Tokyo's Train System, EXPLAINED

Was hoping to watch something quirky about the tokyo network. End up its just 16 minutes of baby step instructions on how to ride a metro.

Love Frank McDonough! 👍👍

You were wearing your backpack on the train though😂

I tried looking for the Tokyo Subway Navigation App for iOS and I can't find it.

I have subscribed your channel only for your detailed seamless explanation of the intricate route map.

“The second you start thinking about getting around the city you’re hit with this”

shows map

Me: yeah that makes a lot of sense, well done Tokyo.

Hi, love the video very informative. IIf the Passmo and Suica cards are no longer available, what are the limitations of the Icoca card?

Adding Pasmo to your Apple wallet is very useful because you can use your phone instead of the card. Money can also easily be added through your Apple account on your phone

what about using your transit card on your iPhone? the pasmo one

OMG, the most helpful video ever❤

Doesn’t Tokyo also sell tickets that give unlimited travel for a given time period? 24 - 72 hours? Those are usually cheaper than paying for each trip individually if you’re a tourist

Thanks!

Delhi metro system is similar. If you just remember the line colour, its easy to get by!!

been to tokyo once when i was a kid and I am going to take my kids there in the summer. Your video is the best videos I've seen so far. It definitely makes the metro system so much clearer for foreigners like me. Thank you very much.

An American discovering the world. As if he is explaining to middle school.
Here is my explanation. Check where you are, check where you need to go. Follow the lines and see where to transfer. This is what you learn on you cereal box when you are 4. Apps make it most easy. This guy is otherworldly

Thanks for your confidence inspiring tutorial. I watched another vlog getting from Narita into Tokyo and he was stressed out and confused. Again thanks for the straightforward tutorial.

Man feeding coins into the machines and doing fare adjustments around Japan is awful.

They need to cheat off South Korea and get everything going on 1 card.

Japanese transit was a total letdown. Horrible.

I just came back from my trip from Tokyo and I was so impressed by their train system. They're clean, quick, punctual, well-maintained, extensive and efficient! If Canada had transit system like this, I'd have ditched my car! Riding on these trains are such a joy!

Very well explained!

just use google, literally spoon feeds you, no need to overcomplicate things, even a rtrd can just blindly follow google and it works as a miracle

No matter how I plan I always seem to wind up on the Yamanote at or around Shibuya Station at 5pm lol. There's a great ramen restaurant in Ebisu so I try to hit that late afternoon before they get busy.

Thank you - this video is so helpful especially for first timers in Japan.
Love it, very informative!

Awesome thanks I'm going to tokyo in March 😊😊😊

500 Yen has not been $5 in a VERY long time.

Thanks!

Thank you.. awesome vid, helped so much. Exactly what we needed to see and hear!

I was there in 1995 and travelled from Narita to Hino without a phone. I'm a genius.

Thank you!!!! Going to Japan for the first time in a few months and bringing two young kids along so this is super helpful!

What an insanely helpful video!

Do i still need to have Suica card even having JrPass?

I lived in London for seven years, the Tokyo subway doesn't look any more difficult... Just looking at it immediately reminds me of everything.

If you travel through this country, you shouldn't fully charge Suica or Pasmo cards at a time. They are both issued by train companies in East Japan and the remaining balance is only refundable from each issuing company. That means if you leave Japan from other cities such as Osaka (ICOCA teritory) or Nagoya (Manaca teritory) etc., you can't get a refund.

Great video - thanks!

And you give no help in identifying which station you are arriving at. Are the names and/or numbers indicated on a screen in the train? Are they indicated on signs in the station that you can see as you pull into the station? Also seems easy to confuse the platform number with the station number. Is it better to go by the station name?

is their transit system 24/7 or operating hours

If your from NYC that transportation cant rival ours. We got murderers & homeless & mentally ill to deal with. Oh and the trains ARE NEVER on time. Its also 103 yrs old & crumbling but carries 5 million people per day 😂

So my question with these maps people told me Google maps works really well when I’m there will Google maps work with the trains is it like easy enough to navigate comparatively to like American systems?

excellent explanation

Thank you for sharing your insights! Kinda like HK MTR, can purchase items from convenient stores like 7-11.

Well done, thank you!

Absolutely loved your version of travelling Tokyo subway and I have watched heaps of these but it just adds to what Iv been learning in a simplistic and calm way. Thank you.

Helpful video 🫡

I was able to get a Suica card on my apple watch, super convenient!

Don’t being food onto the train isn’t a thing in the UK

I'm taking my 5 year old son to Japan in a few weeks, I've read it's free transit for him, should I carry him through the gates each time I tap in with my pasmo card? Thanks in advance

I hate the "you can use IC in a lot of locations." Every YTer says that. I already have a Debit/Credit card accepted more widely than them without the extra step. It's not good, it's annoying. You couldn't have booked the Hotel or Airfare without one, and they are also accepted in 7-Eleven along with a Million other locations. You even have vending machines that have pay wave for them in the US. You shouldn't be impressed by them; Honestly should be mildly frustrating.

Also, any well-travelled YTer like you knows they aren't unique to Japan. Actually, in a way, I think the card I used when travelling in Queensland, Aus, was better since (outside of rare online methods) you can't use them for the Shinkansen.

There is one other map which Japan YTer John Daub often mentions, the TokyoCheapo Walking Map, which shows roughly how long it'll take to just walk to a station, which could save you a lot of time.

A well presented, reassuring video. Nice work! I've followed my Japanese wife through these stations many times and felt my head spin. All those names really threw me off. Now I feel like I can get around on my own the next time we're there. Thank you!