How is the traffic in Tokyo?

When you travel to Tokyo, Japan, you must find out their traffic information. When you go, you should look at the relevant traffic information and learn more. You will use this strategy when you go to the Tokyo Free Trade Association. Now let's go and have a look.

When traveling in Tokyo, if you visit many scenic spots, the most economical and convenient mode of transportation in the city is to choose between TokyoSubwayTicket and JR Day Ticket. Personally, I recommend Tokyo.

SubwayTicket, coupled with watermelon card or PASMO card, can swipe your card when you can't take the subway, which is a perfect response to the traffic in Tokyo.

Tokyo Metro System Subway is the most important means of transportation in downtown Tokyo. Tokyo Metro and Du Ying Metro are two subway operators in Tokyo. Tokyo Metro has 9 lines and Du Ying Metro has 4 lines.

The lines formed by the two subways cover most of downtown Tokyo and almost all the scenic spots in downtown Tokyo. They run every 2-5 minutes from 5 am to 24 midnight, so as long as you can take the subway, you can easily travel around downtown Tokyo.

Tokyo Metro and Du Ying Metro are still operating independently, so most of the platforms of these two subway interchange stations are not directly connected, and the transfer needs to leave the gate or exit the station.

The subway fares of these two companies are also different. Tokyo subway fare 170 yen, Du Ying subway fare 180 yen, are charged by mileage.

Note: If you want to buy an ordinary subway ticket, first confirm the destination fare on the fare board above the automatic ticket vending machine, then select the ticket on the automatic ticket vending machine, enter the ticket number and pay the fare.

If the price of the purchased ordinary ticket is insufficient, you cannot leave the station. You can find a manual gate to find a station attendant to make up the ticket, or you can use a ticket machine to make up the ticket, insert the ticket, and the screen will show the ticket that needs to be made up. Put in paper money or coins, and the machine will spit out new tickets and take them out of the gate.

If you don't buy any discount tickets and often take the subway, it is recommended to buy IC cards, which can save you the trouble of buying small change and save a lot of time. The IC card will be introduced below.

There is no direct connection between the platforms of some subway stations. If the transfer is appropriate, you must first get out of the gate, and then walk some distance to get on the bus at the gate of another subway line. In this case, if ordinary tickets are used, and the two lines are subways of the same subway company, you must take the Orange Island Gate to play and get back the tickets, and enter the transfer line within 30 minutes after leaving the gate. If you use IC card, you can take any gate to enter the transfer line gate within 30 minutes, so the fare will not be recalculated, but will continue to accumulate.

For example, the fare from station A to station C is 240 yen, but you have to change at the gate. If the transfer is completed within 30 minutes, the fare is still 240 yen, but if it is more than 30 minutes, the fare will become the fare from Station A to Mile Mile (200 yen) plus the fare from Mile Mile to Station C (170 yen), which is * *.

If you want to visit more scenic spots, you need to take the subway many times. It is recommended to buy the TokyoSubwayTicket jointly launched by two subway companies.

Ticketuniversal Ticket, also known as Tokyo Metro &; The 24-hour ~72-hour coupon of Du Ying Metro allows you to take the Tokyo Metro and Du Ying Metro 1 Line *** 13 unlimited times within the specified time.

This kind of subway discount ticket, which can only be purchased by foreign tourists, is valid for 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours. From the first insertion of the subway gate, the price is 800 yen, 1, 200 yen, 1, 500 yen, and children are half price.

You need to decide whether to buy or not according to your itinerary.

If you will take the subway five times in 1 day or make sure that your total fare is above 800, buy one that is valid within 24 hours.

If you have to take the subway more than four times a day in two days or the fare is more than 750 yen, then buy a subway that is valid for 48 hours.

If you have to take the subway more than three times a day for three consecutive days or more than 500 yen, buy a ticket that is valid for 72 hours. The longer the time, the more times you take the subway, and the more cost-effective.

Method of purchase: Passport purchase is required and can only be purchased at the following places. 1 narita airport 1 and terminal 2 arrive at the ticket counter of Jingcheng bus in the lobby, and the international line of Haneda Airport arrives at the tourist information center on the second floor of the lobby and BIC in downtown Tokyo.

Camera, soft map, LAOX and visitor service center.

Tokyo Metro &; One-day ticket for Du Ying subway.

If you don't have time to buy the above-mentioned universal ticket at the airport, there is also a one-day ticket without foreign tourists' discount, and you can take the 13 subway line of two subways indefinitely within 24 hours. The price is 900 yen, and children are half price. You can buy it at the ticket machine in Tokyo subway or Du Ying subway station.

