Tokyo Subway Ticket - Perfect for Sightseeing and Getting Around Tokyo
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- čas přidán 25. 01. 2023
- Here are some Tokyo travel tips for sightseeing and getting around Tokyo through POV Vlog. I'll be using the Tokyo Subway Ticket, which gives you unlimited rides on nine Tokyo Metro lines and four Toei Subway lines (24, 48 and 72 hours)
You can also get discounts for some popular tourist destinations with the Tokyo Subway Ticket. It's perfect.
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to anyone confused or not used to travel this way you do not need to know or worry about the line and stop names. All you need it the line color and the start and stop letter and number. (Take the purple line from Z14 to Z01.) Every metro in the world works like this and after you do it once it is super easy. Also unless you are in an big rush, its not like flying or busses (in some countries) where you can "miss" your train. Just wait for the next one and it will show up in just a few minutes. Take your time, enjoy the ride, and the accessibility of the entire city.
i agree. i live in Singapore, while it's more straight forward here, google maps is helpful there in tokyo on which direction/platform to be on. i miss the sounds on the tokyo subway lines 😞
Z LINE＝Hanzoumon line
G line＝Ginza line
M line＝Marunouchi・Hounancho line
F line＝Huku-Toshin line
You’ve never been to Vancouver then.
One look at those station subway maps and you can understand how first-timers might get totally turned around. 😅 I lived in Tokyo for almost 18 years and--especially after the redevelopment of Shibuya Station--would almost never venture into that part of town.💦 Still, once you master the network (assuming that's even possible), it's easy enough to get from one end of this sprawling city to the other in a clean, efficient, safe manner. Tokyo may be intimidating at first, but as a major metropolis, it actually WORKS--most of the time. (If you're partial to the subway system, be prepared to do a LOT of walking--if not stairs (or escalators), then on the long treks underground between platforms, exits and inter-connected train lines and stations, some of which are certainly connected but may be as much as one km apart through underground passages.😱)
Doing my first trip in Japan now, and I can say to just ignore that map and use your phone’s map app so that you can get the hang of it. Once I got a hang of the Yamamote line (the easiest one), the rest started naturally making sense, regardless of who owns and runs that train.
Thank you, the sight-seeing was delightful. Never pay heed to those with negative comments. There are many of us who enjoy learning about the variety of foods that are available in Japan, and enjoy wondering why you chose those food selections. Thank you Solo Travel for each video you post.
Thanks for saying that. I appreciate it.
Wow how clean everything is: station, train…. but must admit I would get lost easily 😄
The subway looks like a great way to sightsee. It is so clean and bright- our local subway is dark and kind of dingy in comparison. The safety gates are a great idea-I wish we had those, too. The views and the sunset from the Skytree were great, and the shrine so tranquil. Thanks for taking us with you.
Loved that sunset! Don't know that I'd be able to be up that high and not freak out, though.
once again another great video you show the best stuff
Loved that view of the night tokeyo skyline
Thank you for the tour and the tips on navigating Tokyo Subway system
Your videos are always so beautiful to watck.Thank you
That's a really good option for going around Tokyo! Thanks for the video!!!!
And thank *you* for always posting such amazing videos! I learned so much about Tokyo and the subway, and I loved the feeling of seeing so many places I'd only seen in anime or video games. Thank you for all the good advice!
this was so amazing to watch and seeing all those beautiful places made me smile
Thank you for your great videos. You have helped inspire me to take my first trip to Japan this spring. I can hardly wait and look forward to using the great tips you have shared. Thank you!😊
Thank you for the pleasant day out in Tokyo. I've missed seeing your videos recently -- glad you're back.
Tokyo at night is especially beautiful. Thank you for sharing. ❤
Always fun and interesting traveling with you on your adventures.
Another nicely done video ❤
Great video once again. Thanks for sharing it. 👍👍👍😍😍😍
NIce tour-du-tokyo! Thank you for taking us along!
i went to a lot of these places 10 years ago, nice memories! especially the skytree at dusk.
Thank you sir, for always showing us varied and interesting ways to travel in your beautiful country. I am most grateful. 🙏👌
That was a nice trip, will use for reference when traveling up there. Also that night view from the sky tree is awesome.
