One week until the consumption tax rate is raised. The station is crowded with people purchasing commuter passes.
One week is left before raising the consumption tax rate to 10%, and the counters at stations in Tokyo are crowded with people who want to purchase commuter passes when the tax rate is 8%.
JR, private railway, subway, and bus companies will raise their fare from the 1st of next month due to the increase in the consumption tax rate, but commuter passes and coupons will be purchased during this month even if they are used after October. If you do, you can purchase at a tax rate of 8%.
At the counter at Shibuya Station on the Keio Electric Railway in Tokyo, on the evening of the 24th, the tax rate was 8%, and it was crowded with students and office workers trying to purchase commuter passes.
A 20-year-old male college student said, “The commuter pass is large, so I came before raising the consumption tax rate to suppress it as much as possible. I was surprised that it was crowded more than usual.”
Ryu Kikuchi, a public relations officer at Keio Electric Railway, said, “The commuter pass counter is getting crowded day by day, and we expect more people to visit by the end of the month. I want you to buy it early. "