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How to Read Expiration Dates on Japanese Food (Best Before vs Use By)
How do you tell whether Japanese food is still safe to eat by reading its date stamp?
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How to Ask for Gas at a Full Service Japanese Gas Station
What do you say at a full-service Japanese gas station to get a full tank of regular fuel?
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Should You Let Your Japanese Taxi Take the Expressway? What the Driver Is Asking
When a Japanese taxi driver asks 高速、使いますか, should you say yes?
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Typhoon Cancelled Your Flight? How to Ask to Stay One More Night in Japanese
What do you say to a Japanese hotel front desk to stay one more night when a typhoon cancels your flight?
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Can You Haggle in Japan? The Four Places Where It Quietly Works
Can you bargain the price in Japan, and in which four situations does haggling actually work?
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Where to Get a SIM Card in Japan and What to Say
Where do you get a SIM card in Japan, and what do you say to buy one?
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How to Say No Meat in Japanese (and No Pork)
How do you order a vegetarian meal in Japan when you do not speak Japanese?
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Which Side of the Shinkansen Do You Sit On for Mount Fuji?
Which side of the Shinkansen should you sit on to see Mount Fuji, and how do you ask for that seat in Japanese?
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What Is a Goshuin? Japan's Hand-Painted Shrine Stamp, Explained
What is a goshuin and how do you get one at a Japanese shrine?
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