This is a very useful phrase if you want to use the public transportation in Japan:

• バス停を探しているんですが。 (Basutei o sagashite iru n desu ga): I’m looking for the bus stop.

Before you get on the bus, you should make sure that the bus goes where you want to go:

• すみません。このバスは[place name]に 行きますか。(Sumimasen. Kono basu wa [place name] ni ikimasu ka.) – Excuse me. Does this bus go to [place name]?

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