One thing that I do is take a search term in English and then I put it into Google Translate. I copy the Japanese and re-Google it. From the Japanese information that look promising I re-translate in Google Translate or find the location on Google Maps.

Over time I have discovered so much stuff that if I was relying on English sources alone or my limited Japanese, I would never have come across it.

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Another great source for Japanese search terms is Wikipedia. Just find the English page that you are looking for. Then on the left look for the Japanese Symbols denoting the Japanese language, “日本語”. Click on it and copy the Japanese text for searching again on Google. Type in Monkey Island Tokyo and a little down the search results you come across Sarushima. Click on the page for Sarushima and look on the lower left for the link to the Japanese language site, “日本語”. Click on it and you come up with the title, “猿島”. Copy the title and Google. There you go, just look at all that beautiful information about Sarushima in maps and videos and pictures and whatever you want to translate on Google translate.

A Word of Warning

Google translate not a perfect translation a lot of the time. So please just think of it as an initial search, and not the end of journey to whatever it is you are trying to find out.

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