Mobile TOICA launched today (2026-03-17 JST) on Apple Wallet and Android Osaifu Keitai. Hosted on the JR West Mobile ICOCA platform that has been on Apple Pay since June 2023, […]
Mobile Transit
Different expansion strategies for JR East Suica and JR West ICOCA
Sometimes there are advantages in being late to a party. JR East Suica and JR West ICOCA are following different regional service expansion strategies with JR West leveraging their late […]
Mobile Transit
Best Credit Cards for Mobile Suica/PASMO/ICOCA in 2025
JP Transit YouTuber Kenzy posted a very helpful video outlining the best credit cards for Mobile Suica, PASMO and ICOCA users (SUGOCA users too but this post will focus on […]
Mobile Transit
Suica 2.0 Platform Closeup: Suica card evolution
Suica 2.0 related comments and discussions are starting to appear on online forums but there are many mistaken assumptions. The assumption is any transit card system using ‘online’ processing simply […]
Help Desk
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, a generation has grown up using Suica and well versed using mobile […]
Help Desk
Apple Pay Suica Wallet app recharge working for foreign VISA cards after iOS 17.2 update
Notice: this post describes the situation of December 2023, latest updates here. The very long non-JP VISA credit card block by the VISA payment network for adding money to Suica […]