This cannot buy a ticket here, not sky tree, this is not a fare table. You cannot do anything.
This is not anything, there is no Japan, there is no nothing, now you go home. Of you go home. See you next time!
Higashi Ginza, for real can imagine explaining stuff to tourists taking up an insane amount of their time.
The longer I look at this picture the funnier it gets. There isn’t a single surface without a warning label on it 🤣
Americans using public transit for the first time in their lives and their heads exploding when they see this.
Probably extra necessary there since all those places are on the other line through the other ticket gate
so I’m guessing this is where i can buy a ticket for the Asakusa line
A lot of the current crop of tourists are morons to be fair.
So… does this train go to Skytree?
I kind of forget sometimes that there are people who have issues with maps. ^^;;
They keep telling you to use Google Maps, yet here we are.
I see they want to make real life look like a Rakuten web page.
As long time resident we’ve never seen this before tons of explanation just on a single train machine. Grabe!!! noon we just try to figure out everything paano sasakay sa Metro ( without explanation in english). Now, its already written in english still mga tourist hindi pa alam! 😂😂
I’m just gonna do what google says and ask questions when I get lost
Why don’t humans search by smartphone well
These facebook/reddit travel groups allow tourists to do no research and ask the same question over and over: “what is the best esim?”
Excuse me, is this where you buy tickets for Asakusa ?
I’ve lived in Tokyo for 25 years and I still have no clue what all that signage is trying to say. There’s this tiny sign that points to it being an Hibiya Line station, but most lines don’t even stop in Asakusa, so why this one does need all these warnings is beyond me.
Ain’t nobody gonna read all that shit.
It’s a historic area in the central of metropolitan Tokyo, so they can’t do the construction needed to connect all the different stations and lines like the newer stations. The could change the names of the stations though—-they literally have the same name
Integrated ticketing sorely needed in Tokyo
Interesting!!
Here’s what I dont get….why tf dont people do their due diligence and do their own research when they land in japan or plan ahead? These stickers arent even necessary. It takes less than an hour to figure whats what.
Back in November when I went to japan for the 1st time. Before I even booked my flight, I made a basic outline of what I wanted to visit, how to get to the places & what trains to take. I made a checklist of everything I needed from buying a JR RAIL Pass, getting a suica card & pocket wifi. Then I listed the 10 trains that were in the immediate area of Tokyo. Before i took off to fly to japan i downloaded the japan go app where I had to update my digital evisa info. So I could smoothly go through immigration (they also hand this to you in paper format in the plane before landing in japan). This made my entry extremly smooth and quick.
When I arrived to japan at haneda (best option imo), the first thing I did after immigration was go to redeem my JR RAIL Pass and get my mobile data pocket wifi. After that I sat down and took a breath. Then went to find an outlet to charge my phone. While I sat down I researched what transportation options I had to get to my hotel (obviously if you plan this beforehand you’d have a much easier time. I didn’t but I didn’t mind the extra time/research cuz I enjoyed it tbh). Through an hour of basic research I was able to discover the Tokyo monorail/ metro rail was the best, cheaper and honestly faster option to get to my hotel which was in Tabata. Took the Tokyo monorail, then switched to the keihin tohoku line after arriving to hamamatsucho station then stayed there until I got to tabata. While I did take up a little space with my suitcase I made sure to properly to bow and apologize to those around me for taking up space which most people either didn’t care or were mutually respectful toward. And that was my trip. It took me maybe an hour to figure out everything I needed to travel from point A to point B. My basic point in this long essay is that people really don’t need to be lazy to even know where to go. It takes less than 2 brain cells to figure this out. I should know I consider myself a dumbass for all intents and purposes so if I can figure out how to travel in japan….literally anyone can.
I hate to be that guy, but do people not know how to use Google Maps. 😂
They need to commission the nice “NO! MORE DRAG(sic)!” lady from a few years back.
She could do the stern crossed arms thing like I know not what.
As a visitor for. Month using metro everyday this last summer and I finally mastered it and it was CONFUSING
I’m kind of sad that I have an IC card because I didn’t get to see this while taking the Hibiya line while I was in Tokyo a couple of months ago.
As a Tokyo native, I empathise with this. Having multiple companies and organisations operate different train lines within the same station can be deeply confusing, especially when, as in most other large cities, you expect a single ticket to work everywhere. When travelling, people are often in a relaxed frame of mind, not mentally prepared to manage the kind of administrative complexity involved in deciphering multiple signposts just to work out how to get where they want to go.
For tourists as they didn’t even learn simple words before visiting a country. What nerve…
After working in customer service, you bet that despite every sign under the sun, someone will still ask if they can do it xD
Alright folks let me buy the ticket to Skytree here
Why are people even buying physical tickets still? Just get an IC card and it lasts forever
The station staff here are sick and fucking TIRED. I bet they roll their eyes and scurry away the moment they see a tourist.
Crazy thing is Apple and google maps will literally tell you exactly what train and stop you need to go to in order to visit these places
The train system can get daunting but it’s really not hard to figure out with those maps and a basic sense of direction
The amount of informations thrown to you in Japan in public transportation is abysmal. Coming from Switzerland I was freaking out.
