fantastic deal https://japanrailpass.net/en/
If you want to drive (recommend outside Tokyo only) rentals are pretty reasonable, but gas is expensive.
The big thing for me when I rented a car here for driving in Hokkaido was how clean and perfect it was compared to my rental on Hawaii visits
I think over all food and rooms felt similar to when I stayed in Rome and Firenze.
At least I don't recall feeling Italy was super-cheap, which means there wasn't a remarkable gap for me.
I figure the rooms are probably similar to Italy too, where you can only fit two people to a room. Since we have 2 kids, we had to rent two rooms a night or rent a suite that had two bed rooms. Not cheap. If its not any more than Italy then I can see doing it. Id like to see it.The most expensive thing would be hotels, as in most of Japan they charge by person, not room. Young children excluded I think most places.
Food can be quite cheap, or expensive - huge range of options. Japan is overall on the expensive side, but has been living with stag-flation for a long time.
Transportation...I'd strongly recommend public. Tourists can get a JR Pass that they can use on any line - fantastic deal https://japanrailpass.net/en/
If you want to drive (recommend outside Tokyo only) rentals are pretty reasonable, but gas is expensive.
The big thing for me when I rented a car here for driving in Hokkaido was how clean and perfect it was compared to my rental on Hawaii visits
I think over all food and rooms felt similar to when I stayed in Rome and Firenze.
At least I don't recall feeling Italy was super-cheap, which means there wasn't a remarkable gap for me.
Aren't there smaller spaces one can rent if they're by themselves or with only one other person?
Just curious, what's it like buying real estate or renting there? I imagine it must be extremely competitive
No worries Kimba...I think and feel that Japan is one those countries that I would travel and rely on Google Translate. In Japan, I feel safe to walk around. I would bike to the grocery store and leave my bike in the front with no lock. I enjoy mt visits to Japan always.Thank you both.
I will be relying on my wife to translate and I am not keen on not knowing whats going on. I need colleges to open back up to take some in person Japanese classes.
At least we will be safe. I wouldn't travel anywhere else not speaking the langauge.
My colleagues would do an airBnB. They say it was more affordable.Aren't there smaller spaces one can rent if they're by themselves or with only one other person?
Just curious, what's it like buying real estate or renting there? I imagine it must be extremely competitive
Have you been to the Powerhouse Hide owns there Hawkmoon?
An ABnB would probably be pretty nice here, considering how well everything is maintained and cleaned as matter of course.My colleagues would do an airBnB. They say it was more affordable.
MS