Travel Cheaply In Osaka With Enjoy Eco Card 1-Day Pass

Enjoy Eco Card - Budget-Friendly Osaka Travel on Subways and Buses

If you plan to go sightseeing in Osaka, you can expect to make heavy use of the public transportation system. You’ll quickly find that all the bus and subway fares add up.

The Enjoy Eco Card, sold by the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau, provides an easy way to save yen on travel expenses.

An Enjoy Eco Card costs 800 yen for adults (600 yen on weekends and public holidays) and 300 yen for children, and allows holders unlimited one-day access to the Osaka subway, municipal bus lines, and the New Tram (the Nanko Port Town Line).

For example, after seeing Tsutenkaku and Shitennoji Temple, you could take the subway, go sightseeing on the Suijo Bus Aqua-Liner, then ascend to the top of the Umeda Sky Building at night and gaze down at the illuminated cityscape. Just think of the possibilities with this one card.

How To Buy An Enjoy Eco Card

You can buy a card at any subway station (via vending machines, commuter pass counters, travel information corners and shops), on board buses (adult passes only) and municipal bus offices.

Step 1. Put in your Money

Put money into the slot indicated by the blue square above.

Step 2. Select “Purchase Card”

When you do, the display will change to this screen. Push the “Purchase Card” button on the right, indicated by the blue square in the picture. Press the left button and you’ll end up on the screen for purchasing regular tickets.

Step 3. Select a Weekday or Weekend/Holiday Card

The prices for weekday cards and for weekend cards are different. Look at the red box in the picture. For weekday cards, you will hit the left button. For weekend cards, push the right button with the black stripe.

Step 4. Purchase!

You’ve successfully purchased your Enjoy Eco Card! At first, there will be no date markings, but the day’s date will be inscribed on the card after passing through a ticket gate. The card is valid for that entire day. **The card in the photo is a weekends/public holidays card.

Enjoy Eco Card Not Working - Caution for Long Journeys

Certain journeys via the Chuo, Midosuji and Sakaisuji Lines on the municipal subway may require additional fares. This is because some subway cars use private railway lines en route to the final stop.

Applicable routes and stations are as follows:

Chuo Line

There are no additional fares up to Nagata Station. If you get off between Aramoto Station, and Gakken Nara Tomigaoka Station, there is an additional fare for riding on the Kintetsu Keihanna Line.

Midosuji Line

There are no additional fares up to Esaka Station. If you get off between Ryokuchi-Koen Station and Senri-Chuo Station, there is an additional fare for using the Kita-Osaka Kyuko Line.

Sakaisuji Line

There are no additional fares up to Tenjinbashisuji Roku-chome Station. If you get off between Nijima Station/Awaji Station and Kita-Senri Station, or between Awaji Station and Kawaramachi Station, there is an additional fare for the Hankyu Line.

Special Discounts With Enjoy Eco Card

We suggest taking advantage of the discounts holders of the Enjoy Eco Card receive.

Just by showing your card at the front desk, you can receive discounts at around 30 Osaka locations, like Osaka Castle, Umeda Sky Building, and Tsutenkaku.

Discounts with Enjoy Eco Card (Example)

Osaka Castle

Adults 600 yen→500 yen (free for children under junior high school age)

Umeda Sky Building’s Floating Garden Observatory

Adults 700 yen down to 630 yen

Junior high school students 500 yen down to 450 yen

Elementary school students 300 yen down to 270 yen

It’s not unusual for places to give 10% discounts such as these.

For more information about places where the Enjoy Eco Card discounts are valid, look at the Osaka Transportation Bureau website.

An Enjoy Eco Card will be a powerful ally in your quest to have a cost-effective sightseeing tour in Osaka, so by all means, pick one up when you come to town.

Travel Tips for Osaka

Have you planned your fun in Osaka, yet? Click each link to learn about more helpful passes, private tours, and tickets.

・Osaka Amazing Pass - transportation pass that includes discounts on attractions

・Private Osaka Castle and Dotonbori Tour

・Universal Studios Japan Tickets