Japan was unreal, the best place I have visited by far. I too suffered slightly with the language thing, however the japanese people are patient with "aliens" and had some fun with us.
I miss the place so much, I am going to start learning to language so I can go back and do even more.
I didnt make it to hiroshima, however if I had known it was only 4 hours on the shinkansen (sp?) I would have made more of an effort to get their!
Next time..