YOU SAID:
I've wanted to travel to Japan for years
INTO JAPANESE
私は何年も日本に旅行したいと思っていました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I have wanted to travel to Japan for many years
INTO JAPANESE
私は何年も日本に旅行したいと思っていました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I have wanted to travel to Japan for many years
That didn't even make that much sense in English.