Tokyo Metro's New Weekend 28-Hour Ticket: ¥700 QR Pass, Nov 7–Dec 20, 2026

Tokyo Metro has launched a weekends-and-holidays-only 28-hour ticket (土日祝限定東京メトロ28時間券（QR）). It costs ¥700 for adults and ¥350 for children, and gives unlimited rides on all Tokyo Metro lines for 28 hours from the moment you first pass a ticket gate. Sales started today, Saturday, November 7, 2026, and run on weekends and holidays through Sunday, December 20, 2026. The ticket is a QR code on your phone, and you can buy it only on Tokyo Metro's sales website.

DOJI is an independent travel publication. We have no business relationship with Tokyo Metro, and this guide is not endorsed by it. Details below come from Tokyo Metro's official news release of October 29, 2026, checked on November 7, 2026 (Eastern time). Times are Japan time (JST). Japan is 14 hours ahead of Eastern time in winter.

The short version

• Price: Adult ¥700, child ¥350.
• Valid on: All Tokyo Metro lines only. Toei Subway lines, JR and private railways are not included.
• Validity: 28 hours from first entry through a ticket gate. Tokyo Metro's own example: start on Saturday around midday and you can ride until Sunday evening.
• Where to buy: Only on Tokyo Metro's sales website. It is not sold at station ticket machines, and there is no advance sale.
• When to buy: From 4:00 a.m. on the first day (Saturday) of each sale weekend until 3:00 p.m. on the last day (Sunday, or the Monday holiday).
• Start by: You must first pass a gate by 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the weekend you bought it for.
• Refunds: Before first use and within the validity period only, on the sales website, with a ¥220 fee per ticket.

Sale weekends (2026)

The release lists no sale dates after December 20, 2026, and does not say whether the ticket will continue.

Three-day weekend example (from the release): for November 21–23, the ticket is on sale from 4:00 a.m. on November 21 until 3:00 p.m. on November 23, and you must start using it by 11:59 p.m. on November 23. If you first enter a gate at 7:30 p.m. on November 23, it is valid until 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 24.

How to use it

1. On the sales website, open your My Page and select the ticket.
2. Tap "Start using" (利用開始) on the ticket screen.
3. Hold the QR code on your screen over the QR reader on the automatic ticket gate. This is not the IC card (Suica/PASMO) reader.

Printouts and screenshots of the ticket screen are not accepted. Staff may ask to see the ticket screen. If your phone fails or runs out of battery, you must buy a separate ticket until you can show the screen again, and stations do not provide charging.

Stations without a QR reader

According to the release, these stations do not have a QR reader that works with this ticket:

• Kita-Senju (Hibiya Line)
• Naka-Meguro
• Nakano
• Nishi-Funabashi
• Yoyogi-Uehara
• Wakoshi
• Shibuya (Hanzomon and Fukutoshin lines)
• Meguro (Namboku Line)

At these gates, ask the station staff. They show you an entry or exit QR code, and you scan it yourself with "QR scan" (QRスキャン) at the bottom of the ticket screen. If no staff member is at the gate, follow the poster near the gate intercom to call one.

Many of these are stations shared with other railways, which brings up the next point.

Riding beyond Tokyo Metro

The ticket covers Tokyo Metro lines only. If your trip continues onto another railway, exit at the connecting station using this ticket, then re-enter with a separate ticket or IC card for the other line. The same applies in the other direction. This matters on through-running services, where a train continues from a Tokyo Metro line onto a private railway without changing.

Do not mix it up with the 24-hour ticket

Tokyo Metro says its regular Tokyo Metro 24-hour ticket (QR) remains on sale, and asks buyers to make sure they pick the right one. We have not compared the two prices here.

What we could not confirm

• Whether the sales website accepts overseas-issued cards, or which payment methods it takes. We did not buy a ticket.
• Whether the purchase flow is fully available in English.
• Whether sales will continue after December 20, 2026.

Checklist

• [ ] Your ride falls on a sale weekend, and you buy between 4:00 a.m. on the first day and 3:00 p.m. on the last day.
• [ ] Your plan stays on Tokyo Metro lines, or you know where you will exit to change to Toei, JR or a private line.
• [ ] Your phone is charged for the whole 28 hours.
• [ ] You know which stations on your route need a staff QR scan.
• [ ] You re-checked the official release before you go.

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Sources

• Tokyo Metro news release, October 29, 2026 (official): launch, 28-hour validity, QR use. Checked 2026-11-07.
• Release details PDF, No. 26-83 (official): prices, sale dates and hours, start-by rule, sales website only, how to use, stations without QR readers, refunds, other-railway rules, screenshot rule. Checked 2026-11-07.
• TRAICY, November 7, 2026: secondary report matching the release. Checked 2026-11-07.

Cover photo: a crowded Tokyo Metro 7000-series train at an underground platform. The station and date are not stated, and the photo was not taken for this ticket. Photo by Jay Lo via Unsplash.