Well by the time it neared the end, I started getting super sick and ended up losing thirty pounds from all the walking and dietary changes while over there and got pnuemonia and ear infections when I got back home. Thankfully my ear drums or lungs didn't collapse from the plane haha. I didn't leave my parent's house for weeks until I left town for classes starting lol. So I feel any longer over there would've landed me in the hospital, so I feel it was the perfect length. My only regret is not being able to go to the ghibli museum (they sold out in minutes T_T) and not going to the SkyTree. I did plenty of otaku things so that was more than enough, I went to akiba at least five times by myself. I even checked out the P5 demo while I was there and it's amazing. They had all sorts of merch on preview including the CE and actual uniforms from the school in the game. I also got all the limited edition of the P3 films too, and tons of other stuff, I barely fit it all in my bag haha.
Yeah it wasn't difficult at all, I didn't learn too much but I had a book with me to make things easier on them since English wasn't uncommon but not terribly well used. Sometimes they had cards with phrases on it or I could just point to the picture on the menu haha. I wish I was able to learn more, but our teachers did a pretty lousy job with our classes so I feel like I know as much as I did before I left haha.
I can definitively say that tipping should be abolished in America. It's garbage and I don't like the fake service servers put on here to get a good tip, whereas the servers in Japan just bring your food and whatever else you need. Y'know? I almost forget to tip every time I go out here now haha.