UPDATE 4-20: JR East announced a Suica Station Ticket Rebate Campaign: 140 JRE POINT reward with ¥1,000 station mall shopping. The campaign runs until May 31 but JR East should […]
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First Suica 2 in 1 region card ‘totra’ launches March 21
The first ‘Super’ Suica 2 in 1 region transit card launches March 21, the Tochigi totra card, as in total transit. The card was first announced by JR East in […]
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Suica comes to Fitbit Charge 4 on March 4 (updated)
UPDATE: Mobile Suica for Fitbit Charge 4 launches March 4 JR East announced Suica on FitBit Charge 4 service starting in March 4, just before the March 13 Suica transit […]
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JR Group moves Transit IC goalposts for easier cross region commuting (Updated)
One glaring weakness of Japanese Transit IC cards is the fare region wall. There’s a Japanese word for it, ‘matagaru’ which means straddle passage…as in straddle two regions instead of […]
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SEIYU Stores finally add NFC payment support for Apple Pay Suica • PASMO
That didn’t take long. The announcement Walmart was selling majority control of SEIYU over to KKR and Rakuten was made November 16. And what was the first new management move? […]
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Reader Question: what’s the point of Apple Pay My Suica?
A reader asked a very good question: what’s the point of an Apple Pay My Suica? Can’t you already migrate a normal ‘unregistered’ Suica to another device if you loose […]