Hi all,

I am visiting Tokyo for a week next month and am wondering if people here can offer me some tip as to how to travel around the city by subway and buses, as that will be my primary source of transportation (and I wouldn't have it any other way!).

I love architecture, pop culture, urban planning and genearl art stuff, I'd appreciate any suggestion for must-sees in Tokyo...

aye, one week is too short!

Thanks a bunch!

I would visit Shibuya almost before anything. :yes:

I'd like to recomend using one day pass.

Popular one day pass

1. Tokyo Free Way Ticket 1,580 yen/day : Free to ride Tokyo Metro、JR Line in Tokyo area、Toden, ToBus, and Toei Subway

2. Tokyo Free Subway Ticket 1,000 yen/day : Free to ride Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway

3. Tokyo Metro Free Ticket 710 yen/day : Free to ride only Tokyo Metro

4. To Bus and Toei Subway Free Ticket 700 yen/day : Free to ride Toden, ToBus, and Toei Subway

* You can purchase the ticket at each stations' ticket machine which belongs a line you want to ride.


Other one day pass which includes a local line's discount. The ticket can be purchased at specifided place depending on the type and sometimes seasons.

-One day Pass 500 yen/day : Free to ride only Toei Subway
-Odaiba Ariake Around ticket 900 yen/day : Free to ride Yurikamome line, Rinkai line、Water Ride Bus
-Holiday pass 2,300 yen/day : Free to ride JR line in tokyo are, Tokyo Mono Rail, Rinkai line.
-JR Tokyo pass 730 yen/day : Free to ride JR line inside of 23 cities(or 23 ku) in Tokyo
-Tokyo One day Ticket : Free to ride Keikyu line, Toden, ToBus, and Toei Subway
-Tokyo Explore Ticket : Free to ride one of Keio line or Tobu line or Tsukuba Express, Toden, ToBus, and Toei Subway.
-Odakyu Tokyo Metro pass, Tobu Tokyo Metro pass, Tojo Tokyo Metro pass, Tokyu Tokyo Metro pass : Free to ride Tokyo Metro with local line's around way discount
-Narita Airport Limousine Bus and Metro Pass 3,100 yen : Free to ride Tokyo Metro with around or one way bus ticket from or to Narita Airport
-Haneda Airport Limousine Bus and Metro Pass 1,600 yen : Free to ride Tokyo Metro with around or one way bus ticket from or to Haneda Airport
-Keikyu Haneda Subway Ticket 1,300 yen : Free to ride Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway with around or one way bus ticket from or to Haneda Airport

-Free Way Bus : Tokyo Bay Shuttle, Marunouchi Shuttle, and Metro link
http://hinomaru.co.jp/metrolink/index.html

-Sky Bus Tokyo : http://www.skybus.jp/English/index.html

-2007 Gurutto Pass 2,000 yen/two months : Free to see some Musiums once in each places in Tokyo and discount some special events there
http://www.rekibun.or.jp/grutto/museum2007.html
http://www.winriver.net/tokyo/discount-t/grutt2.html


-Tokyo Subway and local line's Map
http://www.tcvb.or.jp/en/guide/img/02subwaymap.pdf
-Tokyo JR line's Map
http://www.jreast.co.jp/map/pdf/map_tokyo.pdf
-Tokyo: Transportation
http://www.jref.com/practical/transportation_tokyo.shtml

http://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quedisplay.html?aTYPE=1

All you need, there are a lot of dedicated people who go to lengths to answer your questions.

thanks for the great tips and links to resources on transportation, I really appreciate it.
:)