Lost in Translation

All the time. No way I could buy a train ticket. Or anything from any machine (they all speak, a lot, all the time, even the bath tubs, luckily they don't sell anything). Hardly from any person either. They only speak Japanese, and always seem to have to ask or offer me something. And really, my Japanese is making progress veeeeeeery slowly. Taihen ne.

Luckily I constantly have a very handsome local guide by my side.

Ikimashou! Let's go!