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RE: How I traveled to Japan and accomplished one of my dreams part 3
I'm envious. I made a pact with my brother when we were younger that we would go to Japan. We haven't made it yet, I'm not giving up hope yet. I hope you enjoyed the trip. How's o'hare these days, when I was as kid we always avoid that airport. We used to fly out of Midway.
It was crazy, just so big and just trying to figure out which terminal to go through was something totally unreal. Going through security was not nice, I made a mention of in the post about how this security guard was droning the same instructions in a loud voice over and over again. You could literally hear the contempt in their voice when people made mistakes. My brother was mad because he forgot that his belt had a mental prong and so he set off the metal detector.
Good luck with going to Japan, I got fed up and decided to choose a hard date and just went for it. I would recommend if your really want to go, choose a date, tell your brother and go for it.
Yeah, with security being the way it is I guess all airports are now a pain. I use to fly fairly often but now I would rather drive if possible.
Do you speak Japanese? I am taking some online studies and I know a little. Enough to get something to eat and get to a bathroom. Money is a little confusing but mostly I figure if you drop the last two digits off the price, that will be approximately what it cost in dollars. I will keep prodding my brother to go. More power to you to just set a date and go. I'm sure it will be worth it.
Have a nice day.
You don't really need any Japanese going there, pretty much all the signs in the cities are in 4 languages (jp,cn,kr,&en). Learn the language if you like it or want to learn it and use it when you go if you want to, but don't let that stop you.
I say, just make a decision and carpe diem. If it's important to you, do what you need to make it happen.
Thanks, I also see that they put pictures on restaurant menus so you can just point to order. Good advice, 'Seize the day'. I haven't hear that since high school Latin.