Subway Prepaid Card

[yuzuyuzu]

Going to Tokyo for 7 days. As my plan is to only cover 2 or 3 place per day, i am thinking of getting this instead.

From my understanding this functions like the ez link card.

Is this worthwhile?

 

[samtcy]

Going to Tokyo for 7 days. As my plan is to only cover 2 or 3 place per day, i am thinking of getting this instead.

From my understanding this functions like the ez link card.

Is this worthwhile?

Only travelling within Tokyo for all 7 days?
Then yes, just get either the SUICA or PASMO card.
Both cards are kinda like our EZ-link card.

 

[magna_strike]

Why not try the 1,2,3 days tokyo metro ticket? I find it worthwhile especially if your places to visit are mainly on the toei and tokyo lines..

 

[galacticnick]

i second the tokyo metro ticket recommendation. get two three-day tickets (1,500 yen each). i'm sure your daily transport fare will exceed 500 yen even if you're just visiting two or three places a day.

 

[kifo]

the reason why many posters here on this forum do not recommend the metro pass is because it restricts you to taking the metro. often many trips that the tourists will be taking in Tokyo will be on the jr yamanote, chuo and maybe the sobu line. only taking the metro complicates the journey and it sometimes mean a very long walk to your destination.

 

[galacticnick]

it really depends on your itinerary. for me, tsukiji fish market, ginza, shinjuku isetan, shinjuku gyoen, aoyama, omotesando, nihonbashi, asakusa, to name a few are better served by metro.

 

[kifo]

it really depends on your itinerary. for me, tsukiji fish market, ginza, shinjuku isetan, shinjuku gyoen, aoyama, omotesando, nihonbashi, asakusa, to name a few are better served by metro.

yes i agree for some of the places you mentioned (shinjuku isetan? jr yamanote does a better job i think) but it is precisely that it limits the flexibility of you taking whatever line that is fastest to get to your destination which is why many do not recommend the metro pass...

 

[galacticnick]

yes i agree for some of the places you mentioned (shinjuku isetan? jr yamanote does a better job i think) but it is precisely that it limits the flexibility of you taking whatever line that is fastest to get to your destination which is why many do not recommend the metro pass...

i guess it boils down to whether cost or flexibility is more important to the TS. it's former for me.

(isetan shinjuku is connected to the shinjuku sanchome metro station.)

 

[kifo]

plus forgot to add that the frequency of trains on the jr lines like yamanote and chuo are far higher than any metro lines (except possibly for the Marunoichi line, which is as frequent as one per 2 mins at peak)... and taking metro lines exclusively often require you to change lines, wasting more time waiting for trains... of course some very specific places are better served by metro, which is why you need the flexibility

 

[bendi85]

I'm also going Tokyo for 7 days in March. My hotel is at Hotel Sardonyx Tokyo, anybody got any experience staying there?

 

[kenchi]

I also usual on Yamamoto line too
Metro depend one
If only they have promo for tourist on all Jr line and metro

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[cpuer]

useful if you follow their recommended sites
http://www.tokyometro.jp/en/attractions/index02.html

But saving may not be a lot, limited by time constraint and your energy level.

 

[yuzuyuzu]

ah.......

coz im staying at the chuo line (nishi-ogikubo) airbnb........

intending to go asakusa, ueon, shibuya, harajuku, shinjuku, fish market, akihabaru, ibusu, tokyo tower, diver city on the last day as im going to haneda airport..........

 

[kifo]

ah.......

coz im staying at the chuo line (nishi-ogikubo) airbnb........

intending to go asakusa, ueon, shibuya, harajuku, shinjuku, fish market, akihabaru, ibusu, tokyo tower, diver city on the last day as im going to haneda airport..........

so far out of tokyo centre????

definitely forget about metro pass...

and one advice for you... avoid the morning rush hour... it will give you a rude shock.

 

[cpuer]

ah.......

coz im staying at the chuo line (nishi-ogikubo) airbnb........

intending to go asakusa, ueon, shibuya, harajuku, shinjuku, fish market, akihabaru, ibusu, tokyo tower, diver city on the last day as im going to haneda airport..........

i used Hyperdia to test, almost all of your destination requires JR lines, once I exclude JR, you wont be able to go to there. This will force u to use a combination of SUICA and the metro pass. And the saving will be drastically reduced and likely you cannot even recover the cost.

 

[evilerniex]

I prefer to go with store-value card also.
gives u the flexibility to choose the most convenient transport to get to the places. u also have the flexibility to change ur plans if necessary. for example, if it rains, u may want to go shopping instead of sightseeing in ueno and asakusa

savings from using metro pass isn't a lot also if u are going only 2-3 places a day. a ride on JR yamanote line is only 140-200yen.

metro pass may be worth it if u can group those places that are more accessible by metro into a day.

 

[kifo]

nishi-ogikubo is so far out it is beyond the range of any metro lines.... the furthest east metro station is ogikubo on the marunouchi line.

 

[yuzuyuzu]

so far out of tokyo centre????

definitely forget about metro pass...

and one advice for you... avoid the morning rush hour... it will give you a rude shock.

What time is the morning rush hour???

 

[yuzuyuzu]

i used Hyperdia to test, almost all of your destination requires JR lines, once I exclude JR, you wont be able to go to there. This will force u to use a combination of SUICA and the metro pass. And the saving will be drastically reduced and likely you cannot even recover the cost.

Ok. I will get both cards then...

 

[yuzuyuzu]

nishi-ogikubo is so far out it is beyond the range of any metro lines.... the furthest east metro station is ogikubo on the marunouchi line.

Got so Jia lat mah???