How to Ask "Where is?" in Japanese

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Learn how to ask "Where is?" in Japanese in this free video on Japanese language and travel.

By: Yuu Asakura

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"YUU ASAKURA: We learned several questions which was crucial in regular conversations, let's go over those. We learned how to ask for the price, "how much is it?" Do you remember how to ask? Yes, "kore wa ikura desu ka?" And we learned how to ask the time, do you remember? "What time is it now?" "Ima nanji desu ka?" Correct. And I realize that when I'm traveling, I often ask this question? "Where is the da-da-da-da?" for example, starting with, "Where is the bathroom?" Bathroom is otearai in Japanese. Basically, it means to, "Where is the washing room?" you wash the hands. So let's use the word otearai for this. And you put this word right here, and "Otearai wa doko desu ka?" it means, "Where is the bathroom?" Or sometimes, I had to ask, "Where is the bank? So that I can change the money." Bank is Ginko. Yeah, the word Ginko is here to make the question, "Where is the bank?" "Ginko wa doko desu ka?" And some useful words will be, "station" "Eki," and "bus stop" is "Bus-te." Also, "hotel" is "hoteru," it's a little bit different in pronunciation and--what else, the "taxi," "Taxi." And there's so many things that you can learn, but just remember these format of this, the question, "Where is," so that you don't get lost in Japan."

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