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The maps are usually labeled in local language unless it is a major place or attraction/major company/or someone has taken the time to add a translation. Otherwise local places/offices etc are often labeled in Japanese (so are signs in the real location etc). Googlemaps maynot be the best if you are looking for a list of restaurants in English.
6 years ago. March/April 2018 - Google maps worked perfectly in Tokyo, Urayasu, Hamamatsu, Kobe, Himeji, Osaka, Yoshino. Travel times were accurate and train/subway was almost perfect, sometimes platform number was incorrect. Report inappropriate content.
Maybe I'm too spoiled by my Google maps application that let's me find myself everywhere I am and i'm afraid of the moment it will begin to speak kanji to me. And maybe i was mislead by those claiming that google maps or any other gps based applications for android speak english also in japan - i wrongly assumed it's for all zoom levels, even ...
A map of Japan's major cities, main towns and selected smaller centers. Japan has a population of 126.3 million in 2019. [20] It is the eleventh-most populous country and the second-most populous island country in the world. [12] The population is clustered in urban areas along the coast, plains, and valleys. [15]
6 years ago. It is easy enough to use Google maps in Japan. But much better is to grab a variety of maps when you land at any international airport and at the tourism office of every main train station. They include some fun ads, too. I like paper maps.
312 reviews. 227 helpful votes. Travelling in Japan for English speaking tourists. 17 years ago. I am thinking of going to Japan some time this year and have had many people tell me that they have heard from friends that it is difficult to travel for English speaking tourists as many Japanese do not speak English and there are not many English ...
By the year 1874, there were 91 foreign language schools in Japan, out of which 82 of them taught English. And in 1923, Englishman Harold E. Palmer was invited to Japan by the Ministry of Education, where he would later found the Institute for Research in English Teaching in Tokyo and introduce the aural-oral approach to teaching English.
6 years ago. Save. I have a hard time using Google map in Japanespecially pointing by direction East, West, North and South. I don't know which direction I am. This makes me walking out of blue dotted line and blue arrow is not pointing on the dotted blue line. Google map can't provide street name.I just end up asking the stranger.