Every Japanese Department Store Has a Free Room With a Sofa and Hot Water. It's Not on the English Floor Map.
To say Is there somewhere to change a nappy? in Japanese, say おむつ替えの場所はありますか? (omutsu-gae no basho wa arimasu ka?).
Somewhere upstairs there's a quiet room with a changing table, a sofa, and a tap that runs water at exactly formula temperature. It's free, nobody checks a receipt, and the English floor map doesn't mention it.
In this video
- おむつ替えの場所はありますか? omutsu-gae no basho wa arimasu ka? Is there somewhere to change a nappy?
- 四階にベビー休憩室がございます。ご案内しますね。 yonkai ni bebī kyūkeishitsu ga gozaimasu. go-annai shimasu ne. There's a baby room on the fourth floor. I'll take you there.
- ありがとうございます、助かります。 arigatō gozaimasu, tasukarimasu. Thank you, that's a real help.
Kanji in this phrase
- おむつ替え
- おむつがえ
- 場所は
- ばしょわ
- 四階
- よんかい
- 休憩室
- きゅうけいしつ
Why this phrase
A department store information desk. Hana plays the floor staff, Kōfuku plays a parent hunting for somewhere to change a baby. Nearly every depato, big station and shopping mall has a ベビー休憩室: changing tables, a curtained nursing booth, a hot water tap for formula, all free, and staff will walk you there. The way in is 「おむつ替えの場所はありますか?」, which is the ありますか pattern doing the work.
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