64 railway and bus companies in the Kanto region established the Greater Tokyo Pass Council

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March 1, 2018 Greater Tokyo Pass Council 64 railway and bus companies in the Kanto region established the Greater Tokyo Pass Council Unlimited Rides on Railways of 12 Participating Private Railway

1 March 1, 2018 Greater Tokyo Pass Council 64 railway and bus companies in the Kanto region established the Greater Tokyo Pass Council Unlimited Rides on Railways of 12 Participating Private Railway Companies in Kanto Area and Buses of 52 Companies in Metropolitan Tokyo and Surrounding 3 Prefectures! A New Plan Ticket for Foreign Visitors, the Greater Tokyo Pass is Scheduled to be Released. On April 1 (Sun.), 2018, the Greater Tokyo Pass Council (established on February 28, 2018 For details, refer to the accompanying page) will initiate sales of the Greater Tokyo Pass, a new Plan Ticket for foreign visitors to Japan. The Greater Tokyo Pass is a Plan Ticket for three days of unlimited rides on railways and streetcars operated by 12 companies and ordinary fixed-route buses operated by 52 companies in the Kanto area. It will be sold for 7,200 yen for adults and 3,600 yen (tax inclusive) for children at facilities at Narita Airport and Haneda Airport operated by the participating companies and at tourist information centers for foreign visitors at major stations. Purchasers of the Greater Tokyo Pass can take advantage of unlimited rides on railways, streetcars, and ordinary fixed-route buses at a set price, enabling them to save money as they enjoy sightseeing in the Kanto area. In addition, one of the difficulties that foreign visitors to Japan face is that they find public transportation systems too complicated and difficult to use. However, with the Greater Tokyo Pass, they will be able to use a single ticket to ride on railways, streetcars, and ordinary fixed-route buses, making moving around in the Kanto area much more efficient as they will not be required to purchase a new ticket every time they wish to ride again. The Greater Tokyo Pass Council is cooperating with the participating companies to make travel in the Kanto area more enjoyable for foreign visitors and will strive to share information such as travel destination ideas using the Greater Tokyo Pass. The following is an overview of the sale of the Greater Tokyo Pass. Image of ticket face Sample 1

2 Regarding Sales of Greater Tokyo Pass 1. Ticket Name: Greater Tokyo Pass 2. Sales launch date: April 1 (Sun.), Details: Unlimited ride ticket for railways, streetcars and ordinary fixed-route buses in the area from participating transportation companies in Kanto area 4. Can be purchased by: Foreign visitors to Japan 5. Permitted usage Railways and streetcars operated by 12 companies area: All lines as part of the Odakyu Line, Keio Line, Keisei Line (note), Keikyu Line, Sotetsu Line, Seibu Line, Tokyu Line, Line, Toei Subway, Tokyo Sakura Tram (Toden Arakawa Line), Tobu Line, Minatomirai Line, and Yokohama Municipal Subway. * Separate fares will be charged when using limited express trains requiring a fare, reserved seating trains, etc. Note: When including the Narita SKY ACCESS Line section (Keisei Takasago Sta. - Narita Airport Terminal1 Sta.) on the Keisei Line, the ticket may only be used between the following stations: 1 Traveling among all stations of the Keisei Line excluding Hokuso Line section (between Shinshibamata Sta. - Inba Nihon-idai Sta.) and Narita - Yukawa Sta., Narita Airport Terminal 2 3 Sta. or Narita Airport Terminal 1 Sta. 2 Traveling among all stations between Inba Nihon-idai Sta. -Narita-Yukawa Sta. - Narita Airport Terminal 2 3 Sta. Ordinary fixed-route buses operated by 52 companies in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama. Toei Transportation, TOKYU BUS, Keio Dentetsu Bus, KANTO Bus, SEIBU BUS, Kokusai Kogyo, ODAKYU BUS, Keihin Kyuko Bus, Keisei Bus, TOBU BUS CENTRAL, TACHIKAWABUS, Nishi Tokyo Bus, Hitachi Motor Transportation, Keio Bus Higashi, TOKYU TRANSSES, CITYBUSTACHIKAWA, Keisei Town Bus, Keio Bus Minami, Keio Bus Chuo, Keio Bus Koganei, Transportation Bureau,City of Yokohama, Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu, KAWASAKI TSURUMI RINKO BUS, Kawasaki City Bus, Sotetsu Bus, Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu West, Enoden Bus Fujisawa, Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu East, Enoden Bus Yokohama, kominato railway bus, Chibakotsu, TOBU BUS EAST, Chiba Chuo Bus, toyobus, BANDO BUS, Tokyo BayCity Koutsu, Narita Airport Transport, Chiba Kaihin Kotsu, Chiba Nairiku Bus, Chiba Rainbow Bus, Chiba Green Bus, Chiba City Bus, HEIWA KOTSU, ASKA KOTSU, KEISEI TRANSIT BUS, chiba seasidebus, TOBU BUS WEST, IBAKYU Motor, Kawagoe motor, ASAHI Motor, SEIBU KANKO BUS, Kokusai Juo * The ticket may not be used on restricted-seating capacity buses (highway express buses, airport access buses, regular tour buses, etc.), night express buses, local government community buses, buses on jointoperation systems with non-participating companies. For details, please refer to the accompanying map. 2

