Tokyo tram ticket

• Alma Karlin's Collection (CRM)
• Celje Regional Museum

A Tokyo tram ticket from 1923, used by Alma Karlin, who lived in central Tokyo in 1922 and 1923. In early 1923, when working at the German Embassy, she used tram No 6, as can be seen top left on this ticket. As of 1914, there were eight tram lines in Tokyo. The terminus of Line No 6 was Sugamo 巣鴨 (or スガモ), where there was an information and sales desk. In 1922, Tokyo’s trams carried an average of 1,314,000 passengers per day. From the holes in the lower left-hand corner of the ticket, we can tell that Alma Karlin used the tram between 9:30 and 10:00. Other holes are punched at the Hibi 日比 (now Hibiya 日比谷), Miyakezaka 三宅坂, and Akasaka 赤坂 stops. Hibi station is near the apartment where Karlin lived around New Year 1923. The German embassy was near Miyakezaka. (CSB]

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