Odakyu Electric Railway Upgrades Ticketing Website, Allowing Passengers to Buy Digital Tickets in Korean

Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. on January 9, 2024, upgraded its ticket purchase website offering discount tickets, including "Hakone Freepass" discount tickets and "Limited Express Romancecar" tickets, to allow passengers to buy digital tickets in Korean.

Image of digital tickets:
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1. About Odakyu's digital ticket purchase website
The browser-based website allows passengers to purchase Odakyu tickets on their smartphones without downloading a dedicated app. Passengers can buy tickets wherever they are and at any time. They can board a train and bus by showing digital tickets on their smartphones to attendants or hold a 2D code on a dedicated device without exchanging them for printed tickets.

Odakyu's digital ticket purchase website
Korean: https://www.emot-tickets.jp/areas?site=odakyuglobal&language=ko

*Personal computers and tablets cannot be used since it is a smartphone-only service.
*Each passenger is required to have a smartphone.

2. Digital tickets that can be purchased in Korean
(1) Digital Hakone Freepass
Features:
– The pass allows unlimited rides on eight transportation routes in the Hakone area.
– The pass includes a round-trip discount ticket for the Odakyu Line (between each passenger's starting station and Odawara Station).
– Discounts and other benefits are offered at about 70 affiliated facilities.

Prices:
– 2-day pass: 6,100 yen (adults), 1,100 yen (children aged 6-11).
– 3-day pass: 6,500 yen (adults), 1,350 yen (children aged 6-11).
*The prices indicated above are for tickets from Shinjuku Station.

(2) Hakone Freepass "Hako Ticket" Plus
Features:
– Combined ticket for "Hakone Freepass" with "Hako Ticket" granting unlimited use of applicable art museums, hot springs, and activity facilities.
– The pass allows unlimited rides on eight transportation services in the Hakone area.
– Unlimited use of approximately 20 popular tourist facilities, including art museums, hot springs, activity facilities, etc.

Prices:
– 2-day pass: 12,100 yen (adults), 3,600 yen (children aged 6-11)
– 3-day pass: 14,500 yen (adults), 4,600 yen (children aged 6-11)
*The prices indicated above are for tickets from Shinjuku Station

(3) Digital Enoshima-Kamakura Freepass
Features:
– The pass allows unlimited rides on the Odakyu Line in the Enoshima-Kamakura areas (between Fujisawa Station and Katase-Enoshima Station) and on the Enoden (Enoshima Electric Railway) Line.
– The pass includes a round trip discount ticket for the Odakyu Line (between departure station and Fujisawa Station).
– Discounts and other benefits are offered at about 20 affiliated facilities.

Prices:
– 1,640 yen (adults), 430 yen (children aged 6-11)
*The prices indicated above are for tickets from Shinjuku Station

(4) Limited Express Romancecar ticket issued via "EMot Online Tickets"
Features:
– All Limited Express Romancecar seats are reserved.
– Passengers can enjoy beautiful scenery through large windows.

Prices:
– 1,150 yen (adults), 580 yen (children aged 6-11) between Shinjuku Station and Hakone-Yumoto Station
– 700 yen (adults), 350 yen (children aged 6-11) between Shinjuku Station and Katase–Enoshima Station)
*The prices indicated above are applicable only when purchased online.
*Passengers taking a Romancecar ride are required to buy a regular ticket in addition to a limited express ticket.

3. How to purchase tickets
Visit the Odakyu Electric Railway official website on your smartphone and tap the "purchase" button for transition to the ticket purchase website.

Odakyu Electric Railway official website
– Korean: https://www.odakyu.jp/korean
– English: https://www.odakyu.jp/english/

About Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Odakyu Electric Railway, established in 1948, is one of Japan's major private railway companies. With the Shinjuku central transportation terminal in the capital of Japan, Tokyo, Odakyu Lines extend to Hakone, one of Japan's foremost hot spring tourist destinations, and Enoshima-Kamakura, the historical seaside town close to the city center, and they are used not only for sightseeing but also by two million commuters traveling to work every day. In addition to transportation, Odakyu conducts a variety of other businesses, primarily in the Tokyo and Kanagawa areas, such as department stores, supermarkets, real estate, hotels, and restaurants.

Source: Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.