3 6. Validity: 3 days from date of purchase * Whatever time of day the ticket is first used, even late at night, etc., that day shall be counted as the first day of use. 7. Sales Prices: 7,200 yen Adults; 3,600 yen Children * Both are tax inclusive fares. 8. Material: Paper ticket (Cannot be used at an automatic ticket gate.) 9. Sales method: Sold only upon presentation of a passport to verify the purchaser is a foreign visitor. At that time, a signature matching the one displayed on the passport will be required. 10. Methods of use: Railways Use ticket at manned ticket gates. (Cannot be used at automatic ticket gates.) Streetcars / Ordinary fixed route buses Present ticket to attendants. * The passenger may be required to present their passport in order to verify their identity. 11. Sales Locations (tentative) Airport Narita Airport Keisei Line: Narita Airport Terminal 1 Sta./ Terminal 2 3 Sta. SKYLINER & KEISEI INFORMATION CENTER Keisei Line: Narita Airport Terminal 1 Sta./ Terminal 2 3 Sta. Skyliner Ticket Counter Keisei Line: The counters on the arrivals floors inside the Narita Airport terminal buildings Haneda Airport Keikyu Line: Keikyu Tourist Information Center, Haneda Airport International Terminal Sta. Keikyu Line: Ticket Gates, Haneda Airport Domestic Terminal Sta. Area Station Line Sales Location Tokyo 23 Cities Akasaka-mitsuke Sta. Commuter Pass Office Asakusa Sta. Tobu Line TOBU Tourist Information Center ASAKUSA Iidabashi Sta. Commuter Pass Office Ikebukuro Sta. Ueno Sta. Seibu Line Tobu Line Keisei Line SEIBU Tourist Information Center IKEBUKURO Commuter Pass Office (Marunouchi Line/ Yurakucho Line) TOBU Tourist Information Center IKEBUKURO Skylkiner Ticket Counter (Keisei Ueno Sta.) Ueno-okachimachi Sta. Toei Subway Commuter Pass Office Ebisu Sta. Commuter Pass Office Otemachi Sta. Commuter Pass Office Commuter Pass Office / Passenger Information Desk Omote-sando Sta. Passenger Information Desk Ginza Sta. Commuter Pass Office / Passenger Information Desk Shinagawa Sta. Keikyu Line Takanawa Ticket Gate Keikyu Tourist Information Center (Open end of April) 3

4 Area Station Line Sales Location Shibuya Sta. Keio Line Tokyu Line Commuter Pass Office Shibuya CHIKAMICHI General Information Shin-ochanomizu Sta. Commuter Pass Office Shinjuku Sta. Shinjuyku-nishiguchi Sta. Shimbashi Sta. Odakyu Line Keio Line Toei Subway Toei Subway Odakyu Sightseeing Service Center Shinjuku West Odakyu Sightseeing Service Center Shinjuku South Commuter Pass Office Commuter Pass Office / Passenger Information Desk Station Master s Office Commuter Pass Office Station Master s Office Seibu-Shinjuku Sta. Seibu Line Limited Express Ticket Office Daimon Sta. Toei Subway Oedo Line Station Master s Office Takadanobaba Sta. Commuter Pass Office Tokyo Sta. Commuter Pass Office Tochomae Sta. Toei Subway Station Master s Office Nihombashi Sta. Commuter Pass Office Meiji-jingumae <Harajuku> Sta. Commuter Pass Office Kanagawa Prefecture Odawara Sta. Odakyu Line Odakyu Sightseeing Service Center Odawara Yokohama Sta. Keikyu Line Central Ticket Gate, Keikyu Corporation 12. Refunds: Limited to before start of travel and within the valid period. The purchase amount minus a service charge (220 yen) will be refunded at the location where the ticket was purchased. 4

