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suku India 16 years in Japan

Welcome to Japan - This is yet the undiscovered secret of Asia .. Once you get to see the deeper aspects of Japan I am sure you will love it.
I was here initially for 1 year and then it was 2 and then I just grew over the place ..Looking back its almost 16 years .. I am an entrepreneur with interests in IT / Food / Cross border business.
In IT, we are into local Infra support, Hardware procurement & setup and localization (including translation & linguistic testing of software).
On the food front, if you are missing out Indian food or strict vegetarian food - do visit our Indian restaurant -Swagat - http;//www.swagat-jp.com

Basic tips if you are visiting Japan on a business trip

In case you are on a business visit here are some tips for making most of any business visit to Japan 1. Carry name card with your Name (preferably in Japanese & English), Contact details (email / tel /address) 2. Carry a 1 to 4 pager company profile (again preferably in Japanese).3. Comp…(870 words)

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Trip Business Visit

Jain, Halal, Vegan, Vegetarian? Welcome to Swagat Tokyo!

If you are here in Japan and have some specific food choices/requirements like vegetarian, vegan, Jain food, or Halal food due to health or religious reasons, the prospect of visiting and staying a while in Tokyo or greater Japan for business or personal reason can be daunting.Forget that conce…(369 words)

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Swagat Tokyo Halal Tokyo Vegan eating Japan Vegan Japan Jain Japan Jain Restaurant Tokyo Vegetarian restaurant Tokyo Sunil Kulkarni Tokyo Restaurant Foodie Japan

Train, Limousine bus, cabs are few options to arrive in Tokyo from Narita airport

Trains - Narita airport liner, Keisei liner, Yokosuka line, Keisei line are diff type of train options. Cheapest is the Yokosuka line or keisei line which are regular trains. If you take Narita express or Keisei liner these trains are fast and the tickets are around 3000 JPY. These trains typical…(268 words)

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Tokyo Train Bus City Yokohama Shinjuku Ticket Shibuya Airport Ueno

Upscale hotels, Business hotels, Dormitories, Youth Hostels are diff types of lodgings available in Japan

Tokyo has many diff types of lodging facilities..It has the upscale 3 star or 5 star hotels like Ritz Carlton and Hyatt etc. Then there are business hotels like Hotel Villa Fontaine, Park Inn etc which are in the range of 7000 JPY - 10000 JPY depending on season etc. Then there are servic…(140 words)

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Tokyo Park Hotel Cherry blossom Lodging

Roppongi, Shibuya, Ebisu, Shinjuku, Marunouchi are some good areas..

Roppongi, Shibuya, Ebisu, Shinjuku, Marunouchi are some good areas where you can meet or bump into foreigners. A971 - near midtown, PinkCow Club very near to Roppongi square, Oakdoor (in Hyat)PCM - Marunouchi - http://www.miyoshi-grp.com/cardinal/pcm/index.htmlPCA - Akasaka - http://www.miyoshi…(183 words)

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Shinjuku Shibuya Roppongi Tokyo Restaurant Ginza Marunouchi Ebisu

Hakuhinkan ginza shop, vstone robot shop are good places to collect souvenirs for kids

Hakuhinkan Ginza - http://www.hakuhinkan.co.jp/guide_en.html is a place to visit for sure. Here you can find lots of toys, puzzles, gadgets from Japan that will surely be liked by kids from any country. Its an awesome place. Vstone - kids robots building place - http://www.vstone.co.jp/english/…(121 words)

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Building Ginza Asakusa Souvenir Jinjya (Shrine) Kimono Samurai Yukata (Light kimono) Summer

Nomihoudai are economical and great if you are in groups..

Normally Nomihodai are timebound. It is for 60 min or 90 min or 120 min etc and this is told /decided initially when you enter the shop. There are set of drinks which you can have as much as you like in these 60 or 120 min. Drinks not included in this list have to be purchased separately at norma…(192 words)

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Nomihoudai (All you can drink) Beer Drink Izakaya Shochu

Tenpura ryori, Yasai Tendon, Yasai Itame (sauteed veg), Yasai Yakisoba (veg noodles) and many other veg options can be tried out

Tenpura Ryori - Tenpura is a Japanese dish which is fried in a batter. Vegetable (yasai) Tenpura would be vegetables dipped in the batter and then fried. They are assorted vegetables and then as a side dish rice or miso is given with it in a full meal. Yasai Tendon - Basically a bowl of rice wit…(342 words)

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Tempura Coffee Miso Izakaya Salt Rice cracker Okonomiyaki Edamame (Green soybeans) Pear

Food, Drinks, Utilities- Restrooms - convenience stores is a small world in itself..

Convenience stores will store the following - 1. Food - salad boxes, ready to eat bento box (pasta/curry etc) (mostly non-vegetarian), fruits (banana, apple, oranges), Curd, Diet biscuits, nuts, chips, chocolates, chewing gum, cup ramen noodles, soups, french fries or chicken nuggets (ready to ea…(287 words)

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Convenience store Drink Ticket Tea Ramen noodles Sea Coffee Fruits Bank Milk

Taxi, Business hotels, Manga kissa (Internet comic cafe) are some options where you can spend night

If you miss the train - which happens many times then there are couple of options.. 1. If you are closeby your hotel or place of stay then you can take a cab. After 11, the cab will charge an extra 10-15% depending on if it is a company taxi or personal /private taxi (you will find this mark when…(283 words)

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Manga Taxicab Train Hotel Coffee Bicycle Earthquake Comic cafe

Key is to greet in Japanese and with a sincere humble intent

Japanese greet often amongst themselves though it is not like in US or other countries where even if you dont know anybody people say "Hey hello - whats up" or something. But typically there are daily greetings like Good Morning (Ohayo Gozaimasu) or Good Night (Oyasumi Nasai) etc. - which perhaps…(281 words)

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Greeting

People raise the glass and say Kanpai- then we take a sip-keep the glass down and then clap - to kind of signify the start of the event /party etc.

In Japan, we say Kanpai when we do a toast. In corporate events, parties with friends or your host families, you might have to go through this... In corporate events normally they might have a speech - after which the speaker will raise the toast and say Kanpai. Then people raise the glass and say …(179 words)

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Event Toast Drink Juice

Train stations, convenient stores and book stores are few places where you can get maps & guidebooks

You can get a subway / train map at any train station. They are kept there - and could be in Japanese. You can ask for a English one.You can also find road maps in any of the convenient stores. But they might be in Japanese. Then there are book stores like Yurindo - Kinokuniya etc where you can c…(135 words)

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Train Train station Tokyo Subway