Feeling Sick in Japan? Know This Phrase Before You Need It
To say Where is the drugstore? in Japanese, say ドラッグストアはどこですか (doraggu sutoa wa doko desu ka).
You wake up with a headache in Tokyo. Your hotel has no medicine cabinet. Where do you go?
ドラッグストアはどこですか
doraggu sutoa wa doko desu ka
Where is the drugstore?
In this video
- ドラッグストアはどこですか doraggu sutoa wa doko desu ka
- この近くにドラッグストアはどこですか kono chikaku ni doraggu sutoa wa doko desu ka
Why this phrase
Pharmacies in Japan are called 'drugstores' (ドラッグストア). Knowing how to ask where the nearest one is can turn a rough day into a manageable one.
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