Asking for Directions to Osaka

どう行きますか [dō ikimasu ka]
How do I go?

• どう [dō] means "how"
• 行きますか [ikimasu ka] means "Do I go?"
• Literally means "How, do I go?"

To ask where a specific place is, add the word for 'place' before this question.
Place + (まで [made]) + どう行きますか

福岡までどう行きますか [Fukuoka made dō ikimasu ka]
How do I go to Fukuoka?

• 福岡 [Fukuoka] means "Fukuoka"
• まで [made] means "up to"
• 福岡まで [Fukuoka made] literally means "Up to Fukuoka"

新幹線で行きます [shinkansen de ikimasu]
You'll go by bullet train.

• 新幹線 [shinkansen] means "bullet train"
• で [de] marks something as a way, a method, or tool
• Literally means "bullet train, by, you go"

More examples:

• バスで行きます [basu de ikimasu] I will go by bus.
• 車で行きます [kuruma de ikimasu] I will go by car.
• 飛行機で行きます [hikōki de ikimasu] I will go by airplane.
• タクシーで行きます [takushi- de ikimasu] I will go by taxi.

• A: 大阪までどう行きますか [Ōsaka made dō ikimasu ka]
  How do you get to Osaka?
• B: 地下鉄で行きます
  I will go by subway.
• A: 駅までどう行きますか [eki made dō ikimasu ka]
  How do I get to the station?
• B: バスで行きます
  I will go by bus.