集合から受験の手順

集合時間に集合後、複数準備されている控え室の一つで待機。約20分後、試験会場に受験生3名ずつが移動。1人が受験、残りは試験会場前で待機

試験官：2名

1. Native
2. 日本人B（国際観光振興機構スタッフ？）

Nativeの試験官からの質問(英語での質疑応答)

●冒頭質問(各受験者共通)

• What's your name and where do you live?

●観光関連

• Where can I get a fine view of Mt. Fuji from Tokyo? How can I get to Mt.Fuji?
• How can I get to Osaka [Nagano, Nagoya, Hokkaido, etc.] from Tokyo?
  
• Where is the best place to ski?
  
• I like onsen. Why are there so many hot springs in Japan?
  
• What hot spring resort do you recommend?
  
• The Japanese like hot springs. Tell me why Japanese like hot springs?
  
• Where is one of the famous automobile factories in Japan?
  
• I know cherry blossoms are beautiful in Japan, but are there any other flowers I can see? To see cherry blossoms, where do you recommend?
  
• I’ve recently heard many commercial complexes have been built. Where do you recommend?
  
• Where is the spot young people gather?
  
• What kind of Japanese food do you recommend us to eat?
  
• My family is vegetarian. If they come to Tokyo, can we find organic food stores easily?
  
• If I want to go somewhere in Japan and ask you to recommend one place to visit, where would you recommend?
  
• Where would you take your foreign guests during the New Year holidays?
  
• I’m interested in electronics. What shop in Akihabara do you recommend? Do the shop employees speak English?

●地理関連

• Please tell me about Japanese weather this year.
  
• What is the Japanese climate like?
  
• In winter what is the weather like in Hokkaido and Okinawa?
  
• Why does Tokyo have a dry weather in winter?
  
• What is the rainy season? How do Japanese like it?
  
• What is typhoon? Are typhoons named in Japan? What is the season for typhoon in Japan?
  
• There are many earthquakes in Japan. If an earthquake should happen, what should we do?
  

●歴史関連

• What is the Edo Period?
  
• When did the last Shogunate end? Who was the last Shogun? What kind of person was he?
  
• How has Japan changed after the last Shogun?
  
• Would you explain the Meiji Restoration? How did it change Japan?
  
• What is samurai? Do samurai still exist? How large was the samurai population? What kind of people other than samurai were there in the Edo Period?
  
• What is the difference between shogun and samurai?
  
• Were there any female rulers in Japanese History? What do you think of a woman becoming an Emperor?
  
• What kind of occupations were there for women in the Edo Period?
  
• When were the last Olympics held in Japan?

●文化関係

• How often do Japanese take a bath?
  
• What should I be careful about when I take a Japanese bath?
  
• What’s the differences between kimono and yukata? Where can I buy yukata? Is yukata easy to put on?
  
• When did Japanese start to wear Western clothes?
  
• Name some fish caught in the Japanese coastal areas.
  
• What fish do you like? How do you cook it?
  
• Please tell me about the Japanese writing system. What are katakana?
  
• Explain Chinese characters and Japanese letters.
  
• What is Enka? What is the difference between enka and pop songs?
  
• What do you do at a jinja?
  
• Why do you have to clap your hands twice at a jinja?
  
• What is the difference between jinja and tera?
  
• What is a pagoda?
  
• How does the geisha system affect modern society in Japan?
  
• What are the differences among geisha, maiko, and geiko? If a maiko wants to be a geisha, what things are necessary? Have you ever seen a maiko? Where do geisha work? Where can I see geisha?
  
• What is the most famous [or typicla] type of butsuzo (Buddhist statue)?
  
• What is a maid cafe?
  

試験終了

2006年に見られた日本語での質問はなし。試験が終了した受験生用の受験後控え室（大きな講堂のようなところ）で待機。グループ最終受験者の場合、そのまま退場。