[biginjapan]

1. Buy a Japanese cell phone, download skype.

2. I suggest not getting a part-time job. Why work when you could be exploring the country? If you want to make money put an ad in a magazine or online for tutoring services. That way you can fit this around whatever activities you end up doing. They pay pretty well too. I made 30 dollars for an hour session and I did this about two or three times a week.

3. Buy deodorant. Japanese deodorant sucks, they don't use the stick kind there.

4. Bring condoms, I kid you not Japanese condoms are small as hell. I had to borrow some from another American who was smart enough to bring his.