for the love of....
Read my Guide to Tokyo. search a bit.
i go over every thing you ask.
From prices on tickets and apartments, budgeting, and languages.
For the most part every thing in japanese has english right under it so you dont have to read kana or kanji.
Subways and Busses are easy to use. All else fails just use taxis.
American visa gets you 90 days in japan.
Air fair around this time of year can go from 600 to 1500 dollars and in the summer around 2000.
if you read the guide i talk about ways you can get tickets in the 600 range.
i even go over the weight per bag of luggage on certain airlines.
Mostly its 2 bags 22 Kilos each or about 50 lbs or somthing. plus one carry on.
i go over Daily budgets, cost of food, money conversion, also where to exchange money. and what days to do so to get the most for your buck.
people need to stop beingg lazy and read.
http://www.japanforum.com/forum/japa...ide-tokyo.html