One look at the plan of Tokyo Subway lines and I know that it is going to be no fun. And that at the same time it is going to be a lot of fun. Lines of Tokyo Metro and Metro Toei are swirling all over like noodles in a bowl of soup. Between them make their way thin lines of private railways and connecting suburban trains, Japan Railways, tram and monorails.
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Few pictures
Oedo Line
Yamanote Line, from Ueno Park.
Under the tracks of Yamanote Line, Ueno.
Yamanote Line, Sugamo station.
Tokyo subway stations are no marble tiled cathedrals of transport.In the picture: Kuramae station, Oedo Line.
Buying a ticket is surprisingly low-tech. You find fare to your destination on the chart above ticket machines and then you just buy the ticket for correct price.In the picture: Akihabara station, Japan Railways ticket fares.
