[taimoorh]

Same boat as you Sarah (first trip) ^^.

An interesting point is indeed whether ppl can tell us of any useful phrases that would help us in our trip to Japan.

Especially things like:

'What?! That's way too much bro/ sis! I'm not paying you that much!'
'How do I get to <name of place>?'
'What's the specialty here?' (for restaurants)
'What's your cheapest room?'
'What time does the train leave for <name of place>?'
'Is this food/ dish vegetarian?'

I'll come up with more later on.