including people commuting to work or attending school using fixed-term commutation tickets; one-way trip from home to destination
Supplementary notes
In the survey, the metropolitan areas comprised the following prefectures:
Greater Tokyo Area: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Gunma, Tochigi, and Yamanashi. Chukyo Metropolitan Area: Aichi, Gifu, and Mie (northeastern part). Kinki Metropolitan Area: Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, Wakayama, Mie (Iga City, Nabari City).
The survey limited the areas above to municipalities meeting the following criteria: Railway commute time within 120-minutes to Tokyo Station or Osaka Station, or 90-minutes to Nagoya Station. At least a three-percent share of commuters, but at least 500 people, working or attending school in the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Nagoya, or Osaka City.
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Average commute time of railway users in Japan's metropolitan areas 2015, by area
In 2015, the railway commuters of the Greater Tokyo Area had the longest commute time among the three major metropolitan areas in Japan, with approximately **** minutes on average. In Greater Tokyo, fixed-term commutation ticket users typically traveled for anything between ** and *** minutes.
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