How do you usually spend your day?
What do you do before you head out for school or work?
How do you spend your time after school or work?
Let's see how people in Japan spend their days.
This article will give you a glimpse of how people of different walks of life in Japan spend their days, in four sections.
1.Morning scenes and evening scenes
・In these videos, you can see what it's like in the city in Japan, in the mornings and in the evenings.
・Subtitles are in Japanese and English.
・These videos are part of MARUGOTO+ (MARUGOTO Plus) contents.(Introduction article)
・You can get there from the homepage as follows: MARUGOTO+ (MARUGOTO Plus) > Introduction (AI) > Life and Culture >Topic 5 Seekatsu / Daily Life
You can see working people as well as students.
2. Life of a high school student
2-1. High School Student Morning
・Aya Kousaka is a high school student. Here you can see her morning routine from when she wakes up to when she leaves for school.
・Aya Kousaka goes to a girls' high school. You can see how she spends her day at her high school.
・Subtitles are available in Japanese, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Korean French, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, and Traditional Chinese.
・These two videos are part of "Erin's Challenge! I can speak Japanese." Contents Library (Introduction article)
・You can get there from the homepage as follows: Erin's Challenge! I can speak Japanese. Contents Library > Lesson 1 First-meeting Greetings - Classroom - High School Student Morning / Lesson 2 Making Requests - School - High School Student Life
High school life like you see in the dramas.
3. What workers do after work
・In these videos, you can see how Japanese office workers spend their time after work.
・They show scenes from izakaya pubs and super sento bathhouses.
・You can get to know phrases commonly used at pubs and bathhouses such as ii yukagen (perfect temperature) and abura ga notteru (a lot of umami).
・Subtitles are available in English.
・These videos are part of Easy Japanese for Work contents.(Introduction article)
・You can get there from the homepage as follows: しごとのにほんご Easy Japanese for Work > After 5 Words
Casual free-time activities for adults?
4. Daily life as a husband / wife
・Take a look at what life is like for someone as a husband, father, wife, and mother.
・These videos show the husband and wife roles in different families with various lifestyles.
・The videos come with Japanese subtitles.
・You can read the articles in Japanese, English, and Bahasa Indonesian.
・These article are part of MARUGOTO+ (MARUGOTO Plus) content.(Introduction article)
・You can get there from the homepage as follows: MARUGOTO+ (MARUGOTO Plus) > Beginners (A2) > Life and Culture > Topic 1 Husband and Wife Role
Lots of different families and different roles!
It's easy to say "life in Japan", but there are differences depending on whether you are a working person or a student, and what your role is in your family.
Even in the same country, there can be differences depending on where you live and the time period you live in.
Did you find that your daily life is similar to those featured in the videos and articles introduced here?
Or is it completely different?
Enjoy the videos and articles while making comparisons with your own lifestyle and those of your country.