どこですか (Where Is It?) | Anime You Can Understand | Beginning Japanese
Learn beginner Japanese through anime, music, and story. 「どこですか？」 (Where Is It?) is an original anime-style Japanese song designed as comprehensible input for beginner Japanese learners.
Follow Leo Carter on another morning at school in Japan as Maaya helps him learn his way around campus. This time, Leo is learning how to ask where places are — and how to understand whether something is here, there, or over there. As the school gradually becomes less confusing, one place catches Maaya’s attention a little longer than the others: the music room.
This song focuses on simple, high-frequency Japanese for asking about locations and navigating a school, including:
学校です — It’s a school
ここはいりぐち — The entrance is here
きょうしつはどこですか？ — Where is the classroom?
そこです — It’s there
としょかんはどこですか？ — Where is the library?
あそこです — It’s over there
ここはきょうしつ — This is the classroom / The classroom is here
そこはとしょかん — That is the library / The library is there
これはとしょかんの本 — This is a library book
あそこはじむしつです — The office is over there
友だちのハルトです — That’s my friend Haruto
トイレはどこですか？ — Where is the restroom?
上です — It’s upstairs
あそこは？ — What’s over there?
おんがくしつです — It’s the music room
おんがくしつはどこですか？ — Where is the music room?
あそこです — It’s over there
Grammar and language focus:
ここ • そこ • あそこ
どこ • どこですか？
ここです • そこです • あそこです
は — topic marker
の — possession / relationship
上 — upstairs / above
学校 • いりぐち • きょうしつ • としょかん • 本 • じむしつ • 友だち • トイレ • おんがくしつ
The Japanese is intentionally clear, repetitive, and supported by the visuals, so you can understand the meaning through context instead of translating every word.
Watch how Leo and Maaya physically move through the school. ここ is used for places close to the speaker, そこ for places a little farther away or near the other person, and あそこ for places farther in the distance. The hallway, stairs, library, office, and music room make those spatial relationships visible while you listen.
The story also gives the grammar a reason to exist. Leo begins the day still looking around and relying on Maaya for directions. By the final chorus, he is starting to recognize the school for himself — including the music room, a place that seems to mean something more to Maaya.
Use this video for Japanese listening practice, comprehensible input, beginner vocabulary, grammar review, shadowing, or simply enjoy the story.
Leo Carter is an international student in Japan, learning the language, navigating school life, and slowly finding where he belongs. Maaya Aoki is becoming one of the people helping that unfamiliar world make sense. Haruto Sato makes another brief appearance as Leo’s circle at school gradually begins to grow.
Wakaru Anime creates original anime-inspired Japanese learning content built around characters, songs, visual storytelling, and comprehensible Japanese that grows with the learner.
Wakaru Animeは、日本語学習者が「物語を楽しみながら日本語を理解する」ことを目指した、アニメ風のオリジナル学習コンテンツです。
この歌では、「ここ・そこ・あそこ」と「どこですか？」を使って、学校の中の場所についてたずねたり、場所を説明したりする基本的な日本語を学ぶことができます。
教室、図書館、事務室、階段、トイレ、音楽室など、実際の学校の場所を映像で見ながら、日本語の距離感や位置関係を文脈から理解できるようにしています。
日本語のリスニング練習、語彙学習、シャドーイング、初級文法、JLPT N5レベルの復習にもご活用ください。
Character: Leo Carter, Maaya Aoki, Haruto Sato
Song: どこですか？
English Title: Where Is It?
Series: From Here
Channel: Wakaru Anime
Level: Beginner Japanese / JLPT N5
Language: Japanese + English
Themes: school life, asking directions, locations, ここ・そこ・あそこ, comprehensible input, friendship, studying abroad, music, life in Japan
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