Sections Service OverviewsmartEX RegistrationEX Reservation RegistrationIC Card LinkingeTicket Reservation • Purchase IntroJR Central offers the EX Online Ticketing Services and accompanying EX App for Shinkansen mobile eTickets that can be […]
Mobile Transit
Hiroshima dumps proprietary PASPY FeliCa transit card…for a different kind of proprietary FeliCa transit card
Talk about back tracking. When Hiroshima Electric Railway Co.,Ltd. (Hiroden) announced in March 2022 that they were replacing the FeliCa based Hiroshima region proprietary PASPY transit card with QR Code […]
Mobile Payments
Reality Checking the Western Myth of Japanese Cash Addiction
Myths die hard, especially Western Japanese myths. Mostly because somebody doesn’t want them to. They are the proverbial rice bowl of hack foreign journalists who can’t be bothered doing research, […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
Suica 2.0 Platform Closeup: Mobile Suica 2.0
March is always the month for new train schedules and services and 2024 is no different. JR East will be adding a significant Suica service expansion to 21 stations in […]
Mobile Payments
NTT Docomo • JR East launch dPOINT Mobile SUICA recharge for dBARAI (Updated for Apple Pay)
JR East and Docomo announced a new version of dBARAI app today one that hooks into Mobile Suica on Android to recharge with dPOINT or dBARAI account balance. Support on […]
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Apple Pay Suica 101: Fare adjustments, In Progress transit and gate alerts
In the Tokyo region where Suica usage rates are well over 90% with Mobile Suica capable smartphones everywhere, generations of kids have grown up with it and are well versed […]