Translation guide
A counter or window where tickets are sold or picked up, such as at a station, theater, or event venue.
The physical counter or window where you buy or collect tickets.
General term for a ticket sales counter, especially at train stations. Literally 'ticket selling place'.
Where is the ticket window?
Common for event, theater, or attraction tickets. Uses the loanword 'ticket'.
The ticket window is over there.
Literally 'window', used for any service counter (bank, post office, ticket office). Often implies a staffed window.
Please buy your ticket at the window.
Specifically a ticket issuance window, often for pre-booked tickets. More formal/technical.
Please pick up your reserved ticket at the ticket issuance window.
A machine where you buy tickets, common in stations.
The place where you buy tickets for a performance or event, often called a box office.
切符 (kippu) is typically used for transportation tickets (train, bus), while チケット (chiketto) is used for events, movies, attractions. However, 切符売り場 can be understood as a general ticket window.
A ticket is necessary to ride the train.
Two movie tickets, please.
To ask where the ticket window is, you can say 「切符売り場はどこですか？」 or 「チケット売り場はどこですか？」. At a station, you might also hear 「みどりの窓口」 for JR's ticket office for reserved seats and long-distance tickets.
Full term for 'automatic ticket vending machine'. Often seen on signs.
The automatic ticket machines are next to the ticket gate.
I bought concert tickets at a ticket agency.