Notes:
I'll be teaching you basic vocab and grammar
Traveler's phrases, directions, "Where is the …?" and such
Vocab and phrases that'll help you talk with your homestay hosts
And along the way, I'll be giving you lots of examples of written Japanese.
There'll be some writing exercises for the really basic stuff, partly because it's good to know, partly because it's so central to the culture,
But mostly so you can recognize basic signage, foods, numbers and such once you get there.