I doubt I would actually do it, but it serves to drive the point home.

I do the same. "You will accept from me the same identification you accept from Japanese people. Your name, employer and photo will be on the...

Perhaps the immigration office would not mind putting it on paper then, with letterhead and hanko? fact: there is written policy that the old ARC...

Mine says, in big red letters, "Renew within 30 days starting from ____" (why they don't just say "Expires" is a mystery). Immigration might...

Ignoring raccoon-san for a moment, the original question asked if an expired, old-style ARC was usable. From Immigration's website, the old card...

Renewing mine at the Tokyo embassy required the old passport, the short form, a bit of money and only 3 days. Plus a little bit of snapping at the...

Fine, but the quality of responses goes down rather dramatically without accurate information. Given Japan's population density, telling the...

Why don't you put up your origin and desired destinations? that would eliminate a lot of guessing.

Indeed it does - was confusing Tabata and Tamachi. Why don't you just get Tabata - Komagome the long way round? Trim it down for stations you...

Of course it costs more! But it will cost less more than a separate pass. The point above, assuming that you begin at Tabata, is...

5 meters would be overheight for many places in Tokyo. Maybe if it has a "flat" mode?