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Originally Posted by MMM
There are thousands upon thousands of places to eat in Shinjuku and the surrounding areas. Going to a restaurant and ordering food is probably easier in Japan for non native speakers than many other countries, as there are often pictures in menus or fake plastic food in the front window. You can literally point to the item to the waiter and that's what they'll bring you. There are no "gaijin friendly" restaurants, but all restaurants are "potential customer friendly" so I wouldn't worry about it. Gaijin are all over Tokyo, so you surely won't be the first to darken any door.
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Thanks for you input. I wasn't trying to imply that it hasn't or isn't possible, but I have heard some horror type stories about people mistreating certain gaijin for whatever reason. As I have never been before, I just wanted to get an idea of what was in store.
The menu/picture thing can work in most cases. But near my house there is a Japanese and Korean mall that practices this. There are either pics of the food, or plastic covered preserved dishes. The problem still remains, without being able to read, that you don't know exactly what you're getting. For instance, they have more than a few breaded/deep fried/tempura type looking dishes and I could not tell you without tasting them if they are fish, chicken, beef or otherwise.
And by "gaijin friendly" I meant English menus or English speaking staff. As JustaJ stated, there seems to be many places like this. Sure they all fall under the "customer friendly" veil, but I was looking for specifics.
At any rate, thanks again for your help guys. You have alleviated pretty much my only concern. I really appreciate it.
