Buying a Tokyo Metro subway ticket

[CamcorderBuYinGuide]

i am looking for for some info about the buying products on youtube, thanks for the educated remark.

[AstroMayan]

Cool vid man! I really want to go there again someday.

[TlGBC]

230 yen? thats almost 3 bucks where i live! thats kinda a lot.. or wait? is that for how many rides?

[Gazza2]

@TlGBC I'm guessing you're from the US? I remember a ride on a bus in LA costing $1.25 which I thought was very cheap. But in other countries with more buses+trains tend to be more expensive. As the saying goes you get what you pay for...

[TlGBC]

@Gazza2 nope. i live in canada. yes, i agree fares are like 2.75 standard for bus fares where i live and where i used to live (from alberta to nova scotia)

[atsblog]

これは綾瀬駅ですね

[Jiippa]

It's 1,1 euros in Helsinki

[UmedaRaton]

Is this at Minami-Senju Station??

[e23333]

whats is stahion

[KaiserVadin]

what was that 250 thing $2.50 ?

[newsmaniaingaidai]

yeah, it's 250yen which is about $2.50.

[spictario]

what is the guard doing?

[newsmaniaingaidai]

he's making sure that nobody hurts or gets trouble by stairs under construction.

[spictario]

in amsterdam its only €1

[PuertoRican88]

WOOOO thats hi-tech, in new york city, the machines are to get metro cards to pass only 2.00 bucks or more to pay to get in the NYC Subway.

[rahulisgayfag]

Those tickets are small, really tiny. But hey, isn't everything IN Japan smaller.

[viewdis200]

Even the store receipts are small. Less typing space for these symbols.

[werty2000]

Do you use bank note to buy ticket or only change?

[Trailboss516]

All of Japan's bank notes are accepted (1,000, 2,000, 5,000, and 10,000 yen)

[HolyShitImGerman]

Do they have a monthly ticket or so in Tokyo? I mean something like a fixed price subway flatrate?

[Trailboss516]

You can buy a monthly pass, but I don't use one. I believe they work like a debit card (subtracted from the starting amount) or from a set fare (for example, it will only work if you travel from Station X to Station Y) but I could be wrong since I don't use them.

The two most popular commuter passes they sell are called Suica and Passnet. Passnet might have changed its name, though.

[newsmaniaingaidai]

The Passnet card ended its service because a new computer chip card called Pasmo became available all over Tokyo along with the Suica.

Pasmo and Suica are pretty much the same in and around Tokyo, so you'll only need either one of them.

[spaceclubba]

feels like a computer game lol

[Trailboss516]

The only other language available is English, but only sometimes.

[Jibbie49]

English is the most common "second language" in the world, so tourist coming from many countries would find it easier to understand English in Japan than having learned Japanese.

[racsito39]

Oh my goodness, do they have English vending machines? Or at least multilanguage including Spanish?

[Takeru1983]

That, you should have the optional choice of choosing your language, I'm not too certain about Spanish but firmly certain they have an English menu to guide you through.