Slow Japanese Conversation for Beginners | Changing Trains in Japan | 6 Scenes (JLPT N5)

💡 Today's Question 💡 Yui asked a station staff member for help. Which platform number was the express train at? 🎬 Slow Japanese Conversation for Beginners | Changing Trains in Japan | 6 Scenes (JLPT N5) Learn Japanese with this slow and clear daily conversation. Perfect for beginners (JLPT N5) to practice listening and shadowing through a simple, relaxing story. In this episode, Sora and Yui take a trip to a seaside town, riding a local train first and transferring to an express train partway through. Along the way, they ask a station staff member for directions and learn the difference between a local train and an express train. Everything is spoken slowly, with Japanese + romaji + English subtitles, so you can follow every word. 📝 Chapters 0:00 Intro & Today's Question (導入・問題) 0:35 Scene 1: At the Station Gate (改札前) 5:01 Scene 2: Waiting on the Platform (ホームで電車を待つ) 6:28 Scene 3: On the Local Train (各駅停車の車内) 11:40 Scene 4: Asking for Directions (乗り換え駅のホーム) 13:13 Scene 5: On the Express Train (急行電車の車内) 17:13 Scene 6: Arrival (目的地の駅) 18:43 Answer & Recap (回答・まとめ) 🗣️ You'll learn: ✅ How to use an IC card at the ticket gate ✅ The difference between a local train (各駅停車) and an express train (急行) ✅ How to ask a station staff member for directions ✅ How to read platform and train signs at a Japanese station 📖 Today's Words: 1. 乗り換え (norikae) — changing trains 2. 急行 (kyūkō) — express train 3. 各駅停車 (kakueki teisha) — local train (stops at every station) 4. ホーム (hōmu) — platform 💡 Practice Tip: After watching, imagine you are at a Japanese train station, not sure which platform to go to. Try saying: "すみません、急行のホームは、どこですか? / Sumimasen, kyūkō no hōmu wa, doko desu ka? / Excuse me, where is the platform for the express train?" 🎧 Great for: ✔️ Japanese listening and shadowing practice ✔️ JLPT N5 beginners ✔️ Daily conversation practice ✔️ Slow & relaxing Japanese study 👉 Like, comment, and subscribe for more slow Japanese stories! #LearnJapanese #JapaneseForBeginners #SlowJapanese #JLPT #JLPTN5 #JapaneseListening #nihongo #日本語 #studyjapanese #japaneseconversation #shadowing #easyjapanese #JapaneseTrains