Tokyo Pass Calculator: Usually Buy Tickets? (2026)
Straight talk for Tokyo: individual attractions here are cheap, mostly $5 to $15, so a sightseeing pass rarely wins unless you pack several mid-price museums into a single pass day. The famous sights people actually queue for, Skytree, teamLab, Shibuya Sky, are not on the pass at all. Tick your list and see.
1. Who's going, and for how long?
Days matter for unlimited passes; pick-a-number passes give you weeks.
2. What do you want to see?
Gate prices are our researched baselines (as of July 2026).
Live prices for the attractions you ticked above. Buying these one by one is the honest option whenever a pass doesn't beat the gate.
Prices per person in USD unless noted. Children priced at each operator's child rate where published; gate-price child tickets estimated at 80% of adult. Choice-slot menu rules are simplified; the linked booking pages have the exact menus.
How the Tokyo passes actually work
Is THE TOKYO PASS worth it?
Usually not, and we would rather tell you than sell you. Tokyo's attractions are individually cheap, Tokyo Tower is about $9, the National Museum $6, Ueno Zoo under $4, so you have to visit three or four mid-price museums in a single pass day before it beats buying tickets. For most itineraries, buy the tickets.
What are the big sights that aren't on it?
The ones with the longest queues: Tokyo Skytree, teamLab Planets and Shibuya Sky are all off the pass, along with the sumo shows and go-kart tours. Since those are what most first-timers want, the pass often leaves your headline day uncovered.
Does the pass include the subway?
Not in the base price. The Tokyo Subway Ticket is an optional add-on sold at the same $6 you would pay directly, so it is a convenience, not a saving. We do not credit transit to the pass for that reason.