This was so helpful! Can't wait to visit Japan! Thank you for being a bastion of safety for the spirit. It's been the the hardest few months of my life and you've really help me get through the long, painful nights. Also, just wanted to say that i can now pick which food you are going to get with 90% accuracy lol! Love from Cherry Log, Georgia 🤗
Nice tour of Tokyo. The 24 hour subway ticket is a great idea. Have always found Shibuya Crossing interesting. Great for pedestrians, but not so great for vehicles. The observation deck at the Tokyo Skytree was fascinating. You're a good tour guide. Will go with you on the next excursion. Take care, stay safe.
I super appreciate this video because it'll save my spouse and I a bunch of money on subway costs. Thank you for being awesome.
Stunning view. Very interesting and enjoyable video. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your video. It looks fun. I notice sometimes I hear birds in the subway tunnels. Are they canaries? Miners sometimes had canaries. If the canaries were singing it meant the air is good to breathe. If they are dead in the bottom of the cage, it means the air is bad & get out.
All of the food looks excellent. I enjoyed all the sights & sounds of your excellently made video. Thank you!
The bird sounds help visually changed people to find the stairs, entrances, exits, etc. Thanks for watching!
Stunning view of the city at night, great to see ways of getting round Tokyo as I found it very hard when I was there, but the people where very helpful
This was a fun trip. I'd love to see more of Meiji shrine. Arigato gozaimasu for another great video, STJ-san!
This is an excellent presentation, now I have a feel of how Tokyo is
Thank You for the trip, with your video I can visit Japan and learn about it. It is Just a pring in Tokyo. Here in Central Europe is a winter again...Grey days, no sun and no snow.. So it is a good idea to jump to the Rising Sun Country for a moment. Cordiali greetings from Warsaw.
I will forever call salad … leaves.
That is the most proper renaming I’ve seen in a long time.
this is again a great one. This is why I like to watch your video's. 2 things I like the most are combined. Public transportation and food.
It is really great to go on solo tours around Tokyo. Overall Japan. People are cautious of not being too loud or chaotic. A very peaceful environment is everywhere.
I especially enjoy the sounds of the train when they leave the station platform. The sound gets louder gradually. This electric sound is appealing to me, weird thing I know XD Japan's train system is so convenient, and the services surrounding the area are truly ideal. I love their urban planning and how the citizens cooperate with the civil conduct. Very inspiring nation they are!! You are very lucky to be enjoying life in Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan. Your videos are my only go to places to watch and dream on visiting Japan. Thankyou so much for your video. It helps curious minds like mine, haha!!
Have a nice day!
That is one seriously packed city!!!
Thank you for your service. Will be travelling to Japan this February 2024.
I really liked this video. It seems like Tokyo is your home base, judging from where your trips usually start. It seems like the city doesn't get as much attention as it should for being so big and having so much to offer because it's your backyard. I think it would be fun if you did day trips to different sections of the city so we could see more of it. And instead of staying in a hotel, you could let us know if there are locations for chain hotels you've stayed at before.
I love this video! Greetings fton Romania, I am a long time fan ! Love you're channel
I remember the Tokyo Metro well, very confusing at first, but then it worked well, the combination of colors and numbers makes it easy
🕯👍💐very nice trip. vrry nice price for 24 hr. travel. here in chicago, it used to be $5 for a weekender. Sat./Sun. travel. But your country has more to see and different foods, And after all these years without such nice trains, like you have in Japan, has left us with questions. Thank you again. peace🕊
Very informative and helpful. Thanks for your videos.
what a nice trip and insight view for tokyo newbies as me.....thank you 😊
Wow what a spectacular video..i love it.
I have really enjoyed this video, to see such a beautiful city, is wonderful, I live out in the middle of nowhere in the uk and it is very different, I would love to see more videos like this.
I only have a few channels on CZcams that I follow but yours is the best, I have fallen in love with your country and I look forward to visit one day thank you😊
The omurice looks fantastic! I've printed a couple recipes to try it myself.
Super video!!! Thank you!!
Thank you for the tour and the helpful information. One look at those subway maps and I was all confused right away, but you made it mostly understable.. That chestnut and cream dessert reminds me of the same thing here I've seen in Japanese bakeries and cafes. I"ll have to give that omelet and rice dish a try next time I see it.
great video as always Solo-san
Just went to Tokyo and stayed at Richmond Oshiage so this video brought back great memories of that area.
Great day out, ❤️ Tokyo from England 🇬🇧
I don't want to leave like a thousand comments on this video, but OMG the nostalgia. I had the Mont Blanc my first time in Skytree, and I can TASTE IT while watching this. I always get coffee at the Tsutaya Starbucks in Shibuya, and that footbridge is part of my Persona 5 walking tour. Meiji-jingumae was the second sacred site I visited my first day in Tokyo (after Toshogu Ueno Park), and I remember those maps of things to do.
