Travel tips for...
Japan


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Suica is an IC Card issued by JR East Railways. With this card, you can travel by bus, subways, and trains all across Japan. If you are living in Japan it is strongly suggested that you have one.

How to get your suica card:

  1. Find A Suica Machine. It is the same as the one you use to buy the train ticket.
  2. Touch the “Purchase New Suica” button.
  3. Select the Suica
  4. Insert the amount of money you want to put in the card. Note that for the first time, 500 yen will be the cost of the card (deposit). Therefore, if you put 2,000, the card itself will have only 1,500.
  5. You can use the suica and charge it when the amount is low.

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