One of the current limitations of Japanese IC transit cards like Suica is they have a storage limit of ¥20,000. Suica will not accept more than that. Transit cards were […]
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Samsung Pay Nabs Hong Kong FeliCa Octopus with December 14 Launch
There were many rumors recently that Apple was in discussions with the Hong Kong Octopus Cards Limited (OCL) operator to bring the Octopus smart transit card to Apple Pay. Octopus […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - iOS - iPhone - NFC-Felica - Transit
PASPY Transit Network Adding Suica Compatibility
The Hiroshima region PASPY transit card website announced Suica and major transit IC card compatibility arriving “this spring” which can mean anytime between January 1 to April 1. Service startup […]
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smartEX Apple Pay Suica Quick Guide
The English language version of JR Central-JR West smartEX, the Tokaido~Sanyo Shinkansen eTicket service launched October 2017. This is a simple guide and review for Apple Pay Suica users. To […]
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My Not Smart Shinkansen Trip with smartEX
I followed all the smartEX registration instructions, honest I did. I logged into EX with my smartEX generated ID and password and purchased my Shinkansen ticket to Nagoya without a […]
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smartEX Beats Suica to the App Store with English
There is a small chance that Suica App could release an English language version before smartEX App arrives on October 30 but I doubt it. The reasons are varied but […]