Go to the Tourist Information Center
by hotshot0428
Everywhere you want to go in any place in Japan, just go to the nearest Tourist Information Center they can really help you, they speak English and they have a map and tourist guide brouchure available for you.
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Asked for a full details about your trips so that you will not get lost just like I did, but that all about your adventure anyway and it is fun though.
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My favorite Tourist Informtion Center is in Yokohama Station the staffs are very friendly and eager to helped you and with smile all the time.
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Japanese Style Breakfast
by leanne_pearc
One morning at the hotel we decided to have a japanese style breakfast. A very healthy way to start our morning. It consisted of sushi and numerous food items in the picture that i have no idea what exactly they were. Neitherless it tasted sensational.
Dedicated to my VTFriend kedi+
by manuelEB
And here is another beautiful contrast between tradition and modernity. A big budhist bell is under the traditional roof. Thousand of clerks were under the new building roof. It should be for them that the bell tolls...
the 5 most useful Japanese phrases
by southtopia
This is the bare minimum to get you by as a tourist. Not enough to live on by any means, but at least it's better than grunting and pointing!
- ko-re o kudasai = this, please (good when looking at food or menus)
- doumo = thanks (casual, OK for most situations)
- arigatou = thank you (a little more polite)
- sumimasen = excuse me
- _______ wa doko desu ka? (where is the _____?)
PS: Travel phrasebooks always give you complex phrases & questions to learn... and they're all pretty useless if you can't understand the response, so I wouldn't bother. I've seen several non-Japanese-speaking friends come to Tokyo and they've always done OK. Japanese people, even in Tokyo, are quite helpful if you obviously look like a tourist in need of assistance.
Elections (-;
by manuelEB
A democracy is a form of government in which the people, either directly or indirectly, take part in governing. However, the term is also sometimes used as a measurement of how much influence a people has over their government, as in how much democracy exists. The word democracy originates from the Greek "demos" meaning "the people" and "kratein" meaning "to rule" or "the people to rule" which meant literally: "Rule by the People."
A modern democracy implies certain rights for citizens:
* right to elect government through free and fair elections
* freedom of speech
* the rule of law
* human rights
* freedom of assembly
* freedom from discrimination
Verbatim form the web. But at least, i say it!!!. (-;
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Quite delicious and filling
Chef preparing our meal at Hama
Lake Ashi, Japan
Fish roe, huge!
