Online: e-Romancecar (no membership, credit card) or EMot Online Tickets / the EMot app; you can board with the e-ticket on your phone
At stations: ticket machines at Odakyu stations (buy only, no advance reservation) or ticket windows at Shinjuku, Machida, Odawara and other main stations
Panorama (observation) seats can only be bought, not reserved, online
You still need a normal ticket or IC card (PASMO etc.) to pass the gates
Limited express fee on top of the normal fare (ticket, IC card such as PASMO, or a pass like the Hakone Freepass). Buying online is cheaper. If you board without a limited express ticket you pay the fee plus 350 yen on board and get no seat.
Day passes, regional passes and special tickets that include the lines it runs on, cheapest first. A pass covers the fare; seat, express or meal charges are often extra. 4 of them are sold only to foreign visitors. Prices and rules change: check the official page before you buy.
24 hours from the first time you pass a ticket gate (IC version: 24 hours from purchase). A same-day paper ticket not used by the last train of the purchase day becomes invalid. You may exit after the 24 hours run out if you entered within them.
¥970 From Fuda / Kichijoji, adult · ¥500 From Fuda / Kichijoji, child · ¥1,260 From Keio-Hachioji, adult · +1 more
Sold for the same day only and valid on the day of purchase. Price = Keio return fare to Shinjuku or Shibuya minus 20% + Tokyo Metro one-day ticket at 100 yen off (station table dated 15 March 2025).
24, 48 or 72 hours from the first gate passage (IC version: from purchase). How long an unused ticket stays valid depends on where you bought it; QR tickets: 90 days from purchase.
One day, from the first to the last train. Same-day tickets: the day of purchase. Advance paper tickets (Toei station offices): one day within 6 months. IC version: a chosen day within 1 month. QR version: valid 90 days, used on the day of first gate passage.
¥1,330 From Hatsudai / Shinsen, adult · ¥670 From Hatsudai / Shinsen, child · ¥1,550 From Chofu, adult · +5 more
Sold for the same day only and valid on the day of purchase. Price = Keio return fare to Shinjuku or Shibuya minus 20% + Tokyo Metro & Toei Subway one-day pass (adult 1,100 yen); station table revised 14 March 2026.
Two Tokyo Metro 24-hour tickets, each valid 24 hours from first use between 1 April and 31 March. The museum pass is valid 2 months from first use (until 31 March at the latest).
¥7,100 2 days from Shinjuku / Yoyogi-Uehara, adult · ¥1,600 2 days from Shinjuku / Yoyogi-Uehara, child · ¥7,500 3 days from Shinjuku / Yoyogi-Uehara, adult · +7 more¥3,000/day
2 or 3 days (calendar days, not 48/72 hours). The price depends on the Odakyu station you start from; prices for every station are on Odakyu's page.
¥7,380 2 days from Shiinamachi (via Ikebukuro) / Takadanobaba (via Seibu-Shinjuku), adult · ¥7,760 2 days from Tokorozawa via Ikebukuro, adult · ¥8,380 2 days from Seibu-Chichibu, adult · +1 more¥3,690/day
2 or 3 consecutive days (3-day prices in Seibu's table). The price depends on the Seibu station and the route (via Ikebukuro or Seibu-Shinjuku).
Anyone can buyUntil 16 Oct 20263 days · Unlimited rides