改札
かいさつ · kaisatsu
ticket gate
What it means
The gate where your ticket or IC card is checked when you go in and when you come out.
Watch for
Keep your ticket until you leave. At the exit gate the machine may keep your paper ticket. Paper tickets without a black back are shown to station staff instead.
On operators’ English pages
Ticket gate
See also
Sources
- How to use the trains | Central Japan Railway Company · JR Central
- Riding the Train - The Basics | West Japan Railway Company · JR West
- Boarding with an IC card | Boarding Guide | Tokaido Sanyo Kyushu Shinkansen Internet Reservation Service · SmartEX
Checked against operator and official sources · 2026-11-08