"It's nice to be here" wa nihongo de doo iimasu ka?

[yukio_michael]

I was watching a program from a year ago where the band Mini Moni are on Hello! Project for their Hina Matsuri video/song... in the begining they say that they are glad to be there, which I make out as some part of Irashaimasu and something else, I'm not quite sure of.

Can anyone tell me how to say, I'm glad to be here, (It is good to be welcome?), nihongo de?

Domo!@@!

[Leroy_Brown]

I'm surprised no one has replied to this yet.

"I'm glad to be here"

There's really no corresponding phrase for that that people often use.

Suppose you went to Japan, and you were asked to address a group of people who came to meet you at the airport, you could say "Nihon ni kite/korete ureshiidesu" (I'm glad to have come/be able to come to Japan.) Specify where you are instead of using "koko" (here)

Sorry. Somebody else might have more ideas.

[yukio_michael]

Suppose you went to Japan, and you were asked to address a group of people who came to meet you at the airport, you could say "Nihon ni kite/korete ureshiidesu" (I'm glad to have come/be able to come to Japan.) Specify where you are instead of using "koko" (here)
Thanks for your help, I still love to learn new things, even if it's a chair instead of a table I learn to build.

Ee... the phrase doesn't have much use to me, since I won't be accepting any speaking invitations soon... it probably is just a loose translation by the subber...

I'll probably ask a native friend to tell me what the dialogue is, just for my own knowledge.

[orochi]

If they were talking about being happy to be there themselves, though, they would not have used irasshaimasu. That is used to refer to someone else, usually "above" you in social standing.