by Honor
(Tokyo)
Buying train tickets in Tokyo is not as hard as you might think. When you first see the ticket machine it looks like everything's in Japanese which is definitely confusing when you first arrive!
Take a second though and you'll see a little button to the top right of the screen that says English. Press that and the screen will all be translated into English. Easy peasy : )
Here's a little video showing you how it works. Hope it helps.
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