In addition, these two companies also have their own 24-hour subway tickets. The price of Tokyo subway is 600 yen, and they can only take 9 lines of Tokyo subway. The price of Du Ying Metro is 700 yen, and you can only take Du Ying Metro and its four lines, namely Du Ying Bus, Dudian Arakawa Line and Xinlisheren Line. It is inconvenient and uneconomical to use these two 24-hour tickets separately. Not recommended, because it was also bought at the self-service ticket vending machine in the station. Be careful not to buy it wrong.

JR train JR, full name of JapanRailways, is the largest railway group in Japan. From north to south, it is divided into six companies, which are independent of each other and do not belong to each other, maintaining a competitive relationship.

Most JR lines in Tokyo belong to JR East Japan, including Narita Airport express train N'EX, Yamanote Line and Central Line running through the city center, Jingya Line connecting Tokyo Disneyland, suburban lines leading to Yokohama and Kamakura, and Shinkansen leading to Karuizawa.

The price of JR ordinary train in downtown Tokyo is 140 yen, and it is charged by mileage. The Central Line and the Beijing-Yeh Line sometimes stop on high-speed trains bound for the suburbs. You have to pay a higher price to take this train. If you are worried about taking this kind of train, you can remember the following picture. These four kinds of trains are all ordinary trains.

JR trains run every 2-5 minutes from 5: 00 to 24: 00 in the urban area, and there is no need to check the timetable. There are fewer routes to the suburbs, so you must go to official website to check and confirm before you leave.

Note: If you have purchased JR.

Pass, such as JR Tokyo Wide Area Pass, JR East Japan Railway Pass, etc. During the validity period of the pass, there is no need to buy JR tickets or other coupons containing JR, because Tokyo is included in the general scope.

The method of purchasing ordinary tickets and making up tickets for insufficient fares is the same as that of subway, so I won't repeat them here.

Just like the subway, JR also issues its own pass in Tokyo's 23rd district, and can take all JR lines in Tokyo's 23rd district unlimited times within 1 day, which is valid on the day of ticket purchase. But you can't take the express train and Shinkansen. The price is 750 yen, and children are half price.

It will be more cost-effective if you take the JR train in the city more than 6 times a day. Although JR's one-day ticket is cheaper than a 24-hour subway ticket, it is more convenient to take JR in Akihabara, but JR's site is relatively less widely covered by the subway, and personally feel that the frequency of use is not as high as that of subway tickets. More importantly, this kind of one-day ticket can't go to JR Ito Temple Station, JR Sanying Station (Sanyingsen Ghibli Art Museum) and JR Wu Bin Station (Tokyo Disneyland), because these three places are beyond the scope of Tokyo's 23rd district, so the practicality is not as strong as the 24-hour subway ticket. If you choose one of them, you can recommend subway tickets.

Method of purchase: JR ticket office in the 23rd district of Tokyo, JR East Japan Travel Service Center and JR station self-service ticket vending machine can be purchased.

Tokyo One-Day Pass/Tokyo Sightseeing Pass/Tokyo Free Pass

Of course, many people may want to take the subway and JR, because the Yamanote Line is very convenient. In fact, if there is a Tokyo One-Day Pass/Tokyo Tour Pass/Tokyo Free Pass (three names are actually a ticket).

This is a pass for JR Tokyo District 23+Tokyo Metro+Du Ying Metro, and you can take JR, Metro, Bus, Dudian Arakawa Line and Niri-Sheren Line unlimited times in one day.

Adult price 1590 yen, child price 800 yen.

This kind of pass can really take a bus in Tokyo for one day, and it is very convenient, but it is relatively uneconomical. It is not recommended to buy subway, JR train, bus/Arakawa line/Riyueri-Sheren line unless you are sure that the total fare will exceed 1590 yen and the subway fare will be less than 800 yen. Otherwise, it is recommended to buy a subway ticket for 24 hours to 72 hours.

Methods of purchase: JR ticket office, JR East Japan Travel Service Center, JR station self-service ticket vending machine, Tokyo subway self-service ticket vending machine, Du Ying subway self-service ticket vending machine, Niigata-Sheren line self-service ticket vending machine.

Private railways are railways operated by private enterprises. They don't go through the subway and JR developed downtown Tokyo, but they are a very good supplement in the suburbs of Tokyo.

