It's best to have a map if you don't know where the place is either. Addresses are useless. Most streets don't have names. No one ever knows the name of a shop or restaurant. Restaurants and shops will fax you a map if you call in advance.
Trains are always on time.
On the extremely rare occasion that you are late for work due to a delay, you must bring your supervisor a note from the train station manager explaining why. A survey showed that Japanese spend on average 15 minutes reading the newspaper a day. The most popular section is the TV listings. There are seasonal beers here. People live in houses with no insulation, some with no bath, but almost everyone has a cellular telephone.