You try to get an English to Japanese dictionary in Japan....Like total idiots we attempted to purchase an English to Japanese dictionary once in Japan. Sadly for us, when you ask where the "jisho" (Japanese for dictionary) is in the bookstore they say "hai hai' and walk you to this....
If you haven't figured out the punch line to the joke that is our time in Japan....all of these dictionaries are written in Japanese -either Kanji, Katana or Hiragana, meaning they are useless to us. At the end of the day, it is just plain humorous at this point, and makes us smile. We are also all the more grateful to our friends back home who are coming to Kyoto on business (props to Peregrine Semiconductor) who are willing to bring us things we need (socks, dictionaries written in English...you know, essentials)
Tip for living in Japan: purchase and bring a dictionary with you...
Rookie mistake!
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