How to ride a train in Japan – Buying a ticket
■Finding out the price to your destination
Before buying a ticket, it is necessary to check how much it will cost to get to your destination. If you can read Japanese, find the station that you want to go to on the route map. The price is written under the station’s name. If you cannot read Japanese, please look for the price list written in English.
It is convenient to check the route and price beforehand using a smartphone application.
NAVITIME for Japan Travel has an English version, so it would be useful to install it before you get to Japan.
・NAVITIME for Japan Travel
[Google Play] [App Store]
Please download Osaka’s route map below:
Osaka Info http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/area/map/railway.pdf
■Purchasing a ticket
Tickets can be bought at a ticket vending machine.
(Example) You want to buy a 500 yen ticket.
1. Press the “English” button.
2. Insert money and select “500” with the touch panel.
3. A ticket will come out of the machine. If you need change, that will also come out.
■Going through the ticket gate
Insert your ticket into the automatic ticket gate and walk through.
Please remember to take your ticket again on the other side.
Next time, I will post about manners when riding a train.
Until then.
