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checkroom; left-luggage office; storage counter; deposit place
A place where items — typically luggage, bags, or valuables — can be temporarily stored or checked. Found at train stations, airports, theaters, amusement parks, and other public facilities.
荷物預かり所はどこですか。
Where is the luggage storage?
スーツケースを預かり所に預けた。
I left my suitcase at the storage counter.
駅の預かり所は朝8時から夜8時まで利用できます。
The station's luggage storage can be used from 8 AM to 8 PM.
コインロッカーが空いていなかったので、手荷物預かり所を利用した。
Since the coin lockers were all full, I used the luggage storage counter.
Composed of 預かり (keeping, custody — from 預かる, to take custody of) and 所 (place, office). This is a practical travel and daily-life term that visitors to Japan will encounter at stations and tourist destinations.
While coin lockers are ubiquitous at Japanese train stations, staffed 預かり所 counters handle oversized luggage and offer longer storage periods. Tourist-oriented luggage storage services have also become common in major cities.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 荷物預かり所: luggage storage
- 手荷物預かり所: baggage checkroom
- 貴重品預かり所: valuables storage
- 預かり所に預ける: to leave at the storage counter
SIMILAR WORDS:
- コインロッカー: coin locker — self-service lockers at stations; no staff interaction needed
- 保管所: storage facility — for longer-term safekeeping of goods or documents
- クローク: cloakroom — at hotels, theaters, or event venues, for coats and bags