Japan now has facial-recognition ticket gates, but why aren’t people using them?

▼ The bars above the ticket gate made it look like an airport security checkpoint.

Taking a closer look at the instructions posted at the gate, Seiji suddenly realised why it wasn’t so popular.

Seiji was totally stumped by this, as he had no idea what a “digital ticket” was.

Finally, the true nature of the digital ticket was revealed.

Having completed all the necessary steps to use the system, all that was left to do was enable the “Use facial-recognition ticket gate” setting in the ticket details, and he should now be able to pass through with just his face.