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Trains in Tokyo are operated by East Japan Railways. There are a number of lines covering the city of Tokyo. These include the Yamanote, Chuo, Sobu lines among others. Similar to the Metro, these lines correspond to different colors: green, orange and yellow respectively. Tickets can be bought using the vending machines present at the stations. Price: 130 JPY (cheapest fare); 730 JPY (day pass) Timings: 5 A.M- Midnight Tel: 050-2016-1603 Website: www.jreast.co.jp

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Train

Trains in Tokyo are operated by East Japan Railways. There are a number of lines covering the city of Tokyo. These include the Yamanote, Chuo, Sobu lines among others. Similar to the Metro, these lines correspond to different colors: green, orange and yellow respectively. Tickets can be bought using the vending machines present at the stations. Price: 130 JPY (cheapest fare); 730 JPY (day pass) Timings: 5 A.M- Midnight Tel: 050-2016-1603 Website: www.jreast.co.jp

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Renting a car in Tokyo is not advisable. First of all it is extremely expensive costing anywhere between 6000 and 15000 JPY per day. Furthermore, traffic jams are commonplace; reaching destinations will be time consuming. Thirdly, Tokyo’s public transport is superb; it is better and quicker to use the subway. A number of service providers are available. These include:

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Driving yourself around in Tokyo is not advisable. It is difficult to understand which street is which, since they often do not have names but rather numbers assigned to them. Traffic jams are also commonplace. Tourists require an international driving permit as well as a translation of driving licenses from their home countries.

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From the airport

Narita International Airport is located on the outskirts of Tokyo about 60 kilometers away. Tourists can go via JR Narita Express on an hour long train journey to Tokyo station. This ride costs about 3000 JPY. Alternatively tourists can go to Tokyo station via the JR Airport Narita Line which takes a bit longer; almost 90 minutes. The cost is much cheaper at approximately 1300 JPY. Alternatively tourists can go by the Keisei Limited express; this is a 75 minute bus ride into central Tokyo costing a very reasonable 1000 JPY. The bus leaves every 20 minutes from the airport. It is not advisable to take a taxi into central Tokyo as this can take much longer and is extremely expensive costing as much as 20,000 JPY. In addition, many hotels arrange for picking and dropping of guests.

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