Originally Posted by evergrn

Interesting thing about NRT is that, while it's true that there're many workers who barely speak any English, there are also some Japanese staff there (all women, mostly airline gate agents) who speak completely fluent English. More so than in ICN or TPE. There's one NH employee in particular that I remember well... I've heard her make PA announcements in both English and Japanese on at least two different trips going through NRT. Even Utada Hikaru and Sony president have a bit of accent in their English, but this lady has zero accent whatsover in either English or Japanese. Odd thing is she'd announce her name when speaking in English, but not when she speaks in Japanese.