This is true. You can forget about using ATM cards in most Japanese ATM's, apart from 2 exceptions.Plavt wrote: One further tip: the ATM's often won't dispense to a foreign card even when showing the Visa logo. A good source of information is the 'Lonely Planet' travel guide which is updated and maybe a little accurate than this post since I haven't been to Japan for a while.
That's curious, I had no difficulty finding somebody who spoke English as the customer services announcement were in English. Perhaps something has changed but I find it unlikely that you wouldn't find any English speakers at an International airport. However, if you are travelling by Singapore Airlines there will several native Japanese flight attendants provided by reason of knowledge of language and culture of their country.Splatted wrote: edit: only difficult part is finding someone at Narita who speaks English.
Also, the metro ticket doesn't work from the train station at the airport.
Sorry, I should have been clearer. Yes, there are plenty of people that speak English at the Airport itself. Just the counter where you purchase train tickets wasn't manned by anyone that had functional English.Plavt wrote:That's curious, I had no difficulty finding somebody who spoke English as the customer services announcement were in English. Perhaps something has changed but I find it unlikely that you wouldn't find any English speakers at an International airport. However, if you are travelling by Singapore Airlines there will several native Japanese flight attendants provided by reason of knowledge of language and culture of their country.Splatted wrote: edit: only difficult part is finding someone at Narita who speaks English.
Also, the metro ticket doesn't work from the train station at the airport.
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