I love your ferry vids, but this hit me extra hard. Thanks for the memories.
this was very helpful thank you! normally i wouldn't be "search how to use metro" level anxious but i'm so excited. it's like any other metro system but if it wasn't for this video i'd probably miss that list of exits
thank you very much for this channel, I'm planning a trip to Tokyo in September and you have so many good info, you have no idea. I'm planning a 13 day triips...
That was a nice trip around Japan was that the Japanese space Needle great views in the day and the night and leave like the stars descended upon the ground play the sky was falling thanks keep up the great work
I love your channel! It's so relaxing and get to see Japan! Love it!^_^ and your editing too is 💯 God Bless!🥰🙏❤
Thank you for the sightseeing trip.
Thank you for taking us around Tokyo via the subway/underground system, Solo-san, and I enjoyed your company. Skytree is pretty amazing and as for the evening skyline - just breathtaking.
You've never made a disappointing video about Japan - I don't think you could if you tried!
The food, especially the Tonkatsu, was positively mouthwatering.
Please keep up the great work, showing us around Japan
How yall find anything is amazing
I really like sumida city... nice and quiet.. modern too
please post more videos like this, enjoyed it alot
Loved it so much
My friend I enjoy your adventures it makes feel like I'm there I really have to take a trip to Japan sensational job friend be bless and safe
Thanks for the video!
The views from the Skytree must be amazing on super clear days
It is. Absolutely it is.
My trip is in a month, so this is perfect for my planning in getting around
I love to see how my city has borrowed its rail network design from Japan, the trains even sound the same as our TransPerth trains, the coloured lines, the stations are all so similar 🤘🤩🤘🦘🇦🇺🦘
Thank you for sharing 👋🇩🇰🇯🇵👋😊
Nice video. This great city does seem a tad intimidating....
Used that unlimited card too
Despite the hot air at several station (of course its underground), it was as fun like riding the normal train
More conveniently subway rush hour is less crazy than the normal train route.. perfect for tourists who are not into large crowd
wow, view on Tokyo is beautiful😯. I just cant imagine living there as my whole country has only 5 milion people. so busy 😂😂
Omg yesssss my fave CZcamsr uploading another video. After a long day I’m looking forward to seeing this 😊
very helpfull ticket. last time i used this one. really miss the subway sounds vibes. feels like im in there with you after watching this vids hahah. thx for the vid. and keep working on it. ganbatte
Very useful! Thank you very much!
I found that very interesting, thank you
I found your channel by co-incidence when CZcams has suggested me your _-I LATER CORRECTED HERE/EDITED OUT-_ video and now I am soo happy! I am really so much interested in Japan and so I have been watching for years some of the older, already established CZcams channels. I can't thank you enough for making these great videos. I like everything about them and can't wait to catch up and watch every one of them. You have a fantastic way of story telling and filming. I subscribed. Please don't change anything. This is so perfect.
I'm afraid you've mistaken me for someone else...
@@SoloTravelJapan Please accept my apologies, I was not trying to create confusion or worse. I now checked and you are right. It looks like I have found your channel by a fortunate mixup co-incidence then. Which does not matter, because either way, I am very happy to have found you and will check out (and I am sure LIKE) all your videos. 😊
@@SoloTravelJapan I forgot to say, even before my first comment, I have watched already a few of your videos. So the credit I gave was truly due, I knew exactly what I wrote about. I only chose to post my comment on this video, because this one was the your latest at the time and I thought you have more chances to monitor it and read my comment as a result.
Great video and i love how nice the subways are in Japan. Also, Thank you so much for eating something other then Beef Curry in this video! LOL!
Oh, the Tonkatsu ramen looks delicious! If I were rich, I would love to travel to Japan, but alas....I will satiate my dream of travel there with videos like yours. Thank you.
thanks for the video~~~ I can hear Cantonese while you at the cafe in sky tree~~~
One big advantage of the Tokyo Metro 24 Hr pass is that it’s a 24 hour pass, not one day pass. The big difference about 24 hr pass is that you can buy your pass until the next day, as long as it’s still within 24 hrs of your initial purchase. You can’t do that with one day pass (valid only until 11:59pm of the purchase date).
We have a 24 hrs ticket for the whole county and it's all the public transport
Tokyo is a big place !
We need those gates in our subways - no way to get pushed onto the tracks. I would probably still get lost, english signs or not. Outside of NYC, most of our subway systems are pretty simple. In NYC, I just gave up and walked. 😁 Tokyo is huge, just wow.
