How to Read Tickets

Ticketing

How to Read Tickets

When purchasing a ticket, please read it to confirm it is correct.
If you have any questions about tickets, please contact staff at the closest station.

Basic Fare Tickets (Joshaken)

Basic Fare Tickets (Joshaken)

Shinkansen Super Express Reserved Seat Ticket

Shinkansen Super Express Reserved Seat Ticket

Limited Express Unreserved Seat Ticket

Limited Express Unreserved Seat Ticket

This ticket is for using a vacant seat on the Super (Limited) Express train. When using this ticket, please take a vacant seat. If a passenger arrives with a reserved ticket for that seat, please yield your seat.

Guide to Using the Chuo Line Limited Express Train[PDF/2.7MB]

How to use the Narita Express[PDF/644KB]

Shinkansen Super Express Non-Reserved Seat Ticket

Shinkansen Super Express Non-Reserved Seat Ticket

Short Distance Ticket

Short Distance Ticket

Note: Formats will be different for some tickets and some tickets do not have information printed in the alphabet.

Current as of March 2015