The Suica cross region problem, no thru transit going from the Suica area to the TOICA area for example, is a well known and criticized shortcoming of the Transit IC […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Help Desk
Migrating to Apple Pay Suica Off-Peak Commute Plan
This video explains the process of refunding a current valid Apple Pay Suica regular commute plan and purchasing the new off-peak commute plan available from today (2023-03-18) with Suica App […]
Help Desk - Transit
The ¥10 barrier-free train station tax fare increase
The railway station barrier-free fee system is “a Japanese railway fare system established with the aim of promoting barrier-free railway stations in urban areas” by leveraging a fee on urban […]
Help Desk
Eki-Net Mobile Ticket Quick Guide
Sections JR East Mobile Ticket BasicsEki-Net DiscountsJRE POINT IntegrationRegistrationTicket PurchaseeTicket and Ticketless Use IntroJR East online ticketing service comes in 2 flavors: (1) Domestic Japanese only Eki-Net online ticketing webpage […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Wallet - FeliCa - iOS - Mobile Payments - NFC
iPhone NFC misinformation alive and well on reddit
Once in a while I get a surge of traffic from reddit and like to see which post was linked and the attached discussion. This was very hard to do […]
Mobile Payments
VISA blocking foreign issue cards for select Japanese in-app and online payments
(Non-JP VISA now works with Apple Pay Suica, latest VISA situation update here) When foreign issue VISA cards in Wallet stopped working for Apple Pay In-App Suica and PASMO recharge […]