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🇯🇵 ✈️ Travel · Greetings and self-introductions (A1)
🏨 Checking in at a ryokan
🎯 Check in and ask about meals, the bath and the room
🎮 Play this in classUse the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.
💬 Warm-up questions
- おんせん に いった こと が ありますか？ (Have you been to an onsen?)
- りょかん と ホテル、どっち が いい？ (Ryokan or hotel?)
🔑 Key phrases
- よやく した スミス です (yoyaku shita sumisu desu)I'm Smith, I have a reservation
- ゆうしょく は なんじ です か (yūshoku wa nanji desu ka)What time is dinner?
- おふろ は どこ です か (ofuro wa doko desu ka)Where's the bath?
- タオル を もう いちまい ください (taoru o mō ichimai kudasai)One more towel, please
- にもつ を あずけて も いい です か (nimotsu o azukete mo ii desu ka)Can I leave my luggage?
- チェックアウト は なんじ です か (chekkuauto wa nanji desu ka)What time is checkout?
📚 Useful words
- よやく (yoyaku) — reservation
- おんせん (onsen) — hot spring
- ゆかた (yukata) — light kimono
- ちょうしょく (chōshoku) — breakfast
- ゆうしょく (yūshoku) — dinner
- へや (heya) — room
⚡ Speaking challenges
- Ask permission with 〜ても いい ですか (3 times).
- Ask for 2 things you need in your room.
- Explain your arrival time.
- Thank the host politely when leaving.
🎭 Role-play
A traditional ryokan in Kyoto.
🧑🎓 Student's card
Check in, ask 4 questions (dinner time, bath, wifi, checkout).
🧑🏫 Your card (tutor)
Be the okami (host). Use polite keigo: 'おまちして おりました'. Explain the yukata and bath rules.
🌀 Twist (halfway through): The bath for men/women switches at 10 p.m. ('10じ に いれかわります'). The student must ask what that means.
🗣️ Discussion questions
- にほん で どこ に とまりたい ですか？ (Where do you want to stay in Japan?)
- おふろ は あさ と よる、どっち？ (Bath morning or night?)
- にほん の たべもの で なに が たべたい？ (What Japanese food do you want to try?)
📌 Homework
Write 6 questions to ask at a ryokan, using 〜ても いいですか and なんじ旅館で聞く質問を6つ書く