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How to Say ‘Where is the Sakura Hotel?’ in Japanese

さくらホテルはどこですか。

sakura hoteru wa doko desu ka

[sah-koo-rah ho-teh-roo wah doh-koh deh-soo kah]

💬 Usage Tip: は here is said (wa), not (ha). Swap in any place to reuse the pattern: 駅はどこですか "Where is the station?"

🇯🇵 In Japan: Open with すみません (sumimasen) "excuse me" before asking a stranger. Many locals will walk you partway there rather than just point.

Phrase Breakdown

さくらホテルは

sakura hoteru wa

Sakura Hotel (topic)

さくらホテル is the hotel's name. は is the topic marker and is pronounced 'wa,' not 'ha.'

Example

さくらホテルは大きいです。

Sakura Hotel is big.

Words in this phrase

さくら

sakura

[sah-koo-rah]

Sakura

The child’s name. Used with 「の父」 to identify who is calling.

Example

もしもし、さくらの父です。

Hello, this is Sakura’s father.

ホテル

hoteru

[ho-teh-roo]

hotel

A katakana word meaning hotel. Useful when telling the taxi driver your destination.

Example

ホテルまでお願いします。

To the hotel, please.

は

[wah]

topic marker

Marks the topic; in 次は it means as for next or next, then.

Example

次は何を見るか、教えてください。

Please tell me what we look at next.

どこですか。

doko desu ka

where is it?

どこ (doko) means 'where,' and ですか (desu ka) makes it a polite question. Say 'doko des-ka,' with a rising tone at the end.

Example

駅はどこですか。

Where is the station?

Words in this phrase

どこ

doko

[doh-koh]

where

場所をたずねる疑問詞。「どこですか」= Where is it? 「どこに」「どこで」など助詞と一緒に使います。

Example

トイレはどこですか。

Where is the restroom?

です

desu

[deh-soo]

is; polite copula

です makes a sentence polite and neutral. With a place + は + noun, it states/asks what something is or where it is.

Example

ここは地下鉄の駅です。

This is the subway station.

か

[kah]

question particle

「か」で依頼を質問の形にします。語尾を上げると自然です。

Example

手順を説明してもらえますか。

Could you explain the procedure?

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