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In a taxi, how do you say 'To the monkey hot spring, please'?

Saru no onsen made onegai-shimasu. (猿の温泉までお願いします。)

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  1. Saru no onsen kara kimashita. (猿の温泉から来ました。)
  2. Saru no onsen made onegai-shimasu. (猿の温泉までお願いします。) ✔
  3. Saru no onsen wa doko desu ka. (猿の温泉はどこですか。)

Why: Say your destination, then made onegai-shimasu. The driver's question is 'Dochira made?' (Where to?). The wrong choices say you came from the hot spring and ask where it is.

Huh, didn't know that: NHK says the taxi driver opens and closes the rear door by remote control, so do not pull it yourself.

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Answer: Saru no onsen made onegai-shimasu. (猿の温泉までお願いします。). Say your destination, then made onegai-shimasu. The driver's question is 'Dochira made?' (Where to?). The wrong choices say you came from the hot spring and ask where it is.

  1. NHK WORLD-JAPAN Easy Japanese, Lesson 15 www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/lesson/en/lessons/15.html
    Saru no onsen made onegai-shimasu. To the monkey hot spring, please.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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