English-speaking travellers to Japan will find this informal introduction a painless way to gain a fundamental grasp of Japanese. The colour-illustrated book and accompanying audio compact discs present words and phrases for meeting and greeting people, asking directions, arranging hotel accommodation, dining, shopping, getting help in an emergency, and much more. Extra features include a 40-page pull-out bilingual dictionary that uses phonetic spellings of Japanese words, language quizzes and puzzles, and perforated pull-out vocabulary cards. The set of compact discs is new with this edition. They offer help with pronunciation and include bilingual dialogues to help travellers develop basic conversation skills. This language teaching program is suitable both for adults and older children.