Thank you for your help! ^_^
Being an English-speaking stranger in Japan is not easy if you can’t speak or read Japanese very well. In European countries you can check unfamiliar words in a few seconds, but finding the meaning of an unknown kanji can take ten minutes.
This is a potentially dangerous problem when it comes to food. For example, the first time I attempted to eat a self-heating bento, I mis-read the instructions and opened the bottom section; it contained a white substance I thought was some kind of rice. Wrong! It was the mineral responsible for the heating. The first mouthful made that very clear. Fortunately, I survived.
One of my silliest experiences happened when I visited Nara with an American friend just after we arrived in Japan. A little old lady had a stall in the park selling various snacks; being a little puckish, we purchased some cheap brown biscuits. They had a rather rough texture and not much flavour, but we consumed them anyway. Can you guess what happened next? Yes, when we entered the park we noticed that all the other visitors who had bought the same biscuits were feeding them to the deer. Oh, dear! Fortunately, we didn’t grow antlers.
Japanese version is here.
http://www.chirbit.com/chirbit/34516