Everyday Japanese

Follow a Japanese creator’s recommendations for useful MUJI products during Ryōhin Week and practice everyday shopping language and opinions.

Listen to a conversation about decluttering, work at MUJI, and building a simpler home and lifestyle.

Practice simple Japanese for visiting a book museum and shopping for books and souvenirs.

Walk through Meiji Shrine in Tokyo and learn about hatsumōde, seasonal expressions, and what people do at the start of a new year.

Shop for vegetables and ingredients, learn how Christmas is celebrated in Japan, and follow a home-cooked fried chicken recipe in natural Japanese.

Follow Sakura through a calm morning at home in Japan, from waking up and opening the curtains to breakfast and preparing for the day. A clear, everyday listening lesson with useful beginner Japanese.

Spend a day in Tokyo with a Japanese speaker as she commutes to work, visits Jimbocho’s bookstores and cafés, and shares daily routines. A full-length intermediate listening lesson with natural Japanese and careful caption timing.

Explore the history and real roles of Japan’s ninja through natural upper-intermediate and advanced Japanese. Listen to a long-form podcast with Japanese captions and build vocabulary about history, secrecy, and traditional society.

Join Miku for a beginner-friendly walk through Yokohama. Follow natural spoken Japanese with creator-provided captions and learn everyday phrases about sightseeing and city life.

Join Japanese tech reviewer Watanabe as he puts Even G2 smart glasses to the test during an overseas business trip. Practice authentic intermediate Japanese about travel, technology, and everyday product impressions.

Join a relaxed Japanese walking vlog about going to see cherry blossoms. Practice everyday Japanese with timed lines and translations.

Follow a Japanese news report about clothing prices and changing shopping habits. Practice natural news vocabulary with timed captions and translations.

A Japanese listening story about a 75-year-old former pilot who found a second career working at a café.

Follow a Japanese speaker sharing the monthly costs of living alone in Canada, including rent and everyday expenses. Practice natural intermediate listening about money, daily routines, and life abroad.

Akane talks about what to buy in Japan in a natural Japanese conversation. Follow the timed transcript and translations to practice everyday listening.

A Japanese news report explores how warming temperatures are shifting autumn foliage season, with examples from Nikko and Tokyo and practical advice for avoiding crowds.

Learn 91 useful Japanese verbs through a real morning routine in Japan. Follow natural everyday speech with timed Japanese captions and English translations.

Follow a Japanese salaryman on a quick trip to Taiwan for dinner, with natural expressions about work, travel, food, and everyday plans.

Listen to beginner-friendly street interviews in Nagoya about what people did today, with everyday Japanese for talking about outings, study, and free time.

Follow a weekday trip to Otaru through work at a seaside cafe, shopping, family pickups and dinner in this natural Japanese vlog.

Practice everyday Japanese with a conversation about what people buy at convenience stores. Follow the full video with Japanese captions and translations.

Explore why fried dishes are so common in Japan and what makes them affordable, quick, and popular. Follow the Japanese captions with line-by-line translations.

Learn Japanese through a news report about Disney entering the cruise market and shorter cruise plans in Japan.

Practice an everyday Japanese café conversation about ordering coffee and interacting with staff.

A Japanese listening lesson about a winter journey to Kumejima, a quiet island in Okinawa.

Explore old Tokyo through a calm walk in Yanaka, with temples, traditional streets, handmade ceramics, lunch, and local sweets. Practice natural narration and everyday travel vocabulary.

Follow a playful cooking-show conversation about ending dinner-planning stress and making a simple Japanese meal with hondashi.

Explore the free Urayasu City Folk Museum, where a preserved fishing town and Showa-era streets reveal another side of the city beside Tokyo Disney Resort.

Walk through central Tokyo from Tokyo Station to Shinbashi Station in this Japanese walking vlog. Listen for natural phrases about city streets, landmarks, directions, and getting around Tokyo.

Join a Japanese actor during a short meal break from a drama shoot in Yokohama Chinatown. Hear natural language for ordering food, describing flavours, asking staff for recommendations, and talking about a busy filming schedule.

Practice a natural Japanese hotel check-in conversation, with a synchronized Japanese script and translations.

Practice natural Japanese for ordering at a café and talking about a new personal challenge.

A first conversation about ordering coffee, choosing a size, and saying thank you.