Use any phone number you like, it doesn’t really matter. You confirm whatever you entered and that’s it. Put in all 9s if you like. Will they contact international numbers? Probably not, who knows. You’re probably gone from Japan by then if you don’t have a Japan no. That’s why they recommend tourists get the Welcome SUICA card. Don’t lose it 😅
I was in Japan August 4-11. The only IC card available was the Welcome Suica card. I got mine and loaded it with 10,000 Yen. When I left, after all the subway rides, bus rides, and various store purchases, I returned to California and only left a balance of 330 Yen. The card is expired now, but it did well for me.
Didn't seem to be a problem in July (2024), when I was there. If you go in and ask at the JR rail office, they will often just make one for you on the spot.
Thanks for your fast response. I will be going north, Hokkaido and Tohoku, than Gifu, and finally, The kumano Kodo, well, whatever I will be able to do. My life time trip, after retirement . Thanks again for all the good information
awesome to see .. they're back! - top tip instead of using up a Suica / other card here .. if you are doing a lot of training around Tokyo buy a 1600yen one day pass ..
Same, But i will also learn about this because Suica and Pasmo cards are most important if the Tourist comes to Japan. It is the very first thing to do.
Maybe this will inspire some more people to take up IC card collecting too!! :) To-date, I have 109 different varieties from all over Japan! Re: your "trifecta" for Tokyo, you can get a different one, the Rinkai Suica, blue with a dolphin, at the Rinkai Line stations!
Aloha John. Cool livestream! I was also wondering if the Suica Cards were back in stock. I still have mine from 2018 and purchased one that has a picture of a green train and one that has a blue dolphin on it. I recall getting mine from the machine but not with my name on it which is a great idea to have. Mahalo for the update my bro. 🤙
It's a simple design add-on, but it makes Suica more interesting to have. This is so cool! I hope my home country number, including the country code, will be accepted.
It is nice to see the Suica Card is back. I am using the app which is also OK. Easy to charge, but it asked me too often to enter my password. One time I enteref a wrong password and the Suica App was locked for almost 2 days and I couldn't use it. Very annoying. I understand it is because of safety, but... it is very anoying to always confirm the suica with my password. So the Suica card is much more convinient than the App.
Hi! Nice video!! So the vending machine for SUICA is available in every "main station" even those without a JR Travel Service Center? is there such a machine in Haneda Airport Terminal 3 (intl. arrivals)???
@@onlyinjapanGO thanks! 😅 I was so happy for the news (I had been looking for a way to get a "registered Suica" since months and months) that I kinda missed that part... sorry....😅
Regular. You have to provide a deposit but you can also charge it and add more. I’m not certain if you can with the WELCOME tourist one. If you’re here for 2 months, gets a normal IC card but it doesn’t have to be SUICA. If Kansai, get ICOCA. I think it’s cooler 😂 I’m using TOICA now, from Nagoya but in the end, you get what you can get ^_^
I'm quite surprised that they are not doing any collaborations with these cards. You can get credit cards with a lot of anime-based designs, and videogame character designs, but these Suica, ICOCA, Pasmo, etc cards are the same all the time. I wonder if the chip shortage has anything to do with this or if this is somewhat expected.
I think in a few years the IC card will be gone. It’ll just be credit cards or smart phones. I think that may be why, they see the end and already working on the escape plan.
@@onlyinjapanGO I agree, but still, Japan is famous for their collaboration efforts regarding...well, everything :D . IC cards should get the same treatment :) . An Evangelion or Dragon Ball IC card would probably sell at an insane level.
Don't know about Suica but I easily got Pasmo 3 days ago...will you be somewhere in the city today or tomorrow,I'd like to thank a man who saved me some money and life(kind of) in person 😁
Types? Those are IC Crass but they’re not “Suica” - SUICA is for JR EAST. I think it’s trademarked. Monorail is neither metro or JR so they want to hold some of that IC reserve money too. So we get more regional and intercity brands but it doesn’t mean much to the consumer.
