How to Say “Where is / are _ ?” in Japanese

How do you say “Where is the post office?” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

Where is / are _ ?

_ どこ?

 _ doko

If you want to ask politely, you can say :

_ はどこですか?

 _ wa dokodesuka

There is no difference between “is” and “are” in Japanese. That means “where is” and “where are” are the same thing.

When you want to say “Where is / are _ ?” in Japanese, put the thing(s) or place(s) you are looking for just before “どこ” or “はどこですか”.

For example, if you want to say “Where is the post office?”, you can say like this :

  • the post office = 郵便局 yuubinkyoku

郵便局どこ?

 yuubinkyoku doko

Or politely :

郵便局はどこですか?

 yuubinkyokuwa dokodesuka


郵便局
the post office

はどこですか
where is