
Learn essential Japanese for travel in Japan, with over 150 phrases and vocabulary, tailored for travelers and business visitors, plus culture insights and practical listening and speaking practice.
Ayana, native Japanese tutor, offers online lessons with seven years’ experience teaching beginners to advanced students. She’s helped over 100 learners, ages 10–17, pass from level five to level one.
Explore travel planning in Japan with supplemental materials from APD, including Japanese for foreign schools, place lists like Tokyo Disneyland, hiragana practice, and essential travel phrases.
Explore the map of Japan to learn that 6852 islands exist, 430 are inhabited, and five main islands include Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, and Okinawa, with Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures.
Explore classroom vocabulary of common Japanese phrases, including polite forms, asking questions, translations, requesting phrases, and basic intonation for travelers.
Learn Japanese by mastering grammar points and essential phrases, memorize vocabulary with spaced repetition, practice speaking and pronunciation, write sentences, and review regularly to reinforce long-term retention.
Learn the difference between polite and informal Japanese and how relationship and context guide formality, then start with polite speech in business and formal settings and shift to casual forms.
Warm up with hiragana pronunciation, learn the three character types, and practice saying basic sounds to build recognition and confidence in reading Japanese.
Discover seven useful phrases for shopping in Japan, including how to ask prices and check payment options, with cash and credit card payments.
Learn how to ask how much is this in Japanese when you have the item with you, and practice forming polite price questions.
Learn basic shop greetings in Japanese for travelers, including konichiwa and a bow at entry. Say I'm looking for something, show item names or pictures, and practice pronunciation.
Learn phrases to say I will take this and I will pay with a card, please, how credit card is said in katakana and the de particle for tool use.
Learn how to ask what time stores open and close, practice the key phrase for checking store hours, and explore the basic conjugation of to open within the shopping context.
Master practical shopping phrases in Japanese with pronunciation guidance and listening practice. Repeat after me and learn how much is this and I’m looking for in staff-style dialogues.
Learn useful phrases for shopping in Japan's supermarkets, department stores, and convenience stores, practice common questions, and build confidence in Japanese shopping conversations.
Explore polite Japanese phrases used at supermarkets and department stores to offer and ask 'would you like to try', including tasting and 'please' forms, with practical examples.
Learn common questions at Japan's stores and convenience stores, such as about point or loyalty cards or credit cards, and practice polite phrases for offering help and warming food.
Learn how to ask for items in Japanese, using patterns like 'do you have' or 'do you sell,' with noun phrases and dictionary tools such as Tanglin dot com.
This lecture covers common store interactions in Japan, teaching polite phrases for lining up, asking to go to a register, handling bags and gift wrap, and asking about separate bags.
Practice useful shopping phrases for travelers in Japan, and listen to price-related language used by staff. Repeat after me to gain confidence in shopping conversations.
Listen carefully and try to answer in japanese, then check your answers for items one, two, and three, including the dollar amounts.
Discover Tokyo’s three department stores, anchored in Shinjuku, offering men’s fashion, beauty, kimono accessories, bridal gowns, and toys, with Matsuyama noted as Japan’s oldest department store and among the largest.
Learn essential phrases for vegan and vegetarian dietary restrictions in Japan, navigate Japanese culture and menus, and discover vegetarian options, including temple and shrine meals, plus basic food terminology.
Learn practical Japanese phrases to tell staff about allergies. Practice saying 'I am allergic to dairy' and describing foods or items you need, using basic sentence structure.
Learn how to say I cannot eat foods in Japanese using masu-form conjugations of taberu, the potential form, and wa for the subject, with repeat-after-me practice.
Practice essential allergy vocabulary and phrases for travelers, including how to say peanuts and dairy products you cannot eat, with repeat-after-me pronunciation and speaking practice.
Conduct speaking practice in Japanese by asking does it contain X for ingredients, such as nuts, and rehearse phrases with staff.
Learn how to tell staff you are vegetarian or vegan while traveling in Japan, practice phrases, and understand cultural differences in dietary requests.
Learn to ask for a dish without a specific ingredient in Japanese, using practical phrases, example dialogues, and essential ordering vocabulary.
Learn the phrase it's okay and practice saying it in night situations, using repeat after me prompts to build confidence for travelers in Japan.
Learn basic Japanese food terminology and practice pronunciation by repeating after me, with examples like sashimi to build confidence when dining in Japan.
Engage in speaking practice and learn about vegan and vegetarian Japanese foods, including tofu and other plant-based options you might encounter on menus.
Learn how to order food and drinks at a restaurant, ask common questions at restaurants or cafes, and ask for something in Japanese while traveling in Japan.
Learn how to tell staff how many people are in your party in Japanese, using counters and polite forms from 1 to 10, with restaurant practice.
Learn how to book a table in Japanese, use the go prefix to make phrases polite, understand particles, and practice simple responses when asked.
Learn how to say please in Japanese using onegaishimasu to ask for items like a menu or water, with katakana pronunciations and example phrases.
Master polite Japanese phrases for restaurant interactions, including saying sorry we don't have an English menu and how to place an order step by step.
