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ウォーキングツアーで学校の周りをじっくり堪能その①/Deep Cultural Walking Tour Around the School Vol.1

昨日18日、2020年初となる日本語学校さんの生徒様向けウォーキングツアーを担当させていただきました。

We enjoyed the first walking tour in 2020 with Japanese learners.


皆さんとても熱心に日本語を勉強しておられ、通りの名前や京言葉など、日本語を勉強しながらツアーが進みました。

They all were very eager to learn Japanese, so the tour was mixed with easy JA and EN. We also learned how streets in Kyoto named, and the special dialect in Kyoto.

通訳案内士Yuri/ English tour guide


当日、まずは六角堂へ。

First, we visited Rokkakudo Temple.

通訳案内士Yuri/ English tour guide

六角って何?「?????」ですが、角が4つだったらどうでしょう?のクイズに「四角!」

3つだったら?「三角!」

Here was a quiz that I (the guide) asked; why we named this temple "Rokkakudo?"

Was a difficult question...

What do you say four cornered shape? "shikaku (square, literally means four cornered in Japanese)!" How about three? "sankaku (triangle, same as above, three cornered)!"


ではもし角が5つだったら?「五角…?」

Then now I asked what if it had five? "gokaku (five cornered)?"


100個あったら?「百角!」、と楽しみながら覚えていきます。