Is it possible to get the green Suica card at Narita airport? Last time I got the Welcome Suica there but I would like to get the normal one so that I don’t have to get a new one every time I come to Japan
It's possible but usually you have to go to the service counter, not the machines, to buy ones. As a result, it might be easier to wait until you get into a major JR station in the city so you're not waiting in a long queue.
Thanks John. Very helpful. Questions: Do tourists have to use a Japanese phone number and not an international number? 1) What happens if you lost it and can’t find it the card? There’s no way of proving you lost if someone doesn’t pick it up and report it. Do we make an official report at the police station first? 2) Technically it’s not transferable but who is going to check? If someone dishonest picks it up, they can use it especially if there’s a big balance inside.
@@onlyinjapanGO Are the JR ticketing machines still taking only the current “old” notes and not the new ones. I wonder if the machine can take both old and new at the same time. Any idea john?
Go dogers?! How dare you!! Although I must admit, Ohtani is an absolute stud. I'll let it slide cause I think you may have made a Billy Madison reference with the Penguin on the card haha!
Thank you so much for this! I already have my Pasmo from my last trip but I just want a Suica with my name on it too! So question? Why not just keep your card if they are valid for 10 years? I'm headed to Japan in 2 months and have plans to go to Hokkaido too and planning on buying one from there too! 😊 My personal omiyage for me! ❤
@@onlyinjapanGO! I think I'm trying to collect them all as my personal souvenir? 🤣 Will I use them again within the next 10 years?!? Probably! And if the IC chip gets damaged 💔??? Oh well! That's OK. I'll still keep it as a part of my memories and time spent in Japan ❤️
John, is your birth month August? The instructions on the SUICA card dispensing machine weren't very clear about YEAR MONTH DAY or YEAR DAY MONTH. The example they gave of February 2 was quite ambiguous. (If so, we share a birthday and first name)
My family got Suica cards from the nice people at the Tokyo Station customer service office (just left of the view of your camera as you were approaching the ticket machine) in early June. However, they only had the suica cards, not the welcome cards or child suica cards. Usually not a big deal, but one of our family members is only 11 years old, so we had to pay adult fares for her, not cool! Wife and I just used our Iphones.
Soon! I read they’re working on it for the ticket machines. I’ve no idea on getting money back. You can at the ticket windows with staff I believe. The money stays there for 10 years after last use but if the e chip breaks or is damaged, you may lose it. I believe they have the total in computers and can give a new card with left money at the windows.
hey John does Japan have one card that you can use for almost anything? Mainly trains, buses, taxi, and also my favorite stores 7-eleven, family mart, Lawsons🤣forgot to mention any ward, Prefecture? Also I can hold on to it at least 10 years or more thanks…
@@onlyinjapanGO Thanks John🤙🏾 I’m not very good with yen😂 I always end up with a bunch coins🤣when me and my wife travel to Japan, our first was Hokkaido, 👌🏾Hakodate, Sapporo, second trip was Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Hiroshima👌🏾our next trip this coming November we go back to Kyoto, Nara, and some of our other tour members are going to go Hiroshima to the museum set! And some of us are going to take the Shinkansen to Shibuya and spend the day there, once again thank you John🤙🏾
@@elipandaman Yes, you're probably right. When I was there, they ran out of cards for children. The lady asked me to go downstairs and get it from there.
@@stupidmirul the child cards are the same as adult ones, they just make a printing on it. they're supposed to have reserved stock for child customers but i guess that one specific station ran out! or since it was a big station maybe they didn't have it at every single window
What a lovely subway train station indeed yep have to because that is developed countries it is essential infrastructure for decades centuries generations past present and future
Avoid the Welcome Suica card! The funds expire after about 3 weeks or so. It happened to me in the middle of a trip. My Suica just stopped working and I was told that my remaining balance is now property of Suica.
28 days. Yeah - not a pleasant “welcome” it’s intended for people visiting less than 4 weeks and you can get the money back before that time. Not sure if they can legally “KEEP” it though but it does expire AFTER FIRST USE.
In my opinion, the Suica card was never really unavailable. In May, we had to put ourselves out a little bit to get one of the cards, but it was available in Ueno.
