I highly recommend Japan Travel Centre to help you book your holiday to Japan. We wanted an organized trip without having to take a tour group. Sandy was excellent at catering the holiday for us. All her instructions were very clear and it's very easy to get around Japan. The trains service is outstanding.
We didn't feel it was that difficult to communicate with people, even if they didn't speak English they were always extremely helpful. Our best investments were definitely using the luggage transfer service provided all over Japan. We traveled a lot, so it was so worth not having to carry around heavy luggage. The other was a portable internet device. This saved us so much time when it came to navigating to places or finding information and was also handy for using Google translate when we really couldn't communicate with someone.
Finally my highlights were probably the Japanese hospitality and culture, the amazing food and the train travel. Also, save some space in your luggage for shopping. The shops are fantastic. Especially Tokyu Hands, which has practically everything you would ever need. I cant wait to go again!
Thank you Japan Travel Centre and a special thanks to Sandy who made it so easy for us. 🙂