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- TheBlueOne0
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Hmmm...quick Japanese tips:
- Expect to be amazed by the bathrooms.
- Upon entering every Restuarant/Retail establishment the staff will greet you. Ignore them. If you respond to them in bad Japanese you will be teh nOob.
- Wear shoes that are easy to remove/put back on. You'll be taking them off alot.
- Lots of signs in english, and the announcements on trains/subways are in english. However most Subway maps aren't in english. You have to figure out how much it is from your location to your destination and pay ahead of time. If you underpay you can pay the extra on the way out. If you pretend to be a stupid tourist you can sometimes get waved through.
- Taxis are expensive. If you take a taxi expect the driver to not understand english. And do not, DO NOT, touch the doors. They will open and close automatically.
- Lots of Japanese actually do like speaking english or some strange version thereof, but expect to be English Talking Dummy 101, in a good way.
- Expect to be totally lost in Shinjuku station in Tokyo. It's insane.
- Everything is awe-inspiringly clean.
- Do buy some canned coffee from a vending machine. Do not expect it to taste good, just buy it because you can. Do not waste time looking for school girl panty vending machines. However, DO buy beer form a vending machine. Also, public garbage cans are practically non-existent, so don't walk down the street drinking coffee, eating etc. It's kinda rude and you'll have no place to throw out the refuse.
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- you rule b, I will be emailing you as time goes on, thanks.mrdobolina
- Please do man...TheBlueOne