I've been working on a guide about traveling through #Japan for ages. Ever since spending 6 months in 2013 as an #ExchangeStudent in #Kumamoto, I keep going back to Japan and wanted to collect the most handy tips for my friends (and everyone else) that visit the country for the first time. There are also a few easy #Japanese tips coming up, that gonna help you get around. 🏯 #MastoArt #illustration #guide #travels #traveling #art #drawing #tips
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The first topic of my #TravelGuide for #Japan is #food, because one of my favourite things to do is try new things!
Do you have a favourite #Japanese food? I personally love #Okonomiyaki Hiroshima style - cabbage pancake, layered with egg, #Yakisoba (fried noodles) and bacon. 🤤 I also really like #Natto and everything with #Mentaiko (pollack roe). お腹がすいた〜!
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In #Japan each city, prefecture and region has their own thing that they are famous for. From fruits, to products and even special dishes. Make sure to check what the region you are going to is famous for, so you can try it!
Do you have a place you want to go to because of their meibutsu? I really want to go to Aomori and try their apples! (3/X)
How to find a restaurant in #Japan. Spoiler alert: It's pretty easy. 😅
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When you are entering a restaurant in #Japan they will ask you how big your party is. Here is a handy #guide how to respond.
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When I was in #Japan for the first time I was extremely anxious about entering restaurants, because where I lived, nearly nobody spoke English, there were no English signs and no translation apps. (I didn't even have internet on my phone back then.) My #Japanese was ok-ish, but I still couldn't read Kanji. So this was how I managed anyway.
Today it will be much easier, because (esp. in big cities) they are prepared for foreigners and will give you an english menu right away. #MastoArt
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Another handy #Japanese word that helped me a lot in #Japan was "Kore", literally "This here". Maybe not the most polite way to order something, but it gets the job done.
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A lot of people want to see #Japan in spring, because of the cherry blossoms, but I really think fall is just as beautiful and completely underrated. Just avoid summer at all costs!
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Fascinating, I had no idea! 😮
Props regarding the very elaborate alt text, by the way! 🌟
@noodydraws @HerrKlamauk "Während in Deutschland und den meisten anderen Ländern Europas die Bedeutung von „Daumen hoch“ etwas Positives aussagt wie „gut gemacht“ oder „alles in Ordnung“, ist dieser Fingerzeig zum Beispiel in Russland, Griechenland, Frankreich und Australien eine obszöne, rüde Geste."
https://www.travelbook.de/fun/bedeutung-gesten-im-ausland#h-daumen-hoch
@noodydraws The come gesture is the same in Korea, I believe.
Edit: Oh, and the explanation for the Playstation controller's layout is fascinating!
Those info graphics are awesome! 🤩
I wish I had those when I visited Japan a couple of years ago, the would have been so useful to me back then! 😄
Als Drinnie hätte ich da wohl auch sofort auf dem Absatz kehrt gemacht. XD
Deine tollen Japan-Cards bräuchten eigenlich noch einen griffigen Namen, unter denen sie direkt zu finden sind. Die haben definitv Aufmerksamkeit verdient.
@noodydraws i remember the first time I got on a bus in de UK. I paid for my friend and me and said to the bus driver: two. While I signaled two by sticking up my index and middle finger.
Happy to have made it out the bus alive.
@Lon if you have the inside of your hand facing the person your greeting it means 'peace'.
Turn your hand around and all of a sudden you're acting like a hooligan.
Do I understand correctly that hitori = alone, futari = couple, and for the rest it's the usual counting words plus "nin" (person) ?
An active conspiracy theory that rivals the revelations of "The Da Vinci Code" awaits visitors to the sleepy village of Shingo, between Hachinohe and Lake Towada in Aomori Prefecture. Every year in June, a ceremony unlike any other in Japan awakens Shingo (called “Herai” in times long ago) and women…
@noodydraws I’m so into this! Your art style, the info✨ I’m making a similar collection (of all the embarrassing things I’ve said and done while living in Japan) and it’s also been taking me forever—only 3 years tho, so you’ve got me beat 😅 I really hope to see more of your work!
Do you know Himawari House by Harmony Becker? It’s not a guide, but she does a really good job of blending languages and explaining culture along with a fantastic story.
@axazel Oh cool! Yeaaah, the things you realize after a while that you've got completely wrong are so embarassing, haha! I'm going to check your stuff out! And no, I didn't know that! thanks for the tip! Gotta look into it. :)
I actually didn't start with it in 2013, but still it's been a few years xD But I started studying Japanese back then, but forget faster than I can learn, so my Nihongo level is embarassingly low after 9 years, haha.
@noodydraws I could die of embarrassment just remembering it all🥹 But I think it’s better than being too scared to try!
Lemme know if you check it out and what you think 🌻
And yeah, learning Japanese is wild. If you ever want a kind of study buddy I’d be happy to chat 日本語でanytime~
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