There are several routes passing through the airport and popular attractions, and the popularity is also very high. For example, the Tokyo Express Rail connecting Shinagawa and Haneda airports, the Jingcheng Express Rail passing Ueno and Narita airports, the Wangjing Express Rail from Shibuya passing through Shimojazawa to Jixiang Temple, the Tokyo Express Rail from Shibuya passing through daikanyama and Freedom Mountain directly to Yokohama, the Oda Express Rail near Fujio Museum and Jiangzhi Island, and the Wu Dong Railway and Saiwu Railway to Sichuan, Vietnam, Nikko and Chifu.

These private railways also have coupons such as single-day tickets. For example, it will be more cost-effective to get off at one of the stops from Shibuya to Yokohama. However, if you just go back and forth in Yokohama and don't get off halfway, you don't have to buy it.

Personally, if you don't need to take the private railway often, you can swipe your IC card, which is more convenient and the price will not be much different. Relatively speaking, there are relatively few opportunities for the use of one-day tickets for private railways, so I won't introduce them here. Friends in need can study it themselves.

The various discount tickets introduced on the transportation card are more cost-effective when you ride many times. If you don't plan to go to many scenic spots, it is recommended to get a transportation card, which can save queuing time without preparing change every time. And all subways, trams, buses and JR trains, including private railways and suburban JR trains, are very common. Although there is almost no discount, compared with buying ordinary tickets on the spot, it can only save 10 yen at most, but the biggest advantage of the transportation card is convenience and trouble. In addition to taking the bus, you can use it in cars, vending machines, coin-operated lockers, convenience stores, restaurants and other places as long as you have the following signs, and you don't need to prepare change.

Almost all major transportation operators in Japan have launched their own IC cards, and various regions have also issued their own transportation cards. There are more than 20 species in China. For example, Suica (commonly known as watermelon card) is issued in Tokyo and Pasmo, and ICOCA is issued in Osaka.

Fortunately, from March 23, 20 13, Japan started the national intercommunication service of traffic IC cards. Cards with interoperability qualifications can be used in other interoperability card areas, such as holding watermelon cards bought in Tokyo and swiping cards in Osaka.

There are ten kinds of IC cards that are qualified for interconnection and intercommunication, such as Suica (commonly known as watermelon card), PASMO, Kitaca, TOICA, manaca, ICOCA, SUGOCA, nimoca, hayakaken, PiTaPa, etc., which cover more than 90% of cities in Japan.

The national intercommunication signs of IC cards are as follows. Where there is this sign, it means that you can use any of the above 10 cards, so you don't have to worry about buying Suica or PASMO in Tokyo, because you can use PASMO where you can use Suica, and you can use Suica where you can use PASMO.

It should be pointed out that although these cards can interoperate, they cannot be used across regions.

This may sound a little hard to understand. ...

JR is divided into six regions in China and managed by six different JR companies. If you take the Tokaido Line from Rehai (the territory of JR East Japan) to Numazu (the territory of JR East China Sea), although the distance is very short, the driving time is even less than 20 minutes, and there is no need to transfer, but because the starting point and destination are not in the same area, all transportation cards cannot be used. Although you can swipe your card from Rehai to enter the gate, you can't get out from Numazu.

So if you need to travel across regions, you can only buy paper tickets or other tickets that can be used across regions.

It doesn't matter if you don't know how to cross this area. The simplest and rudest way is to drive to other cities and try not to swipe your traffic card!

If you want to buy a card before you go to Japan, you can find a universal treasure. After arriving in Japan, you can buy it at Haneda Airport and Narita Airport, or at self-service ticket vending machines, ticket offices and tourist service centers in major stations.

It should be noted that if children want to buy watermelon cards, adults need to take their children with their passports to apply for children's Suica cards, and they will automatically check out according to the children's fare when checking out.

It includes a deposit of 500 yen at the time of purchase If you buy a 1000 yen card, in addition to the deposit of 500 yen, there is a balance of 500 yen in the card.

Of course, the deposit will be refunded when the card is returned, but if there is a balance in the card, a handling fee of 220 yen will be deducted. If it is less than 220 yen or there is no balance, you don't need to make up. Therefore, it is recommended to use up the balance in the card before returning it, and there is no need to pay the handling fee. Although various IC cards have been changed, they need to be returned at the website of the card issuing company. Watermelon cards issued by JR East Japan can only be returned at JR East Japan stations, and PASMO cards need to be returned at subway stations, bus stations and other places. However, if you plan to go to Japan in the future, there is no need to rush back. The transportation card is valid for 10 years, and can be used next time.