I Found a Photo of Myself From 10 Years Ago… 😨 | Japanese Listening Story N5–N4
4m | Sep 6, 2026found a photograph of myself from 10 years ago… but I don't remember being there. 📷
The mystery continues in Episode 16「写真の中の場所」.
After discovering a mysterious photograph inside her apartment, Misaki travels with the man from the station to an old hotel in the mountains.
At the hotel, the receptionist reveals something shocking: a young woman who looked exactly like Misaki stayed there ten years ago.
Then Misaki discovers an old photograph, a key, and room 302.
But the biggest mystery is waiting inside the room.
A letter with her name is on the table.
And it asks:
「あなたは、十年前のことを本当に覚えていませんか?」
Did Misaki really visit this hotel ten years ago?
What happened in room 302?
And why does someone know so much about her?
🎧 Continue the mystery and practice Japanese naturally through storytelling.
🇯🇵 Japanese Listening Practice
This episode is designed for JLPT N5–N4 learners with simple Japanese storytelling, useful vocabulary and natural sentence patterns.
Listen → Understand → Repeat → Shadow
📚 Vocabulary
写真(しゃしん)— photograph
場所(ばしょ)— place
十年前(じゅうねんまえ)— ten years ago
ホテル — hotel
山(やま)— mountain
部屋(へや)— room
番号(ばんごう)— number
鍵(かぎ)— key
受付(うけつけ)— reception / front desk
女性(じょせい)— woman
記憶(きおく)— memory
手紙(てがみ)— letter
本当に(ほんとうに)— really
覚える(おぼえる)— to remember
忘れる(わすれる)— to forget
泊まる(とまる)— to stay overnight
似る(にる)— to resemble
知る(しる)— to know
思い出す(おもいだす)— to remember / recall
開く(ひらく)— to open
🈶 Kanji
写・真・場・所・十・年・前・山・部・屋・番・号・鍵・受・付・女・性・記・憶・手・紙・本・当・覚・忘・泊・似・知・思・出・開
🗣️ Shadowing Practice
この場所に来たことがありますか。
(このばしょにきたことがありますか。)
Have you ever been to this place?
十年前の写真です。
(じゅうねんまえのしゃしんです。)
It is a photograph from ten years ago.
この部屋を知っていますか。
(このへやをしっていますか。)
Do you know this room?
私は何も覚えていません。
(わたしはなにもおぼえていません。)
I don't remember anything.
本当に忘れてしまったのでしょうか。
(ほんとうにわすれてしまったのでしょうか。)
Did I really forget?
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