Paper Train Tickets in Japan Are Being Replaced by QR Codes
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Tokyo Cheapo2026.10.19 · in English · on our wire
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Feeding a little paper ticket into the slot at the gate and grabbing it as it pops out the other side is one of the small rituals of riding a train in Japan (if you don’t have a Suica card, anyway).
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