Today I wanted to go to City office for few errands. I had to use bus to and fro, then use my normal train route to go to office. If I can take 1-day pass then I can save ¥220. So inquired with driver as below:
私：電車にも使える一日乗車券をお願いします。
運転者：ああ。。。すみまあせん。。。それは駅で売ってますね。。。
私：ああ。。。なるほど。。。
(English translation - translated with the limited knowledge I have)
Me: May I get a 1-day pass that can be used in trains too.
Driver: well... Sorry... is sold only at train stations.
Me: is it.
As it will take some time to go to train take 1-day pass, I was not intending to do the same. So I was preparing to pay the busfare by PASMO card, a pre-paid IC card that can be used at public transports, convenience stores etc. The bus driver said you don't need to pay, when you go back to station buy the1-day pass.
So it was a free ride for me, if I decide not to buy 1-day pass later. However its only our blood that will think like this. Almost all localites does not even get this idea (there are exceptions everywhere though).
Eventually I bought 1-day pass after reaching the train station. After all I have become ⅓ Japanese after living here for more than ⅓ of my life.
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