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GURUNAVI (Multiple Language Restaurant Guide)

As of today, a multiple language version of GURUNAVI is the best website for searching restaurants in Japan, which is available in English, Japanese, Hangul, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. They list each restaurant with important information such as WiFi availability, English Menu, and English Speaking Staff.

Furthermore, for free of charge (!), they are offering "GURUNAVI Reservation Agent," a reservation support service in English. You can see the service in a description page of each restaurant.

NAVITIME for Japan Travel

Must-have app for getting around Japan made by NAVITIME JAPAN, who awarded a top developer by Google. In addition to route search & navigation maps, they provides offline spot search (Free Wi-Fi, Currency Exchange, ATM, Tourist Information Center, Stations). It would be super useful when you want to be connected but have no connection with the internet. English, Hangul, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese available.

Safety Tips by JNTO

Want to get around Japan but have a slight worry about natural disasters? This app will ease such worry by alerting you Earthquake Early Warning, Tsunami Warning, and other Weather Warning within Japan in English, Japanese, Hangul, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.

Safety tips is produced by JNTO, a Japanese public institution promoting travel to Japan since 1964. Just before getting on the plane, download the app and set the setting while you are on the air. Then, your trip will be much safer.

POCKET CONCIERGE

With POCKETCONCIERGE, you can make reservations at great restaurants recommended by top chefs in Tokyo and Kyoto. No need to make phone calls, even to pay at the restaurant as checks billed automatically on your account. iPhone app is available.

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The AMDA International Medical Information Center

If you get sick or injured in Japan, their service must help you a lot more than anyone in the country. The AMDA International Medical Information Center is providing non-Japanese-speaking people medical information in Japan and amazingly, they also are offering telephone interpretation service free of charge, which will make a communication with Japanese doctors easy. They even explain the health care system in Japan.

Not only in English, but also multiple languages available. Check the details of their service before you get sick.

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