Do You Need a Train, or Can You Just Walk? Ask This in Japan.
To say Can I walk there? in Japanese, say 歩いて行けますか？ (aruite ikemasu ka?).
Google says 20 minutes. But is that a walk or a train ride? One question settles it.
歩いて行けますか？
aruite ikemasu ka?
Can I walk there?
Why this phrase
A street or hotel-desk scene. Kōfuku (the tourist) has a destination and asks whether it's walkable; Hana plays a passerby or clerk who answers. Distinct from 'is it far', this is about walkability. Teaches 歩いて plus the reusable 行けますか. Beginner level, roughly even English and Japanese.
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