Special Tickets in Tokyo Subway/Train

For first time tourist to Tokyo, there are several special tickets that can be purchased when travel using public transport. You can get a good discount through all this offers. However, a proper planning need to be done on your itinerary because certain ticket/or train serve certain destinations only. Day passes are sold at train stations and vending machines and are valid from the first train in the morning until the last train in the evening.

In Tokyo Prefecture, they are few companies operated train and subway such as Tokyo Metro, Toei Subway, JR Trains. You can find their special tickets as below.

Single Train Ticket :

Tips : This ticket is good if your destinations is within the train line. Please study each company station/destination first before you buy and it’s important to plan your itinerary beforehand. Otherwise, you have to buy other companies ticket.

Tokyo Metro Open Ticket (1-day: ¥600 or ¥710 ; 2-day: ¥980 ) Unlimited use of the nine Tokyo Metro subway lines only. A regular one day pass costs 710 yen, while a tourist version is available for ¥600 (one day) and ¥980 (two consecutive days). The tourist version is only available at Narita Airport while regular day passes can be bought at vending machines in the station.

Toei One-Day Economy Pass (¥700) Unlimited use of the four Toei subway lines, buses and streetcars on one calendar day. Compared to Tokyo Metro, Toei only serve 4 lines only.

Tokunai Pass (¥730) Unlimited use of JR trains in the central Tokyo area on one calendar day.

Combination Ticket

Tips : Buy this ticket if your destinations cover all parts of Central Tokyo, from South to North, from East to West. Using this ticket also will shorten your walking distance/time in certain station.

Tokyo Free Kippu (¥1580) : Unlimited use of all subway lines (Toei and Tokyo Metro) and JR trains in the central Tokyo area on one calendar day. It is also valid on buses and streetcars operated by Toei.

Toei and Tokyo Metro One-Day Economy Pass (¥1000) Unlimited use of all subway lines (Toei and Tokyo Metro) on one calendar day.

Holiday Pass (¥2300 ) Unlimited use of JR trains in the greater Tokyo area (including Yokohama andKamakura) on one calendar day. It can only be used on Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and certain holiday seasons.

Prepaid cards don’t give you any discounts, but they make the process of taking trains easier, as you do not always need to buy a ticket before riding a train.

Suica and PASMO Suica and PASMO are prepaid IC cards, that can be used interchangeably on most trains and buses in Greater Tokyo, including JR trains, subways and other non-JR trains. Elsewhere on the site is a guide devoted to Suica and PASMO.

The Japan Rail Pass is valid only on JR trains. It cannot be used on subways or any other non-JR train.