Not sure if anyone saw this yet, but here is the new poster for Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" starring Johnny Depp. Enjoy. Looks good so far. I am very interested in seeing this.
Depends on when you're going and what you want to do. The summers are ungodly humid and hot. The winters have snow and skiing. It's a temperate climate, a bit similar to the east coast. I don't have time to teach you Japanese formally, but I can throw some phrases your way.
Curi.