Name: Tokyo Survival Japanese Lesson for Tourists
Start: 2025-12-28T05:00:00.000Z
Location: Starbucks Coffee (Shinjuku)

In this interactive online event, you’ll learn the essential Japanese phrases and cultural tips you need to confidently order food at restaurants in Japan.

Even if you’re a complete beginner, you’ll finish the session knowing how to order, ask questions, customize dishes, and handle common situations like paying or asking for recommendations.
You’ll feel more relaxed and ready for your trip—and have more fun eating like a local!

**In this lesson, you will be able to:**

* Make reservations over the phone
* Talk with server at the entrance
* Order to the waiter
* Ask the waiter for recommendations
* Communicate your feedback on the food
* Pay smoothly

**What to Bring**

* A stable internet connection
* Zoom
* Notebook or memo app

⚠️ I will send you digital class materials in PDF before the event. To ensure a deep understanding, I strongly recommend that you download and print them out or install them onto a device that you can write on.

Hop! Step! Japan!

Yohei Takaba

【Online】Survival Japanese Lesson for Tourists

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**Welcome to our Lesson! 🇯🇵**
Learn essential Japanese phrases for travel in a fun and interactive lesson in Tokyo. Practice real-life situations, gain confidence, and receive a mini phrasebook to take home. [Watch the lesson here!](https://youtu.be/QwLCj_dGFbo)

**Details:**
Begin your experience by meeting at the rental space. Receive a warm welcome, make introductions, and get an overview of the experience. Play a quick "Why are you learning Japanese?" game to break the ice. Learn essential survival phrases, including greetings, how to order food, ask for directions, and basic shopping phrases. Receive handouts and mini phrasebooks to help you remember what you've learned. Next, role-play real-life travel situations with fun pair or group activities. Practice self-introductions, ordering at a restaurant, checking in at a hotel, shopping, and asking for directions. Then, head outside and walk to a nearby café or shop. Try ordering in Japanese with support and encouragement. Enjoy a fun and practical way to apply your new skills. Finish by answering final questions, reviewing phrases, and receiving your phrasebook. Leave with lots of smiles, a group photo, and a souvenir to remember your experience.

* Learn essential Japanese phrases for travel, including greetings and ordering
* Practice real-life situations with fun role-playing activities
* Gain confidence in speaking Japanese and receive a mini phrasebook
* Enjoy a guided walk to a nearby café or shop to practice ordering in Japanese
* Receive personalized feedback and a souvenir to remember your experience

Tokyo Survival Japanese Lesson for Tourists

Starbucks Coffee (Shinjuku)

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