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Are you just going for a visit for a few days/weeks? Honestly, I think you should be fine. You'd run into more problems with not knowing the language if you were in a more rural area, but that part of the country is populous and pretty used to foreigners. The signs at train stations all have the station names in English as well, and if you're staying in hotels that are business hotels or used to having a lot of foreigners, generally there will be someone on staff who knows a bit of English. The majority of people are pretty friendly and willing to help out. Some people will get flustered if you don't know Japanese, but they generally won't yell at you or anything like that.

I'd recommend having maps on hand for the area you'll be in, though. Kyoto is easy to find your way around because of the layout (it's literally a big grid), but if you're going to be traveling to other cities or areas you'll want to have something on hand to help you find your way around, since they typically don't name the majority of their streets and they're a lot more twisty-turny than Kyoto. Also, bring a small hand towel with you, since a lot of public restrooms don't carry paper towels or anything to dry your hands on. One random etiquette thing, too, is that some people consider it rude if you eat and walk at the same time there. It's not a huge faux pas, but you will sometimes get the side-eye.

(Also, if you get a chance you should totally go to Nara, too. It's one of my favorite places in Japan and it's not that far from Kyoto. And you should DEFINITELY try takoyaki if you're at all a fan of seafood. It is DELICIOUS.)

Just short of two weeks! 11 days I think? I'm staying at two different ryokens because the public holiday meant they were booked out for too long a period of time.

We have maps! And a smartphone as a backup.

right, no eating and walking at the same time!

'll keep Nara in mind! About half our days have something scheduled or booked in, the other days are "let's visit someinth on our looong list" days

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