I was told that there are BIG spiders there

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I'm not too concerned but my oldest son has a phobia about spiders. I was told that there are very large spiders that will just jump on you and bite you! Is this fact or fiction? How do you pronounce the name of the frogs that they spray to kill off? I'm going to have to study up on how things are pronounced there. We actually found a website that covers this..just haven't had time to look at it yet. As a health care worker, do you think it would be beneficial for me to learn Japanese? Linda Bowman