Can you spot the difference between these two tickets? It's important to know how to buy train tickets in Tokyo. Children 12 and under are half price. I never paid any attention to who got which ticket when the family rode the train, but my suspicions were confirmed when I discovered that the ticket I held would make the machine chirp when I went through the gate. The sound tells the ticket agents that the ticket holder should be 12 or under to keep people from taking advantage of the system. Being a gaijin (foreigner) affords us greater leeway, because I've lost track of how many times I was carrying the wrong ticket without incident. But this time, it was good that I took a photo of our tickets because Ellissa forgot to retrieve her ticket when we transfered en route to Akiba. You must purchase a new ticket if you lose it, but I was able to get it for half price when they recognized the extra kanji on the photo of her ticket. Did you spot it?
