Japanese customers get a cheaper ride with paper tickets as IC cards cost travellers a higher fare according to report

" if you are going from JR Kameari Station on the Joban Line in eastern Tokyo to JR Yokohama station and buy a ticket for the whole trip, it costs you ¥780. However, if you take the same route and use an IC card, ¥910 will be subtracted from your card balance"

Source: You can’t get there from here (at the same price with an IC card)

May 18th, 2013

By Philip Brasor & Masako Tsubuku

Yen for Living

http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/you-cant-get-there-from-here-at-the-same-price-with-an-ic-card/