Learn polite Japanese phrases for travelers, including asking for water and the check, with practice and repeat after me.
Explore polite Japanese phrases for leaving a restaurant, including how to say thank you for the meal, compliment it, and respond politely to staff, with examples of common expressions.
This lesson builds restaurant vocabulary for travelers, guiding learners through common phrases and pronunciation practice for ordering, asking for the menu, and responding with yes or no.
Learn fast-food related questions, discuss ordering at fast-food places, and practice counting quantities for travel scenarios.
Learn essential Japanese phrases for take out and dining in, including how to say have here or take out, please, and how to request pick up.
Practice asking to look at the English menu and say 'English menu, please' while traveling in Japan.
Learn to order drinks and food in Japanese using practical phrases, including how to ask for items on a menu, say please, and request coffee or orange juice.
Learn to order food or drinks in Japanese using basic item counters with numbers, and practice essential phrases to count items and place orders.
Master common fast-food interactions in Japan, including ordering sizes, confirming items, responding to prompts, and seating etiquette with phrases like 'please take a number' and 'sit wherever you like'.
Review ten phrases and practice fast food restaurant vocabulary, revisiting tricky words and common gotcha moments to boost traveler communication.
Practice essential phrases for a fast food restaurant while traveling in Japan, including how to order items, ask for prices, and reference menu items like orange juice.
Lesson 6 introduction outlines the topics you will learn, including how to ask for a different site, with scenarios at the border.
Learn how to say 'can I try this on' and what shop staff might reply, with practical phrases for navigating fitting rooms and getting help while shopping in Japan.
Practice essential Japanese phrases for the changing room to tell staff whether clothing is the right size, too big, too small, or it does not suit me.
Learn practical phrases to ask for a bigger or smaller size in Japanese for travelers, including 'do you have a bigger size?' and 'do you have a smaller size?'}
This travel Japanese lesson teaches learners to ask about colors, using 'do you have a different color?' and practice with repeat-after-me drills.
Learn colors in this Japanese lesson for travelers, and repeat after me to practice color names including Midori and find your favorite color.
Discover a practical phrase to say when you want to wear a purchased item immediately.
Learn vocabulary and phrases for a clothing shop or boutique, with pronunciation practice and repetition to master practical shopping conversations.
discover how to shop in Japan, including phrases to ask for suggestions and an introduction to five traditional Japanese gifts.
Practice the phrase could you show me the item, using object markers and polite request forms for shopping in Japan. Explore examples like figures, animals, dolls, and baskets.
Identify the item you want to buy in japan, look up its name now, and prepare sentences to express your purchase while practicing with examples.
Learn to express your budget in Japanese yen, state the amount first, and use practical phrases to ask staff for help with souvenirs and budget negotiation.
Practice Japanese phrases for asking for suggestions, shopping, and clarifying items you want to buy, with repeat-after-me drills to help you decide and ask do you have this.
Explore how to spot handmade crafts in rural Japan, navigate souvenir shops, and practice asking 'is this handmade?' to describe items and ask about origin.
Explore five traditional Japanese gifts: furin wind bells, washi paper, personalized chopsticks, a Japanese sword, and handmade chochin paper lanterns.
Practice hall phrases for souvenir shopping in Japanese, with repetition to help travelers communicate during purchases and interactions.
Explore the airplane situation, immigration, and the claim in this lesson 8 introduction for travelers.
Learn essential Japanese phrases to find your seat and politely pass through on trains and airplanes. Practice te-form phrases and repeat after me to confidently request access.
Learn to express being on vacation or on a business trip in Japanese. Practice phrases for sightseeing and travel situations to navigate trips with confidence.
Learn phrases for traveling alone or with family, and stay true to your goals while meeting friends and colleagues during travel.
Learn essential phrases to state your accommodation and stay duration, practice asking where you are staying, and replying with 'I will stay at …' for days, weeks, or a month.
Learn essential Japanese phrases for reporting lost or damaged luggage and making a luggage claim with airline staff.
Explore essential Japanese phrases when arriving in Japan, with a focus on basic expressions and the imasu form to help you communicate on arrival.
The “Travelling Japan/Japanese lesson for travelers (JLPT N5 level) ” is Japanese study materials for beginners who are interested in learning Japanese and preparing for their trip to Japan. I’ve created this course based on interviewing around 30 of my current and past students who travelled to Japan or were planning to travel to Japan. You can study vocabulary, expressions and a little bit of Japanese culture that correspond to travelling situation. Throughout the course, I will guide you to common Japanese phrases during your trip. At the end of the course, you will be able to speak basic sentences slowly as well as listening to basic phrases which Japanese people will likely talk to during your trip. This course covers around 50 travel phrases travellers should know in Japanese. In addition, you will lean Japanese manners and culture etiquette in the last of the course.
All of the narration contains English and romaji, so that those learning Japanese for the first time can freely study the materials. In addition, you can download PDF, so that all learners can take them with your trip and study effectively. Hope your Japan trip will go smooth and bit more confident in speaking with Japanese people!