JR East announced a special plastic Suica card for inbound tourists called “Welcome Suica” that will be available from September 1, 2019 at major Tokyo area stations and JR East […]
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Cloud Suica
You might think that JR East has installed Suica gates in every station but this is not the case: as of 2018 Suica is installed in roughly half of JR […]
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Hankyu Goes ICOCA
Hankyu Corporation announced in January they would sell ICOCA cards for commuter pass use starting March 1. The switchover is interesting on many levels. ICOCA is the JR West transit […]
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Lost and Found
I was not familiar with Tile but after reading Twitter user Ken’s lost and found on a Japanese train story, I’m intrigued, though I do agree that the community aspect […]
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JR East Reserve Seat Ticket Machines Going Cashless
2019 looks to be a year of change and going cashless. JR East is swapping out old reserve seat ticket machines with new ones that only take credit cards and […]
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Japanese Train Safety
In case you have ever wondered why Japanese train drivers and conductors point and call, shisa kanko, here is a good explanation and video. The practice reduces operational errors by […]