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How to Use the Pay and Display Ticket Machine


Keep in Mind the Following Points Before Using the Device
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Park within a "lined parking space."
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Put the ticket on the windshield from within.
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After parking a vehicle, purchase a ticket.
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Observe the time limit. The maximum parking period is 60 minutes (40 minutes).

At present, these two types of pay & display ticket machines are in operation in Tokyo.
Old type New type
old type new type

How to Use the Machine Correctly.


1

Park in the right space.

Park a vehicle wholly in the space.

image(Park in the right space.)
Terms on the Pay and Display
Ticket Machines
image(Terms on the Pay and Display Ticket Machines)

Instructions can be found here.

It shows the present time.

It shows whether the machine is now in service or out of service.

If the machine is out of service, please try other machines.

It shows what kinds of coins the machine can accept.

It shows the amount of money you have inserted.

This is where you insert coins.

This is where you insert a bill.

The machine can accept a 1,000 yen bill.

This is where a ticket is issued.

Your receipt is printed out with the ticket in one piece.

Press this button to cancel the transaction.

Your coins will be back to you here in this bucket.

This is where the machine gives changes, or coins if you have cancelled the transaction.

This is the individual numbers given to the machine.

It consists of the "name of a police station" and "a series of numbers."

(There may be some machines where other information is added.)

Keypad panel (only on a new type of machine) where you input license numbers

receipt
Old type
of machine
New type
of machine
image(Receipt)

Please note this installation numbers when you report a problem with a particular meter.
2

Purchase a ticket first.

The machine can accept 100 yen coins, a 500 yen coin, and a 1,000 yen bill.

Your receipt is printed out with the ticket in one piece.

Keep the receipt as proof of purchase.

When you use a new type of machine (*), input your license plate numbers only.

image(Purchase a ticket first.)
* Keypad panel on a new type of machine
Keypad panel on a new type of machine
3

Display the ticket.

Place the ticket inside the vehicle on the windshield the right way up so that the details can be easily seen by our parking attendants.

If a valid ticket is not displayed on the vehicle, you may be subject to receiving a violation ticket for illegal parking.

Depending on the old or new type of machines, you have a receipt half way down or up in a ticket.

image(Display the ticket.)
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Observe the time limit.

Even if you purchase and put a ticket but park over the time limit, you may be fined for "illegal parking."

Multiple purchases of a ticket won't buy you additional parking time. You can use just one valid ticket for parking.

image(Observe the time limit.)

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