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7 must iPhone Applications to enjoy Japan !!

Today, I would like to introduce you “7 must iPhone Applications to enjoy Japan” !!
They are arranged according to situations.


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- Apps for communicating with Japanese people/ Language -

1, 【World Nomads Japanese Language Guide 】
FREE
Find how to say something in Japanese fast and easily with this app.
Pronunciations are written in Hiragana and the Roman alphabet, so you can read it or show it to someone and express what you want to say!
It is really useful to foreigners in many situations.

It is also capable of translating from 20 languages.
Japanese, Spanish, Indonesian, French, Italian, Mandarin, Thai, Hindi, Lao, Arabic, Malay, Russian, German, Dutch, Nepali and Swahili. etc.

2, 【TexTra (Text Translator by NICT)】
FREE
TexTra covers 21 different languages: Japanese, English, Mandarin, Taiwanese Mandarin, German, French, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Tagalog, Vietnamese and Korean.

TexTra (Text Translator by NICT)
NICT

3,【YUBISASHI English―JAPAN　touch&talk】
7.99 USD
If you can’t understand Japanese, have no fear any more!
Point the word on screen, and you can show what you want to say as text and sound in Japanese.
Once you download it, you can use it also offline, so you don’t even have to care about Internet connection!!
Of course, you can learn Japanese conversations from the app at the everytime and everywhere. :)

-Apps for money and spendings-
4, 【Samurai Taxi】
FREE
This Application calculates anticipated costs for taxi fare.
All you have to do is to enter your departure place and destination! Then the app shows you the estimated route, time and fare automatically.

5, 【Currency】
FREE
With this Application, you can check the up-to-date movements of exchange rates in more than 100 countries and currencies.
Frequent price-check with this Application makes you a smart shopper in Japan!!

-City map /train map-
6,【Tokyo Rail Map Lite】
FREE
This one lets you see all of Tokyo’s train map offline on your iPhone or iPod touch!
You won’t be lost anymore, as long as you are somewhere in the subway :)
You’ll also be able to see all names of stations in kanji as well as roman alphabet

7, 【Tokyo map offline】
2.99 USD
This Application shows you the whole map of Tokyo offline!
Since there are not so many Wi-Fi spots in Tokyo in public places,
this one will be really helpful to find your way in the city! :D

Have a great time in Japan with these Apps in your pocket!

Cheers!

Dyki