5 Reference 1 Map of Greater Tokyo Pass 5

6 Reference 2 Fare Comparisons when using Greater Tokyo Pass Example Case 1 (Arrive & depart Narita Airport, stay in Shibuya, sightsee Tokyo, Yokohama, Nikko) Itinerary Fare when Form of Travel Section using Transportation PASMO Day 1 Arrive Narita Airport Keisei Line (Narita SKY ACCESS) Narita Airport - Keisei Ueno 1,235 yen Sightsee / Toei Subway TOKYO SKYTREE Ueno - Oshiage 269 yen Sightsee Ginza Toei Subway / Oshiage - Ginza 299 yen Check-in to hotel Ginza - Shibuya 195 yen Sightsee Jiyugaoka Tokyu Line Shibuya - Jiyugaoka 154 yen Sightsee Minato Mirai Tokyu Line / Minatomirai Line Jiyugaoka - Minatomirai 427 yen Sightsee Yokohama Chinatown Minatomirai Line Minatomirai - Motomachi-Chukagai 180 yen Travel to hotel Minatomirai Line / Tokyu Line Motomachi-Chukagai - Shibuya 477 yen Day 1 Total 3,236 yen Day 2 Sightsee Asakusa Shibuya - Asakusa 237 yen Sightsee Nikko Tobu Line Asakusa - Tobu-nikko 1,358 yen Tobu Line Tobu-nikko - Asakusa 1,358 yen Sightsee Otemachi Toei Subway / Asakusa - Otemachi 269 yen Sightsee Roppongi Otemachi - Roppongi 165 yen Travel to hotel Toei Subway / Roppongi - Shibuya 269 yen Day 2 Total 3,656 yen Day 3 Sightsee Tsukiji Shibuya - Tsukiji 195 yen Sightsee Omotesando Tsukiji - Omote-sando 165 yen Sightsee Shinjuku Omote-sando - Shinjuku-sanchome 165 yen Check-out of hotel Shinjuku-sanchome - Shibuya 165 yen Depart Narita Airport Shibuya - Ueno 195 yen Keisei Line Keisei Ueno - Narita Airport 1,235 yen Day 3 Total Total for 3 Days Comparison when using Greater Tokyo Pass (7,200 yen) 2,120 yen 9,012 yen 1,812 yen savings 20.1% reduction 6

