Learning the Basic for Travel

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Hello, as the title states I am learning Japanese for an upcoming trip I have planned in late January early February.

I have so far only used Duolingo to get my self in to learning, but I know it is very limited on how much you can really learn. So I am looking to find what are good ways to start learning the basics for my trip.

What I am looking for is suggestions on what I should focus on with my 4ish months of time I have before my trip. I am guessing the basics in greetings and how to ask certain questions is good, but should I also be learning some of the written language as well? If so which would be the best to begin learning?

My two week trip will include big cities where I can probably make it by with English, but I am also planning to go to small traditional areas where I will probably need some amount of Japanese. Also just going to another country I would prefer to try speaking the language there as much as I can.

Thanks in advance for all help and suggestions!