After iOS 13.2 hit the final beta I migrated my Suica from iPhone to Apple Watch to give watchOS 6 Apple Pay Suica a proper shake down. Even after only […]
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JR Central Online EX Ticketing Extends to Kyushu Shinkansen in 2022
JR Central/JR West/JR Kyushu issued a joint PR release that JR Central’s EX Shinkansen eTicket system, encompassing both EXPress Reservation and smartEX services, will be adding JR Kyushu Hakata~Kagomashima Shinkansen […]
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The FeliCa Fabulist NFC TIMES
The EMV TIMES trashed FeliCa Suica again NFC TIMES posted a story today: Mobile Suica Still Accounts for Disappointing Share of Suica Users and Transactions in Japan (paywalled). The article […]
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iOS 13 Wallet Suica
The arrival of the Suica transit platform on the Apple Pay platform heralded a progression of innovation. October 2016 : Suica is the first transit card on Apple Pay and […]
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JR East Price Changes with October 1 Consumption Tax Increase
JR East announced price increases that take effect with the 10% consumption tax on October 1. The increases apply to basic fares, regular express train fares and Shinkansen fares. There […]
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Train Manner Posters
Train station posters promoting safety and good manners are a stock item in Japan and are all about promoting safe transit. No drunk naked Halloween partying Aussies on the Yamanote […]