7 Example Case 2 ( Arrive Narita Airport, depart Haneda Airport, stay in Shibuya, sightsee Tokyo, Yokohama, Nikko, [Fujiko F Fujio Museum], Enoshima) Itinerary Fare when Form of Travel Section using Transportation PASMO Day 1 Arrive Narita Airport Keisei Line (Narita SKY ACCESS) Narita Airport - Keisei Ueno 1,235 yen Sightsee TOKYO SKYTREE / Toei Subway Ueno - Oshiage 269 yen Sightsee Ginza Toei Subway / Oshiage - Ginza 299 yen Check-in to hotel Ginza - Shibuya 195 yen Sightsee Jiyugaoka Tokyu Line Shibuya - Jiyugaoka 154 yen Sightsee Minato Mirai Tokyu Line / Minatomirai Line Jiyugaoka - Minatomirai 427 yen Sightsee Minatomirai - Motomachi- Minatomirai Line Yokohama Chinatown Chukagai 180 yen Travel to hotel Minatomirai Line / Tokyu Line Motomachi-Chukagai - Shibuya 477 yen Day 1 Total 3,236 yen Day 2 Sightsee Tsukiji Shibuya - Tsukiji Sightsee Nikko 195 yen Tsukiji - Kita-senju 195 yen Tobu Line Kita-senju - Tobu-nikko 1,358 yen Tobu Line Tobu-nikko - Asakusa 1,358 yen Sightsee Otemachi Toei Subway / Asakusa - Otemachi 269 yen Sightsee Roppongi Otemachi - Roppongi 165 yen Travel to hotel Toei Bus Roppongi - Shibuya 206 yen Day 2 Total 3,746 yen Day 3 Visit Fujiko F Fujio Museum Keio Inokashira Line Shibuya - Shimokitazawa 124 yen Odakyu Line Shimokitazawa - Noborito 216 yen Kawasaki City Bus Noborito - Fujiko F Fujio Museum 206 yen Kawasaki City Bus Fujiko F Fujio Museum - Noborito 206 yen Sightsee Enoshima Odakyu Line Noborito - Katase-Enoshima 494 yen Sightsee Shinjuku Odakyu Line Katase-Enoshima - Shinjuku 627 yen Depart Haneda Airport Toei Subway / Keikyu Line Haneda Airport Shinjuku - International Terminal 614 yen Day 3 Total 2,487 yen Total for 3 Days Comparison when using Greater Tokyo Pass (7,200 yen) *Prior reservation and purchase of a ticket is required to enter Kawasaki City Fujiko F Fujio Museum. 9,469 yen 2,269 yen savings 24.0% reduction 7

8 Reference 3 About the Greater Tokyo Pass Council 1. Organization Name: Greater Tokyo Pass Council 2. Establishment: February 28, Council Chairman: Masahiro Muroya (Managing Director, Chief Director of Railway, Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.) 4. Participating Companies Railway Companies (12) Odakyu Electric Railway Co.,Ltd. Keio Corporation Keisei Electric Railway Co.,Ltd. Keikyu Corporation Sagami Railway Co., Ltd. Seibu Railway Co.,Ltd. Tokyu Corporation Co., Ltd Toei Transportation TobuRailway Co.,Ltd. Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company. Transportation Bureau, City of Yokohama Bus Companies (52) Toei Transportation TOKYU BUS CORPORATION Keio Dentetsu Bus Co.,Ltd. KANTO Bus Co., Ltd. SEIBU BUS Co.,Ltd. Kokusai Kogyo Company Limited ODAKYU BUS Co., Ltd. Keihin Kyuko Bus Co., Ltd. Keisei Bus Co., Ltd. TOBU BUS CENTRAL CO.,LTD. TACHIKAWABUS CO.LTD Nishi Tokyo Bus Co.,Ltd. Hitachi Motor Transportation Co.,Ltd. Keio Bus Higashi Co.,Ltd. TOKYU TRANSSES CORPORATION CITYBUSTACHIKAWA CO.LTD Keisei Town Bus Inc. Keio Bus Minami Co.,Ltd. Keio Bus Chuo Co.,Ltd. Keio Bus Koganei Co.,Ltd. Transportation Bureau, City of Yokohama Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu Co.,Ltd. KAWASAKI TSURUMI RINKO BUS Co.,LTD Kawasaki City Bus Sotetsu Bus Co.,Ltd. Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu West Co.,Ltd. Enoden Bus Fujisawa Co.,Ltd. Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu East Co.,Ltd. Enoden Bus Yokohama Co.,Ltd. Kominato Railway Co., Ltd. Chibakotsu co.,ltd. TOBU BUS EAST CO.,LTD. Chiba Chuo Bus Co., Ltd. toyobus corporation BANDO BUS inc. Tokyo BayCity Koutsu Co., Ltd. Narita Airport Transport Co.,LTD Chiba Kaihin Kotsu Co., Ltd. Chiba Nairiku Bus Co.,Ltd. Chiba Rainbow Bus Co., Ltd. Chiba Green Bus Co., Ltd. Chiba City Bus Co.,Ltd. HEIWA KOTSU Co., Ltd. ASKA KOTSU Co., Ltd. KEISEI TRANSIT BUS Co.,Ltd. chiba seasidebus corporation TOBU BUS WEST CO.,LTD. IBAKYU Motor Corporation Kawagoe motor corporation ASAHI Motor Corporation SEIBU KANKO BUS Co.,Ltd. Kokusai Juo Co.Ltd. 8

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