Originally Posted by theetruscan

As an American, you just get a 90 day visitor visa in about 2 seconds. For . . . not so much, I can't remember, you take the Narita Express to Tokyo station. One leaves every 10 minutes or so, and it takes like 70 minutes to get to Tokyo station I think. From there, you can go to any of the major tourist destinations in another few minutes, and they pretty much all have signs/directions/etc in English.