onsengai o aruku.

We walk through the hot-spring town.

Breakdown of onsengai o aruku.

• を: direct object particle
• 歩あるく: to walk
• 温泉街おんせんがい: a hot-spring town

Questions & Answers about onsengai o aruku.

How do you read 温泉街を歩く?

It is read:

おんせんがい を あるく

• 温泉街（おんせんがい） = hot spring town / hot spring resort district
• を = object/path particle
• 歩く（あるく） = to walk

A small pronunciation note: the particle を is pronounced お in modern Japanese, even though it is written を.

What does 温泉街 mean exactly?

温泉街（おんせんがい） does not just mean a single hot spring.

It usually refers to:

• an area built around hot springs
• a resort town with inns, baths, souvenir shops, restaurants, and streets for visitors

So 温泉街を歩く gives the image of walking around the streets of a hot spring resort area.

Why is the particle を used with 歩く? I thought を marks a direct object.