English-speaking travelers to Japan will find this informal introduction a painless way to gain a fundamental grasp of Japanese. The color-illustrated book presents words and phrases for meeting and greeting people, asking directions, getting hotel accommodations, dining, shopping, getting help in an emergency, and much more. The book's extra features include a 40-page pull-out bilingual dictionary that uses phonetic spellings of Japanese words, language quizzes and puzzles, and perforated pull-out vocabulary cards. This language teaching program is suitable both for adults and older children.
