Once you arrive in Japan, it’s easy to get around. The trains and buses are efficient, clean and comfortable. You can find all the necessities – restaurants, cafes, shops – in any city or town. Japanese people are friendly and often eager to help out visitors.
Speaking the language is not a problem either. Japanese is one of the simplest East Asian languages to learn and constitutes 95% of the everyday conversation. The other 5% features the dialects of each region in Japan: Kyushuans speak with a Hakka influence; Hokkaidoites have their own dialect; there’s also a heavy Shinto influence in Southern Japan; while in Northern Japan, people tend to use more terms drawn from English.
The climate in Japan is mild year-round with average temperatures ranging from 18-24 degrees Celsius (64-75 degrees Fahrenheit). Even during winter, days usually start out cloudy but eventually clear up as the sun setures out