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Questions

1. Emma is going on her first onsen trip. What surprised or impressed her during the experience? How do you think her feelings changed throughout the trip?
2. At an onsen, it is considered good etiquette not to use your smartphone and to wash your body before entering the bath. What role do you think these rules play in making the experience comfortable and enjoyable for everyone?
3. At a ryokan, you can experience many aspects of traditional Japanese culture, such as yukata, tatami, tea, and onsen. What do you think makes staying at a ryokan appealing to visitors from other countries?
4. When you feel tired from everyday life, what helps you relax your mind and body in the same way that an onsen might?

Grammar points

1. ～てもいい：Permission / It is OK to...

Use ～てもいい to say that someone is allowed to do something.

• 浴衣（ゆかた）でレストランに行（い）ってもいいです。
  You can go to the restaurant wearing a yukata.

• 温泉（おんせん）の中（なか）で話（はな）してもいいです。
  It is OK to talk in the hot spring.

• このタオルを使（つか）ってもいいです。
  You can use this towel.

Use ～なくてもいい to say that someone does not need to do something.

• タオルは持（も）って行（い）かなくてもいいです。
  You do not need to bring a towel.

• 浴衣（ゆかた）を着（き）なくてもいいです。
  You do not have to wear a yukata.

• 予約（よやく）しなくてもいいです。
  You do not need to make a reservation.

Use ～たほうがいい to give positive advice and ～ないほうがいい to advise someone not to do something.

• 体（からだ）を洗（あら）ってから入（はい）ったほうがいいです。
  You should wash your body before entering.

• 水（みず）を飲（の）んだほうがいいです。
  You should drink some water.

• 長（なが）い時間（じかん）、温泉（おんせん）に入（はい）らないほうがいいです。
  You shouldn’t stay in the hot spring for a long time.