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Originally Posted by Akihiko
In Kyoto it's very small. But if you move towards massive cities such as Tokyo ,etc you'll find much more English-friendly speakers.
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I think that in any big city (I don't mean to contradict you, but in many ways Kyoto included) you have a lot of people in a small area, therefore the chances of someone knowing English and willing to help foreigners with English are higher than in the inaka where you might have like more rice fields than people.
The last time I went to Tokyo, I was travelling with my parents and there was a woman who I could kinda tell was eavsdropping in on our conversation. I, not being too familiar with Tokyo, didn't really know exactly where to go, but I had a general idea. I was basically explaining that to my parents. I think we were on the train heading to Harujuku. The lady, in very clean and natural Enlgish, told us where a good place to go was. I can never imagine that happening in my area. The closest thing I've had is a drunk old man scooting next to me and struggling to tell me IN JAPANESE that he loved John Wayne movies, especially growing up.