| 25th February 2006 07:30 PM |
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| kahoosier |
I am about 3 hours away from Nagoya or Tokyo. It is a very affordable flight. Suddenly I find I can take the time off, so I went to RS.COM and tickets are available for all the shows.I click on the link...
Damn I cannot read Japanese. I can make no sense of the page. Is there a way to view this page in English? Is there a way to see what seats you get for what you pay? Can anyone help? |
| 25th February 2006 07:36 PM |
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| GhostofBrianJones |
I lived over there for three years 1972-1975 when my ex was in
the Navy and finishing his last three years. What I did when I needed to go somewhere was take a Japanese friend of mine
who could also speak good English. It would take years and
years to be able to learn to read Kangi, Hiragana, and Katagana.
I knew some of the language but you need a good Japanese
friend for something like this. They were always very good to me
and very helpful in getting around and understanding what things
were. I had a wonderful time. |
| 26th February 2006 03:04 AM |
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| keefjunkie |
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GhostofBrianJones wrote:
I lived over there for three years 1972-1975 when my ex was in
the Navy and finishing his last three years. What I did when I needed to go somewhere was take a Japanese friend of mine
who could also speak good English. It would take years and
years to be able to learn to read Kangi, Hiragana, and Katagana.
I knew some of the language but you need a good Japanese
friend for something like this. They were always very good to me
and very helpful in getting around and understanding what things
were. I had a wonderful time.
does anyone have a quicker fix for him other than acquiring a japanese freind?
hahaha |
| 26th February 2006 10:30 AM |
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| GhostofBrianJones |
Well he could learn the language enough to get around. If he is
that close to those Japanese cities, I was under the impression
he was already IN Japan. Or get directions from a Japanese.
It is very different from here because you can learn the language
but trying to READ it is another story. They read from left to right.
And each category of the three types of characters is used in
different ways. But they may have made some leaps and bounds
in identifying things for foreigners. There may be more English in
their signs, media and etc. I sure hope so, because it was not that
way when I was there. I am sure in the last 30 years there have
been tremendous improvements. Good Luck! |
| 26th February 2006 03:54 PM |
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| kahoosier |
Nope I do not live in Japan, but in a small chain of islands held as a trust territory by the USA called the Marianas Islands. We are really a melting pot of about 70,000 with only about 15,000 for whom English is a native tongue. There are people who speak Chinese Dialects, Korean, Chammorran, Tagalog ( our major Philippino dialect)and on and on. Some of these dialects and languages I am beginning to pick up on here and there but Japanese still seems impenatrable to my hopelessly Western ears.
HOWEVER, I have lucked out and today will talk with someone at work that speaks Japanese. |
| 26th February 2006 09:39 PM |
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| gypsy |
quote:
GhostofBrianJones wrote:
Well he could learn the language enough to get around. If he is
that close to those Japanese cities, I was under the impression
he was already IN Japan. Or get directions from a Japanese.
It is very different from here because you can learn the language
but trying to READ it is another story. They read from left to right.
And each category of the three types of characters is used in
different ways. But they may have made some leaps and bounds
in identifying things for foreigners. There may be more English in
their signs, media and etc. I sure hope so, because it was not that
way when I was there. I am sure in the last 30 years there have
been tremendous improvements. Good Luck!
Very helpful. |
