Tokyo Metro will commence a service through which QR codes can be used to issue "Tokyo Subway Tickets" at ticket vending machines for travelers!

　On Saturday, March 2, 2020, Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. (Head Office in: Taito Ward, Tokyo; President: Akiyoshi Yamamura; "Tokyo Metro" below) and the Bureau of Transportation under the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will commence a service through which QR codes can be used to issue "Tokyo Subway Tickets" at ticket vending machines for travelers. Tokyo Subway Tickets are affordable special tickets that enable travelers to take unlimited rides on all subway lines.

　This service will be offered so that foreign travelers visiting Japan can utilize Tokyo Subway Tickets with greater ease. This is largely in light of the fact that the majority of such travelers who use Tokyo Subway Tickets pay for them at overseas travel agencies prior to leaving their country of departure and redeem vouchers for actual tickets at airports and other facilities in Japan.

　Using a QR code that they acquire by paying for Tokyo Subway Tickets online at Internet-based travel agencies and other locations, foreign travelers visiting Japan and certain domestic travelers can have Tokyo Subway Tickets issued anytime during station operating hours by using a QR code reader on ticket vending machines for travelers placed at major stations along the Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway lines to scan the code.

　This service will eliminate the time and effort needed for passengers bring the vouchers for Tokyo Subway Tickets that they paid for in advance to the counter at airports, stations and so forth, enabling them to use the tickets smoothly. Additionally, a dedicated site exclusively for foreign travelers visiting Japan that describes Tokyo Subway Tickets ("dedicated Tokyo Subway Ticket website" below) (https://www.tokyometro.jp/tst/en/) is also available as a means of purchasing those tickets.

　Going forward, Tokyo Metro and the Bureau of Transportation will keep endeavoring to improve services with the aim of realizing a subway system that its passengers find easy to use.

　For more information on this matter, please refer to the attached sheet.