People and Places: ひととばしょ

By Haruki Yamamoto and Read Nihongo

When a meeting room, return desk, person, or platform is somewhere in an unfamiliar building, location words suddenly matter. People and Places develops that practical reading skill through ten short Japanese stories set in offices, libraries, city hall, caf s, and stations.

Readers work with koko, soko, asoko, and doko, then use arimasu for things and imasu for people. Find a meeting room, return a library book, locate a service counter, identify an open seat, and reach the correct platform.

Each two-story section moves from prepared vocabulary and grammar to a Supported Read, an Independent Read, line-by-line meaning, comprehension checks, and a controlled Make It Yours prompt. Reviews, a vocabulary reference, and an unscored Challenge Reading reinforce the location language in a new map-based situation.

Designed for kana-literate adult beginners, this reader bridges the gap between knowing isolated place words and following where people and objects actually are in a connected passage.

The book is complete on its own. An optional ReadNihongo companion provides guided activities, word and grammar support, adjustable support paths, and next-day review without requiring an account.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HGD17N4B
• ISBN13: 9798194492251
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"