I know... I'm so thinking of going.
While I'm far from fluent, thanks to my grandma, I can 'hear' Japanese pretty well - meaning, I can assess what the eff's going on, with a few key words. Like, I know when my grandma's talking smack about me to my cousin in Kyushu. Or maybe she was talking about nice stuff...
At any rate, I know enough to be comfortable. And I can ask for a ticket to Tokyo - "Tokyo made no kippu."
Oh, and I can count to big numbers... Har Har.
I really want to go. I need to see what the next few months hold in store for me.