App guide / What METOBEE does Your first ride on a Japanese subway, without the guesswork. METOBEE. Taking the subway on a trip to Japan has those moments where you just freeze! And even on the lines you ride every day, you wonder — isn’t there an easier way to do this? METOBEE brings together…
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How to Use / If you ride the same route every day Unlike visitors, people who ride the same route daily check the same things every time — same section, same station. Register a few of them and you’ll skip the searching, and your fares will match what you actually pay. 01 Register your commuter…
How to Use / Which pass is worth it Planning a trip to Japan usually involves wondering whether to buy a travel pass. There are a lot of them, they cover different things, and it’s hard to tell whether one pays off for your itinerary. 01 Passes cover different lines Check this first Japanese travel…
How to Use / Getting out fast: exits and transfers Stations in Japan’s major cities are big. Transfer corridors run hundreds of metres, and some take five to ten minutes just to walk. That means which carriage you board and which exit you take can cost you several minutes. Check before you arrive and you…
How to Use / Multiple routes, which one to pick? Search for a destination and you’ll get several routes. One takes 17 minutes for ¥340, another 25 minutes for ¥180. Different times, different fares — which do you take? Japan’s fare system works differently from what you may be used to, and the gap can…
How to Use / Ask METOBEE AI anything The app has a lot of features, and it isn’t always obvious where to tap. Just ask in the AI tab. 01 Try asking like this Short and specific works best “Tokyo Station to Omotesando without transfers” — finds routes matching your condition “Show me the Otemachi…
How to Use / Getting around without getting lost Ride the subway in Japan for the first time and a few things will catch you out: four stations with the same name on the map, staff who don’t recognise the station you just said out loud, or a ten-minute walk because you took the wrong…
How to Use / First Setup METOBEE is a subway navigation app covering Greater Tokyo, Kansai, and Northern Kyushu — route search, real-time arrivals, service notices, station exits and boarding positions, all in one place. Let’s walk through the setup screen you’ll see after installing. 💡 Before you start Everything here can be changed later…
How to Use / Which train, and when does it come? You’ve got your route. But Japanese subways come with a catch: trains heading the same direction don’t all stop at the same stations. Board whatever pulls in and you might sail past your stop. 01 When the next train arrives Tap a station and…