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Chances are, you`ll spend 95% of the time either alone or with other English speakers.
If you just want to travel around Japan, see the sights, and have a vacation that may not be an issue. But if you want to come out of it with some language and culture, don`t get your hopes up. I have yet to see anyone learn much more than travel and utility phrases when there is no push such as a homestay, Japanese language workplace, or school.
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I would agree with this it certainly describes my time in Tokyo. I have next to no japanese lang skills but quickly learned the basics if not the context of what was being said
It is a strange feeling being alone in Tokyo even though I hooked up with a friend of friend and his wife for a few of those days. Taking the train to Yokosuka alone was an adventure that still makes me snicker thinking about it.