#commuter pass

[moznohayanie]

#3月になったのでフォロワーさんに自己紹介しようぜ 二度見されるようなパスケース作ったりしてます！！仙台で食品サンプル雑貨作家をしております【 kanapei(かなぺい) 】と申します！！！ 是非気軽に、かなぺいとか、はしかんとか、クドカンとか呼んでくださいよろしくお願いします！！！！

欲しいような、恥ずかしいようなw

[peglegggy]

Why in the FUCK DID I GO TO THE TRAIN STATION TO RENEW MY COMMUTER PASS JUST FOR THE MAN TO SAY THAT MY DIGITAL SCHOOL ID DOESNT WORK ?!?!?!

MY SCHOOL ONLY GIVES US DIGITAL IDS AND I GOT THE FUCKING PASS 6 MONTHS AGO

I WAS RENEWING IT SO OBVIOUSLY MY DIGITAL ID WORKED LAST TIME FOR FUCKS SAKE

ALL MY CLASSMATES WERE ABLE TO DO IT WHEN THEY WENT SO WHY THE FUCK NOT ME?!???

AND THEY DID IT WITH THEIR DIGITAL IDS BECAUSE THATS ALL WE FUCKING GETTTT WHAT THE FUUUUUUCK

I HAD TO WAIT AN HOUR IN LINE JUST FOR THIS JACKASS TO TELL ME THAT I CANT FUCKING GET IT

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO?????

IF I WAS ABLE TO GO TO ANY OF THE OTHER WORKERS IM SURE THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME MY FUCKING COMMUTER PASS OH MY FUCKING GOOOOOOD

IF YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO DO YOUR FUCKING JOB THEN JUST SAY THAT AND SEND ME TO SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO FUCKING DO THIS FOR FUCKS SAKE

[tokyorandomengrishshirts]

Japan. Where even the rail passes are personified into good looking anime guys

[gftales]

Part 2.1: Student Commuter Pass

I'm cutting what was going to be one post into little snippet posts because it flows better that way. In Japan nearly everyone uses the train and subway system to get to work or go anywhere of interest. Of course, it would follow that there are rechargeable cards you can buy for this so you don’t have to keep buying tickets. The two major cards in the Greater Tokyo area are the Suica card and the PASMO card. Suica is used for lines owned by the JR East corporation and PASMO is for basically every other railway, bus, and subway owned by private companies.

For student’s there’s this handy thing called a Student Commuter Pass. It’s a discounted card that allows unlimited travel between two stations of your choice-- the station near home and the one near campus. I can stop and get on at any station within that route and still be covered by the card. Keio had a useful paper that explained which card to get (depending on where you lived in relation to Keio) and how to fill out the application form. My choice was the PASMO card because I live along the Tokyu-owned lines.

The price varies depending on the length of time you choose for the card: 1 month, 3 months, or 6 months. I chose 6 months because I’m here for a year, so the price came out to 40040円 (including 500 yen deposit) which is about $400.40. It sounds expensive, but some quick math shows that this is a steal. It costs 400円 for a one way trip from Hiyoshi station to Mita station. 800 for round trip, 30 times a month (ignoring weekends), and that’s 24000 = $240.

The card is issued at the same time you turn in the application and pay the fee, and can be used right away. Next snippet: The second orientation and explorations in Tokyo.

[pandomi]

OH MY GOD I JUST REALIZED I CAN USE BOTH OF MY COMMUTER PASSES TODAY AND I DON'T HAVE TO PAY OVER $26 A DAY FOR TRAINS ASLKDASLKDJALSKDJLKSADJLKSAJDLKSAJDLAKSDASD *･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･’(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)’･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･*

[scoutseventeen]

学生定期券

had to buy a new commuter pass today. i know it`s good for three months and i know that it gives me a discount because i`m a full-time student, but it still hurts to fork over ¥19,470. yowza.