It also helps to learn the Katakana alphabet, which is easy enough for any computer nerd that one can do it on the plane to Tokyo. You can then sound out the sy

It also helps to learn the Katakana alphabet, which is easy enough for any computer nerd that one can do it on the plane to Tokyo. You can then sound out the syllables on signs and know that アキハバラ sounds like "Akihabara" and thus you're on the right train. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana