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12 Responses to “Premium Lesson #20 - SS:16 Asking for Directions”
JapanesePod101.com says:
April 16th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Mina-san, the NTT Building in Shinjuku was built to look like the Empire State Building. If you take a walk through Shinjuku Park (Shinjuku Gyoen), you get a strange feeling you’re in Central Park. Very strange.
エミリー says:
April 19th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I have never been to Central Park so seeing that building isn’t so strange. But now that you mention it, it DOES look like the Empire State Building. 
プチクレア says:
April 19th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
That’s one of the things I like most about 新宿御苑. You’re right in the middle of the city, you can see the skyscrapers all around, but in the garden itself everything is so peaceful!
Naomi先生, some people do indeed walk from Harajuku to Shinjuku !!! I agree there’s not much to see, but some people actually enjoy walking ! 
markystar says:
April 19th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
>>I agree there’s not much to see, but some people actually enjoy walking !
i totally agree!!
when the weather is nice i try to get lost!
or i have my favorite “history walks” in tokyo. sometimes i bring friends with me and show them the local history, but usually i have to go by myself. you can walk for long distances in tokyo and generally never get bored! 
Glenn says:
April 20th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Marky
I can’t agree with you more. I love walking down side streets and hidden spots around whatever town I am in. You can learn so much just by taking a long walk.A good one is from Ikebukuro to Komagome. There is a couple of hidden gems (in terms of temples and parks just waiting to be discovered).
BTW guys great work with the expressions on the PDF today
markystar says:
April 20th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
＞＞道筋を教えてください！
i like to walk 鶯谷駅 through 上野公園 and cover all the area that used to be kaneiji and end the walk in 谷中霊園. you can see important sites from the Ueno War, Ueno Toshogu is there. the old remains of the old 江戸大仏, the tomb of the shogitai, kiyomizu kannon-do, and the tombs of 3 tokugawa shoguns and the few remaining buildings of kaneiji. oh, yeah, there are also some temples associated with the 赤穂浪士.
A person says:
April 20th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
I am sorry Peter-sensei,
The iPod is good but not great, there are better MP3 players out there. It is just a fad right now. Sony has some good products - their TVs and their Video Cameras are quiet good. I use their Walkman phone to listen to JPOD on the bus so if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be able to listen to you guys
Mike in Ebisu Tokyo says:
April 21st, 2008 at 11:55 am
Favorite Walk
Shinjuku-Yoyogi-Harajuku-Shibuya-Hiroo- up the hill to Ropongi. Usually with JPod in my ears.
Mike in Ebisu
Naomi says:
April 21st, 2008 at 2:44 pm
どうもすみませんでした。 
Yes. I was wrong. It seems like a lot of people enjoy working Shibuya~Harajuku~Yoyogi~Shinjuku. 知りませんでした。
There are a lot of young(??) people in unique fashion hanging around on the brige to Meiji Shrine.(near torii gate)
Has anyone talked to them?
Bonito Club says:
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:54 am
We walked from Shibuya to Harajuku to Shinjuku one morning in Tokyo. It was fun!
Naomi-sensei is right though, the walk from Harajuku to Shibuya along Meiji-dori is the best part, very pretty with the trees and lots of shops!
Abrassart says:
April 25th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
So far a lot of picture in the “Premium Lesson” have been taken near that station. Is that because the JP101 office is near there?
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Grammar: conditional, to, to conditional | Function: asking directions, giving directions. asking about things | Topic: directions, Shinjuku | Politeness Level: Polite
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