Author's Note

1 Greetings

2 On the plane & at the airport

- In-flight inquiries and requests
- Airport immigration inspection
- Use of airport terminal

3. On public transportation

- Bus & Subway & Taxi
- Shinkansen trains & rental cars
- Appendix: Public transportation in Japan

4 Streets & Tourist Attractions

- Finding directions
- Tourist information center
- Take a picture

5 At the hotel

- Check-in
- Counter inquiries and requests
- Check out

6 At the restaurant

- Make a reservation
- Order
- Calculate

7 Shopping & Stores

- Find & Choose Items
- Calculate
- Exchange and refund

8 In an emergency situation

- Dealing with Loss & Theft
- Dealing with incidents and accidents
- Use of hospitals and pharmacies

- Appendix: Practical Golf Travel Conversation

Now, let's go on another trip to Japan, with "Maguro Sensei's Travel Japanese Master"!
Airplanes, airports, public transportation, streets, tourist attractions, hotels, restaurants, shopping, emergencies...
Prepare for all travel situations in advance and then go!

The new title in the "Maguro Sensei Japanese" series by the Choi Yuri-Nainwan duo, who have long established a unique niche in the Japanese language textbook field, has been published, giving the refreshing realization that "Studying Japanese like this sooner?!"
This time, travel is the main theme.
That's a cartoon too.
This is not just a simple statement, but a useful and interesting book that helps everyone from elementary school children to senior readers over 60 to study Japanese in an easy and fun way. It is also less burdensome because it borrows the format of a full-fledged comic book.

For the past three years, we have not been able to freely travel abroad due to COVID-19.
For various reasons, the trip to Japan tends to be a bit longer.
But now that the pandemic is fully underway, air travel around the world is beginning to return to normal, and everyone can put aside their burdens and worries and visit Japan with a lighter heart.
"Maguro Sensei's Travel Japanese Master," which will meet readers in the spring of 2023, is truly a timely book.

This book is a useful book that allows you to indirectly experience and learn about various situations you may encounter while traveling in Japan.
Even for those who frequently travel abroad, not all situations encountered in foreign countries—on airplanes, at airports, on public transportation, on streets, at tourist attractions, in hotels, at restaurants, in stores, etc.—are comfortable and relaxed.
Moreover, if you experience loss, theft, an accident, or an emergency requiring you to use a hospital or pharmacy, your enjoyable trip can turn into a nightmare.

This book won't be able to prevent every twist and turn you encounter on your travels, but it will help you prepare and respond appropriately so that unexpected incidents are reduced to minor incidents.
In particular, it will help you start your trip smoothly and finish it neatly, as there may be big and small variables such as immigration at the airport, baggage claim, use of the airport terminal, and moving around the city.
It's enough to read for 1-2 hours on a plane alone.
You will also have no trouble learning useful expressions for your trip if you briefly look through it with your friends, family, or other companions.

Easy! Fun! Not boring or complicated! These are the greatest strengths and features of "Maguro Sensei's Travel Japanese Master."
All the dialogue texts in the book are realistic expressions that you can say and hear directly while traveling, and the dialogue situations are all made up of cartoons, so it is not difficult.
In addition to the expressions in the cartoon, there are many useful and efficient patterns that can be applied by slightly changing the vocabulary, as well as short example sentences that can be easily memorized.

The best Japanese learning manga to make your trip to Japan easier, more fun, and more comfortable!
Whether you're visiting Japan again or for the first time, we hope you'll enjoy your trip!
Just read for 2 hours on the plane and it will automatically simulate in your head!

Unless you have been studying Japanese consistently or have a keen interest in Japanese popular culture, it is practically impossible to acquire Japanese language skills in a short period of time.
When planning a trip to Japan, you're eager to learn the language to some degree to increase your trip satisfaction, but textbooks packed with hiragana, katakana, and kanji can be overwhelming.
Even if it is a beginner's, first step textbook.

Even though I'm only going on a trip for a short period of 3-4 days or a long period of 1-2 weeks, putting in a huge amount of time and effort into studying Japanese somehow feels like stress rather than a pleasant excitement.
But I don't want to go all the way to Japan and use Korean or English, and I don't feel like communicating with ridiculous body language either.
The book that is absolutely necessary for these people is 『Maguro Sensei's Travel Japanese Master』.

This is a beginner-level Japanese conversation book specifically designed for travel, but whether you read it or not will make a huge difference in your travels.
People who know even a little Japanese and those who don't know anything at all will inevitably have different levels of satisfaction from traveling.
The quantity and quality of experience also vary greatly.
If you learn phrases and words that can be used on airplanes, airports, public transportation, streets, tourist attractions, hotels, restaurants, and stores in advance, your trip will be much more comfortable and leisurely.

The book is well-written by author Choi Yu-ri, a Japanese language instructor at Siwon School, a well-known foreign language education company, and contains the know-how she has acquired while teaching Japanese for over a decade, as well as her experiences while traveling and living in Japan.
Instructor Choi Yu-ri has long been praised by students for lowering the barrier to entry to learning Japanese through lectures that not only teach the Japanese language but also make it easy to understand Japanese culture and sentiment.

In addition, artist Nainwan, who was in charge of the illustration work, is an artist with a very high level of understanding of Japanese culture, and has an outstanding talent for expressing the characteristics of Japan and the Japanese language that artist Yuri Choi wants to convey in a friendly and humorous way through drawings and cartoons.
In addition to the recently published 『Maguro Sensei's Travel Japanese Master』, the Choi Yuri-Nainwan duo has collaborated on four other books.
『Maguro Sensei's Beginner's Japanese Study 1 - Japanese Gourmet Club』 『Maguro Sensei's Beginner's Japanese Study 2 - Here and There in Japan』 『Maguro Sensei's Beginner's Japanese Study 3 - Japanese Public Transportation』 『Ruth Benedict's Chrysanthemums and Knives』 are works that reveal the two people's knowledge of Japanese language and culture.
It is worth noting again together with the new book.
You will feel closer and more familiar with Japan, and learn Japanese more easily and enjoyably.