Eleven Extremely Practical Japan Travel Tips

Above, inside the Narita Express (no. 7 on the list). Photo by Armand Vaquer.

KSPR-TV (the ABC affiliate in Springfield, Missouri) has eleven "extremely practical" Japan travel tips.

The begin their article with:

Japan isn't a country to which you just show up and wing it. 

For foreigners, the language barrier can be intense, the technology overwhelming and the prices terrifying for just about everything other than instant ramen.

The key is preparation. 

We've taken care a lot of that for you with the tips below, leaving you to puzzle out the fun stuff, like getting out of a karaoke bar with your dignity intact and figuring out how to ask them to hold the katsuobushi at breakfast.

To see the eleven Japan travel tips, go here.