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| Above, the Godzilla mural at Toho Studios. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
If one is in Tokyo and are a "bit bewildered" due to the language barrier, there is a new multilingual call center available to help foreign tourists.
The Japan Times reported:
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government opened a call center Friday for foreign visitors to improve communication with businesses and other organizations of interest.
The center, the first of its kind, will be open 24 hours a day and provide guidance and translation services in English, Chinese and Korean.
It also provides information about tourist events and how to use public transport. Non-Japanese can even ask to have their inquiries interpreted at shops and restaurants.
Furthermore, travelers can send pictures of brochures and signs to the center by email to have the text translated into one of the three languages.
Calls to the center are toll-free and its services are free of charge, aside from internet access fees.
To read more, go here.
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