How do you say "you are here (current location)" in Japanese?

Name: Fourteen Exits, One Giant Map, and You Can't Find Yourself On It.
Uploaded: 2026-08-15T18:10:47Z
Duration: 24 s
Description: Learn to say 現在地 (genzaichi) — you are here (current location). A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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Fourteen Exits, One Giant Map, and You Can't Find Yourself On It.

To say you are here (current location) in Japanese, say 現在地 (genzaichi).

Fourteen exits, a map the size of a door, and you can't work out which dot is you.

現在地 genzaichi you are here (current location)

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In this video

現在地はここです。 genzaichi wa koko desu. You are here.
すみません、現在地はどこですか？ sumimasen, genzaichi wa doko desu ka? Excuse me, where are we on this map?

Kanji in this phrase

現在地: げんざいち
現在: げんざい
地: ち

Why this phrase

「現在地」 is the you-are-here marker on every Japanese station map, mall floor plan and park sign. 現在 is right now, and the last character means place. One takeaway: find 現在地 first and the whole map suddenly works.