1/24, you edited and uploaded this trip in under two days! The fact that they have English translations for so many things in Japan like the subway lines makes me feel pretty spoiled to be a native English speaker, ngl. Doubt you'd do a video on it but it you ever come abroad for train travel, check out American cities where much of the system still runs overground and on overpasses like here in Chicago. It makes for a pretty cool sightseeing in the sense that you pass right through the neighborhoods and even the city skyline on the train. Grew up on the CTA and I would totally get lost if I tried going somewhere new even today, even though our system is color coded, ha.
A friend living in Tokyo told me: If you're mainly travelling around central Tokyo (the 23 Wards), then JR (Yamanote Line in particular) is for newbies, the expert traveller mainly uses the subway (Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway) to navigate. Plus its cheaper than JR.
Its only if you're travelling towards the outskirts of Tokyo like Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba and further that JR and their related rail passes become useful.
Looks like thw subway is good enough for solo travel within Tokyo city. Got to try this way traveling around Tokey next time.
Call me a tourist but I always have a JR Pass when I got to Japan, usually for (totally serious here) random shinkansen rides to places (mostly Nikko, Ichi-no-seki, Nagoya). My experience with the subway is the Keikyu line (because I stay in Kawasaki Nisshin-cho and would get WiFi eggs from Haneda), and the lines to Asakusa.
But I am also such a train nerd. Originally from NYC, Im used to them. But nothing (and I mean NOTHING) compares to the Yamanote line for me. Hearing the jingle legit calms me down to this day, almost a decade after I first heard it. Gotta love Tokyo by train.
Also, every thing you mentioned I also did on my first day in Tokyo. Just not Skytree. Took me three trips before I did Skytree.
Goood job🙂👍
Great trip! Cities with good subways are always fun to explore. 🌞 🌼
I visited Japan 4 years ago for like 28 days. I lost hrs just trying to figure out how to navigate the different lines. Even using google. I just watched your video very slowly and probably took me over an hr to watch it lol. My wife and i are visiting Japan this coming fall and do not want to be lost again. 😅
I would love to visit Japan but I would need to find someone to guide me around everywhere. 😁 It’s very overwhelming. Thanks for this video!
I don’t think you mention it, but I realized the yellow subway signs are the ones directing you out (exits and transfers). The other colors relate to the different train lines. Thank you for the tour.
What a fun way to get around! I really envy you, having so much choice in ways to see the city. You should take the river trip some day - it would be a view we haven't seen yet.😊
Most times I visit Tokyo I arrive at Narita and I don't always have a JR Pass, so I buy a ticket for the Keisei Skyliner instead of Narita Express. If you buy online in advance, you can get the "Keisei Skyliner and Tokyo Subway Ticket" which, if you take a round trip on Skyliner plus 72 hour Subway ticket, that saves you over 1000yen in total. I don't always get this ticket as I often have a JR Pass, but the Skyliner is a nicer and quicker journey than Narita Express so sometimes I take it even when I have a JR Pass lol
Thanks for your videos. It really feels like I'm travelling along with a friend. I see others writing "sir" in the comments, but I have the feeling I'm travelling with a "miss". :->
To maximize your use of the ticket always check if your accomodation is near a metro station, if not it's not worth it that much. Experienced being near a JR station and availing this ticket, didn't use it much since it's much more convenient to use the nearest JR one.
If you have a JR pass and enough time to space your trip out carefully, using an IC card for a single round trip on the metro a day is probably cheaper. However, if you want to speedrun most of Tokyo within two to three days (that would be a challenge to try lol), the subway pass is great.
Between the astonishing complexity of the Tokyo transport system and the astonishing complexity of the Japanese language, I would probably try to get across town and end up in Narnia. :)
Honestly same
Steve Martin made a film Trains, Planes and Automobiles. We go one better we have Solo Travel San PLUS - trains, planes, automobiles and ferries . I truly look forward to these videos , even if sometimes they make me hungry 😋 Thankyou for your hard work.
I suspect that your "beef stew" omurice was a bit of a jumbled translation of demi glace sauce. That is a beef reduction sauce and I have seen it used on omurice in several cooking videos. It is certainly what it looked like on the plate. I went through a stage of being quite fascinated by omurice and did a bit of research on its origins etc. One of these days, I might find somewhere that serves it here in New Zealand! Or be brave enough to make it myself. I can manage the chicken rice - it is the omelet that is a bit scary.