🏨 Hotel Guide / Hotel Survival

Keeping Luggage Phrase

Luggage Storage (荷物の預かり - Nimotsu no azakari)

📖 Meaning & Practical Guide

An incredibly helpful travel phrase to store your heavy bags and suitcases safely at the lobby before check-in or after check-out, freeing you to tour luggage-free.

💡 Cultural & Safety Background

To save tourists from dragging heavy suitcases to search for train station lockers, Japanese hotels universally offer safe, complimentary lobby luggage keeping.

💬 Useful Conversation Phrases

Politely ask the staff: 'Nimotsu o azakatte itadakemasu ka?' (Could you keep my luggage?). They will give you a claim ticket tag in return.

荷物が重いので、チェックアウトの後、観光が終わるまで預かってもらえませんか？ / はい、こちらの引換券と引き換えに、お戻りの際にお荷物をお渡しします。

🔊 My luggage is heavy; could you keep it after check-out until my sightseeing is finished? / Yes, we will hand over your luggage when you return in exchange for this claim ticket.

❓ Bilingual Accommodation Quiz

What is the correct phrase to ask the hotel desk to keep your heavy luggage before check-in or after check-out?

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