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01-07-2011, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Sitron View Post
I'm going to Tokyo for 9 days in either June or July. I don't speak Japanese, but I can read kana and some kanji. I'm wondering, as a tourist how far will English get me when at a restaurant, or asking for prices at a store or even just small talk with local Japanese people at bars/night clubs.
Major department stores will have staff that speak english... just enough to serve the customer... several brand name store in Omotesando also have english speaking staff

Put it this way, anywhere that a tourist (real tourist) would go to will probably have some level of english services
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