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This cannot buy a ticket here, not sky tree, this is not a fare table. You cannot do anything.
This is not anything, there is no Japan, there is no nothing, now you go home. Of you go home. See you next time!
Higashi Ginza, for real can imagine explaining stuff to tourists taking up an insane amount of their time.
The longer I look at this picture the funnier it gets. There isn’t a single surface without a warning label on it 🤣
Americans using public transit for the first time in their lives and their heads exploding when they see this.
Probably extra necessary there since all those places are on the other line through the other ticket gate
so I’m guessing this is where i can buy a ticket for the Asakusa line
A lot of the current crop of tourists are morons to be fair.
So… does this train go to Skytree?
I kind of forget sometimes that there are people who have issues with maps. ^^;;
They keep telling you to use Google Maps, yet here we are.
I see they want to make real life look like a Rakuten web page.
As long time resident we’ve never seen this before tons of explanation just on a single train machine. Grabe!!! noon we just try to figure out everything paano sasakay sa Metro ( without explanation in english). Now, its already written in english still mga tourist hindi pa alam! 😂😂
I’m just gonna do what google says and ask questions when I get lost
Why don’t humans search by smartphone well
These facebook/reddit travel groups allow tourists to do no research and ask the same question over and over: “what is the best esim?”
Excuse me, is this where you buy tickets for Asakusa ?
I’ve lived in Tokyo for 25 years and I still have no clue what all that signage is trying to say. There’s this tiny sign that points to it being an Hibiya Line station, but most lines don’t even stop in Asakusa, so why this one does need all these warnings is beyond me.
Ain’t nobody gonna read all that shit.
It’s a historic area in the central of metropolitan Tokyo, so they can’t do the construction needed to connect all the different stations and lines like the newer stations. The could change the names of the stations though—-they literally have the same name
Integrated ticketing sorely needed in Tokyo
Interesting!!
Here’s what I dont get….why tf dont people do their due diligence and do their own research when they land in japan or plan ahead? These stickers arent even necessary. It takes less than an hour to figure whats what.
Back in November when I went to japan for the 1st time. Before I even booked my flight, I made a basic outline of what I wanted to visit, how to get to the places & what trains to take. I made a checklist of everything I needed from buying a JR RAIL Pass, getting a suica card & pocket wifi. Then I listed the 10 trains that were in the immediate area of Tokyo. Before i took off to fly to japan i downloaded the japan go app where I had to update my digital evisa info. So I could smoothly go through immigration (they also hand this to you in paper format in the plane before landing in japan). This made my entry extremly smooth and quick.
When I arrived to japan at haneda (best option imo), the first thing I did after immigration was go to redeem my JR RAIL Pass and get my mobile data pocket wifi. After that I sat down and took a breath. Then went to find an outlet to charge my phone. While I sat down I researched what transportation options I had to get to my hotel (obviously if you plan this beforehand you’d have a much easier time. I didn’t but I didn’t mind the extra time/research cuz I enjoyed it tbh). Through an hour of basic research I was able to discover the Tokyo monorail/ metro rail was the best, cheaper and honestly faster option to get to my hotel which was in Tabata. Took the Tokyo monorail, then switched to the keihin tohoku line after arriving to hamamatsucho station then stayed there until I got to tabata. While I did take up a little space with my suitcase I made sure to properly to bow and apologize to those around me for taking up space which most people either didn’t care or were mutually respectful toward. And that was my trip. It took me maybe an hour to figure out everything I needed to travel from point A to point B. My basic point in this long essay is that people really don’t need to be lazy to even know where to go. It takes less than 2 brain cells to figure this out. I should know I consider myself a dumbass for all intents and purposes so if I can figure out how to travel in japan….literally anyone can.
I hate to be that guy, but do people not know how to use Google Maps. 😂
They need to commission the nice “NO! MORE DRAG(sic)!” lady from a few years back.
She could do the stern crossed arms thing like I know not what.
As a visitor for. Month using metro everyday this last summer and I finally mastered it and it was CONFUSING
I’m kind of sad that I have an IC card because I didn’t get to see this while taking the Hibiya line while I was in Tokyo a couple of months ago.
As a Tokyo native, I empathise with this. Having multiple companies and organisations operate different train lines within the same station can be deeply confusing, especially when, as in most other large cities, you expect a single ticket to work everywhere. When travelling, people are often in a relaxed frame of mind, not mentally prepared to manage the kind of administrative complexity involved in deciphering multiple signposts just to work out how to get where they want to go.
For tourists as they didn’t even learn simple words before visiting a country. What nerve…
After working in customer service, you bet that despite every sign under the sun, someone will still ask if they can do it xD
Alright folks let me buy the ticket to Skytree here
Why are people even buying physical tickets still? Just get an IC card and it lasts forever
The station staff here are sick and fucking TIRED. I bet they roll their eyes and scurry away the moment they see a tourist.
Crazy thing is Apple and google maps will literally tell you exactly what train and stop you need to go to in order to visit these places
The train system can get daunting but it’s really not hard to figure out with those maps and a basic sense of direction
The amount of informations thrown to you in Japan in public transportation is abysmal. Coming from Switzerland I was freaking out.
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