All Reviews for Transport & City Passes

After consulting with the local staff, I learned that riding the Blue Course after 5 PM allows you to enjoy the night views. So, I followed the staff's recommendation and enjoyed a full day of bus travel in the order of Red Course → Green Course → Blue Course. I've been living in Tokyo for a few years now, but seeing the cityscape from the bus always brings new discoveries, and it was a lot of fun. The Red Course is great for first-time visitors as it includes famous tourist spots like Tokyo Skytree and Asakusa. Personally, the night view of Tokyo Tower from the Blue Course was the most impressive; it was incredibly beautiful and moving. I had such a great time that I want to ride it again when friends from the countryside come to Tokyo!

現地のスタッフと相談したら、午後5時以降にブルーコースに乗ると夜景を楽しめるということだったので、レッドコース⇨グリーンコース⇨ブルーコースというスタッフの勧めた順番で一日中バス旅を楽しめました。東京にはもう数年前から住んでいますが、やっぱりバスの上から街並みを見ると色々な発見があり、とても楽しかったです。レッドコースは東京スカイツリーや浅草等の有名な観光地を見られるので、東京を初めて訪ねる人にはとても良いコースだと思います。個人的には、ブルーコースで見られた東京タワーの夜景が1番印象的で、とても綺麗で感激しました。すごく楽しかったので、地方からお友達が東京に来たら、もう一度乗りたいと思っています！

On the Blue Course, I was able to look up at Tokyo Tower from directly below and enjoy a 360-degree view from Rainbow Bridge. On the Red Course, I looked up at Tokyo Skytree from directly below, crossed the Sumida River, got off at the Ueno Station bus stop, enjoyed cherry blossom viewing in Ueno Park, and then returned.

The weather was nice, and the open-roof breeze was refreshing, making for a very luxurious day. The bus operated almost on schedule, which was convenient for transfers.

However, when getting on the bus from a different stop than where I got off, it was difficult to find the bus stop, so having a bus stop map would be helpful. Additionally, the seats on the first bus in the morning were a bit wet from yesterday's rain, so I would have appreciated more attention to that detail.

Aside from those two points, everything was excellent. Thank you very much.

ブルーコースでは、東京タワーを真下から見上げ、レインボーブリッジから360度の景色を堪能できました。レッドコースでは、スカイツリーを真下から見上げ、隅田川を渡り、上野駅バス停で降りて上野公園の桜のお花見をして、戻りました。
天気が良く、オープンルーフの風が爽快で非常に贅沢な1日を過ごせました。
バスはほぼ定刻通りに運行している点も、乗換には便利でした。
途中で降りたバス停と違うバス停から乗る場合、バス停が探しにくかったので、バス停地図があるとなお良いと思いました。
また、朝一番のバスの座席が昨日の雨で少し濡れていたので、そこまで気を配っていただけたらと思いました。
その2点以外は、最高でした。
ありがとうございました。

I thought it would be difficult to travel around Tokyo by train, so I purchased this bus ticket. I only visited Tokyo Tower and Senso-ji Temple & Kaminarimon, but I also enjoyed the views from the bus ride.

東京で電車移動での観光は難しいと思って、このバスチケットを購入しました。観光したのは東京タワーと浅草寺＆雷門だけだったけど、バスでのドライブの車窓も楽しめました。

I participated in both the Odaiba course and the Asakusa course, and I was blessed with good weather, enjoying a wonderful time. I boarded the Odaiba course departing from Tokyo Station, returned to Tokyo Station in about an hour, and then took the Asakusa course. After having lunch in Asakusa, I explored the area and then returned to Tokyo Station on the circular bus. Touring the sights from the higher vantage point of a double-decker bus with an open roof is a unique experience, and I highly recommend it to those who haven't tried it yet.

お台場コースと浅草コースの両方に参加しお天気に恵まれ楽しい時間を過ごしました。東京駅を出発するお台場コースから乗車し1時間程度で東京駅に戻り、その後に浅草コースに乗り浅草で昼食を食べてから浅草観光し、浅草から再度循環バスで東京駅まで戻りました。天井が開いている2階建てバスで通常の車より高い目線で名所を巡り、まだ体験していない方にはお勧めです。

This was a great way to get to know Tokyo, You will get to see places that you would't do it just by traveling by train. The staff was very friendly and they were always open to provide as much information as needed, they were awesome! I highly recommend this bus to get to know Tokyo.

This was a great way to see Tokyo. My wife and I firstly went on the red route which took us to the north of the city. That tour lasted well over an hour and showed several of the districts as well as major visitor attractions like the Skytree Tower.

We then had a quick lunch before going on the blue route. This took us to the south . Slightly shorter than the red route the blue route also showed you much of the city. The highlight for me was going over the Rainbow Bridge and getting a great view of Tokyo harbour.

The commentary on the bus was informative and easy to understand. The staff were all incredibly polite and helpful. I would heartily recommend this bus tour.

It was a great experience.The bus driver was very good and well caring.He knows the city well. The prerecorded information was in different language and well detailed. Its definitely worth the price and worth doing. Five star all the way.

