Have Fun Learning Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Hajime and Yasumi are old friends but Hajime just recently moved to the suburban town of Kawagoe. Most Tokyoites aren’t too familiar with the ins & outs of Saitama Prefecture, so this lesson is, naturally, about asking and giving directions. We’ll focus on public transportation functions in this lesson, so this will be important for your day-to-day survival in Japan. Our grammar point is using the so-called to conditional. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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15 Responses to “Lower Intermediate Lesson #70 - L2: Party in the ‘Burbs! 1”
JapanesePod101.com says:
April 10th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, Kawagoe is quite a nice place. It’s still laid out like a traditional castle town from the Edo Period. In fact, the town’s nickname is Koedo (Little Edo) and there are many things to do and see there.
http://www.city.kawagoe.saitama.jp/www/toppage/0000000000000/APM03000.html
markystar says:
April 10th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
mina-san, the Video Vocab will be uploaded shortly. iI’ll make a post as soon as it’s available. sorry for the inconvenience. 
marky
sTeVe aUsTiN says:
April 10th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
JPod is based in Tokyo. And this is a lesson involving Saitama. Oh boy, I’m ready for the fireworks now!! 
Michael says:
April 10th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Competing Japanese Lessons!! Definitely better looking than Peter-san BUT just as intense:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz4rY_B96lg&feature=dir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz4rY_B96lg&feature=dir
There are more; have fun.
kitty-chan says:
April 10th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Hahahahaha.
I guess that video makes up for the missing Video Vocab 
Steve, what do you mean about fireworks in Saitama? 
OkayamaS says:
April 10th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Wow, she was intense. Didn’t teach me anything, but definitely was intense.
Kitty-chan, I think Steve Austin is referring to the fact that Tokyoites loathe Saitama. I too am curious where this is going.
Michael says:
April 11th, 2008 at 1:56 am
The second one is better; in fact of the few I’ve looked at its the best.
I’m always surprised when I listen to anything Japanese that I understand it.
プチクレア says:
April 11th, 2008 at 3:10 am
Why do Tokyoites loathe Saitama ?
I love the train system in Japan. You can really go anywhere with them, and I think on the whole they’re quite cheap (well, maybe not the Shinkansen), run very frequently, and are on time.
The only thing is, 終電 is too early !
エミリー says:
April 11th, 2008 at 10:52 am
I clicked the link for “crazy party” and found the lesson about the party in Himeji Castle. I wonder what kind of party Hajime and Yasumi will have….
watermen says:
April 11th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz4rY_B96lg&feature=dir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz4rY_B96lg&feature=dir
Jpod101 must consider to recruit her. 
applejuicin2007 says:
April 11th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
All my Tokyo friends hate Saitama. I think they hate Saitama more than Osaka.
They call it ださいたま by combining ダサい “uncool” and 埼玉 “Saitama.”
I’m guessing there’s a crazy bonus track with the monkey pit crew making fun of Saitama or something.
markystar says:
April 11th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
I’m guessing there’s a crazy bonus track
hahahaha, you know us too well! there’s definitely a bonus track coming down the pipe (sorry no monkeys)
oh, by the way, Video Vocab is up and running!
Naomi says:
April 11th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
I don’t think people in Tokyo hate Saitama. They’re just making fun of Saitama. Plus most of people who live in Tokyo are not originally from Tokyo. According to a survey more than 90% of people who live in Tokyo are from other prefectures. なので、「東京の人は、田舎者だ」ともいわれています。
According to Sachiko(Sachiko, the showhost in Englishpod101, she is from Osaka.), Osaka people hate Tokyo accent very much.
Liz21 says:
April 11th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Michael-san:
Good one!! I love that YouTube thing you gave us!
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Category: Lower Intermediate Lessons (S2) |
Grammar: conditional, to, to conditional | Function: asking directions | Topic: crazy party, Kawagoe, Saitama, suburbs, trains | Politeness Level: casual
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