With increasing numbers of tourists visiting Japan, many restaurants now offer English menus to save you trying to decipher what can seem as foreign as hieroglyphics! If the staff don’t offer one up, simply ask ‘Ayego no menyu wa arimaska?’ i.e. ‘Do you have an English menu?’ and see if they offer one up. If that fails, lots of menus have photographs of the meals you can simply point to! You are likely to have the most difficulty in smaller, local restaurants that may only display their menus written in Japanese on wooden boards. If you’re brave enough in this situation, you can try locating something your neighbour is eating to gesture to if it appeals!
Tips for your first trip to Tokyo