Get it if you are staying at Kyoto or Osaka and wish to travel to Nara.
It drops you off right outside Nara park.
It is much more centrally located than JR.
Good value too!
We made good use of the tourist buses

Bus easy to find, coming on time. The translator should be improved. Its good to try before The Tokyo visting to recognize the most interesting places or to correct the plan of The Tokyo exploration

My wife and I did the 24 hour tour... and this is a "must" in visiting Tokyo, specially if visit in the city is short.
It will give you an overall view of the city and then choose the places you should like to spend more time. The tour gives you the opportunity to hop off and hop in in different stations.
We did the Red tour first and finished this and immediately hopped in to the Blue tour. The Red gives you the chance to see the popular and the contrast with the glamour sites of the city. Blue takes you to the Minato, Ginza and the Financial district...it is amazing!!! At 6pm we did again theBlue tour to see the glamour of the city and the Tokyo Bay at night.
Sky Bus is an amazing experience specially for first visitors to Tokyo!!
Don´t miss it !!!!!

All is great. Just wanted to suggest if you can stay a bit for 5-8mins in tokyo tower to take a decent photo just like skystree stop.

My partner and I did the both red and blue lines and we enjoyed a lot , nevertheless we missed to visit some of other Southern neibourghoods.
Explications are very complete and fine although sometimes are not at the accurate time, but overall it was an amazing experience and the attending people was lovely so I recommend to everyone wants to visit Tokyo in a touristic bus! ;-)

Best value for getting around in Kansai region. Good price, nice routes, the bus passes is really what sets this apart though.

Got to use the bus in Nara but didn’t use train at all since no coverage west Kyoto

Awesome pass. Got us from Nagoya to Ise on trains. Then all around Toba area, buses and trains, then also to Nara by train. Really good value pass if you're doing a compact 5 day trip to the Mei area.

After I have ordered this pass online and I made 1 amendment online immediately. However, when I approached the ticket counter for collection, the System cannot recognise my order. Staff spent half an hour to issue a pass for me.

Nice njoyble journey in double decker bus at Tokyo.......had fun

Kintetsu Rail Pass is a good choice if you travel bigger distances within the Kyoto/Nara/Osaka region. For example from Kyoto to Asuka.

I only have one complain. I thought I would get nice looking ticket as advertised (2-day pass in my case) but in reality when I picked up the ticket at Kyoto station, I only received a regular blue/turquoise ticket like all the other JR tickets.

It covers a lot of sightseeing point. Station staffs are helpful with English communication is not a problem. Easy to access, not a complicated network. Base on this ticket, you can pay more for a faster train, so it is flexible on you budget vs. time.

One word... PERFECT!!!
In the Netherlands ordered on internet
Activated in Japan and travelled five days by train

2 days travelling with this pass..every thing was perfectly arranged ..no need for nothing extra to ask..thank you!

Even without speaking any Japanese the passes where easy to pick up. Handed them the QR code and they gave us our passes.

This pass was not good value for us. We didn’t realise how little of Kyoto it covered (subways are run by a different company) and it not being able to use it in limited express trains, was inconvenient. Would have been cheaper to just use our Icoca cards and pay for each leg.

Very friendly and helpful tour guide!

An efficient and good way to see the Tokyo highlights.

We've enjoyed hop-on hop-off busses in other cities and decided to give it a try in Tokyo. There are two loops so we decided to do the longer loop (90m) and cone back the next morning for the shorter loop (60m). Your pass is good for 24 hours which is very nice. The bus we were on was not a double decker, but it has a see through roof. Unfortunately it is weathered and dull so you can see ok but it is not good for taking photos. You are given headphones and you plug into a soundtrack that narrates the trip. There are several languages to choose from. This is efficient but not very interesting. The narration directed us to look at things that were not always in our direct line of site, but rather tucked behind other buildings. We really just wanted to go for a ride and not hop off. If we'd gotten off we could see more so basically it is just a bus ride, not really a great tour. We opted not to come back the next day for the second loop.

I enjoyed the scenery that I don't usually see while mingling with foreign tourists. I had fun getting off at various stops along the Blue and Red lines.

外国観光客に混ざりながら、日頃見られない景色を堪能しました。ブルー、レッドのコースを途中下車しながら楽しみました。

I can recommend the hop on/off bus. Gives a heap way to see the city and sites.

We have enough experience with hop on hop off buses in many cities around the world and I believe that the info given during Tokyo tour could become more interesting if they talk about Japanese culture, tradition and the county it self instead of just taking when there is interesting city seen place !

The rest of the tour was music back ground

I hope the next time something could change

Regards

Best way to keep awake after trip from Europe and see as much as possible from Tokyo in short time

As promised the Hop-On Hop-Off bus made its’ way through the route, allowing us to get a sense of part of Tokyo. Unfortunately, the commentary was very stilted, and lacked history, and details. I usually enjoy getting an overview of a city on a Hop-On Hop-Off bus, but felt that we hit only a few highlights of Tokyo and the information received was less than satisfactory. The Hop-On Hop-Off offered a means to get to some places, but beyond that it was disappointing.