Another day, another Suica related announcement. JR East ticketless Touch and Go Shinkansen service for Suica and other compatible Transit IC cards will be expanded to include all JR East […]
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Monk’s Trail Race overcomes a tough run
Poor Minobusan cannot catch a break. The Shugyoso Monk’s Run Trail Race profiled in 2014 was cancelled in 2018 due to major typhoon inflicted damage on the Minobusan~Shichimensan trail. Denied […]
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Suica linked My Number MaaS and JRE POINT for Off-Peak Suica Commuting
JR East announced some interesting services today: Suica linking with My Number ID cards (aka Individual Number Cards) and a JRE POINT campaign for off-peak Suica commuting. The off-peak commute […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - NFC - Transit
Mobile PASMO Device Support
FeliCa Dude points out that Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5 devices use the latest Mobile FeliCa 4.1 but are not yet qualified for Mobile PASMO even though they run […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - NFC - NFC tags - QR Code Payments
App Clips at Kitasando Coffee
Kitasando Coffee was one of the Japan debut sites for App Clips. I finally had time to check it out today. The overall experience was similar to the Starbucks app […]
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Apple One Japan Math
Apple One is available in Japan but only if the iCloud Storage Plan attached to Apple ID is 200GB or less. If you have the 2TB plan, Apple One is […]