Try it, no one checks - you can put ANY number you want. You only confirm it. I think you should ask if you put in a US number, can they call you if found? I don’t know … maybe. You add in the number you have and maybe don’t lose it 😂 there’s no guaranty it’ll be returned.
I landed in Haneda last week and got a Pasmo no problem. Didn't register a phone number - not that I would have a Japanese phone card to register. Joke's on me, now I'm in Kanazawa and they have their own ICa and don't take other cards on the busses 😂😂😂 it's fine tho I low-key collect IC cards anyways, I have like, 5 from different prefectures
Linking your personal ID markers to your payment and transport/location device is another sleepwalking step forward into an Orwellian future. And yet most people blithely fall for the line that, oh that information helps the police or train company return your card if lost or stolen.
My daughter currently lives in Japan and recently was home for a visit. The one thing she wanted to do was to see a Dodger game. We happen to be there when Ohtani got his 40/40! Amazing night! 🎉
Use any phone number you like, it doesn’t really matter. You confirm whatever you entered and that’s it. Put in all 9s if you like. Will they contact international numbers? Probably not, who knows. You’re probably gone from
Japan by then if you don’t have a Japan no. That’s why they recommend tourists get the Welcome SUICA card. Don’t lose it 😅
I was in Japan August 4-11. The only IC card available was the Welcome Suica card. I got mine and loaded it with 10,000 Yen. When I left, after all the subway rides, bus rides, and various store purchases, I returned to California and only left a balance of 330 Yen. The card is expired now, but it did well for me.
glad to see they got the cards working again! thanks for the share! stay awesome!
Didn't seem to be a problem in July (2024), when I was there. If you go in and ask at the JR rail office, they will often just make one for you on the spot.
During the shortage I was forced to just use my iphone, but now I’m tempted to get one with my name just for the memories. Thanks for the update John!
Thanks for that John. I’m heading into Japan on the 19th, so the Suica refresher was timely and appreciated.
Another fabulous family video indeed looking great as always guys God bless
Been in Japan since late June. My Suica card from 2018 still work. Exactly 円2358 on it now.
Thank you John for the tip! Very timely video! Just bought my personalized Suica card at the very same machine you used!
Great!
ありがとうございます！
Thanks for your fast response. I will be going north, Hokkaido and Tohoku, than Gifu, and finally, The kumano Kodo, well, whatever I will be able to do.
My life time trip, after retirement .
Thanks again for all the good information
Thank you John ! Greetings from Boston! Going to Japan for two weeks from 10/6 to 10/18… can’t wait! 😊
awesome to see .. they're back! - top tip instead of using up a Suica / other card here .. if you are doing a lot of training around Tokyo buy a 1600yen one day pass ..
I haven't been in Japan yet ,although i've learned about Suica cards from your videos so🙂Thank you for sharing this🙂👍!!!
Same, But i will also learn about this because Suica and Pasmo cards are most important if the Tourist comes to Japan. It is the very first thing to do.
I've been to Japan their great you can use them to buy stuff in the vending machines, lock your bag in your hotel and also for train travel fares
Maybe this will inspire some more people to take up IC card collecting too!! :) To-date, I have 109 different varieties from all over Japan!
Re: your "trifecta" for Tokyo, you can get a different one, the Rinkai Suica, blue with a dolphin, at the Rinkai Line stations!
Let’s goooo Suica!!!
Aloha John. Cool livestream! I was also wondering if the Suica Cards were back in stock. I still have mine from 2018 and purchased one that has a picture of a green train and one that has a blue dolphin on it. I recall getting mine from the machine but not with my name on it which is a great idea to have. Mahalo for the update my bro. 🤙
Loved this, thanks John!
It's a simple design add-on, but it makes Suica more interesting to have. This is so cool! I hope my home country number, including the country code, will be accepted.
Good to know. Will be there on October 7. Thanks JD
Because of the shortages earlier I gave my personalised Suica to my relative to use when he visited Tokyo. Lucky~
Glad to know these are finally back in stock at machines. Heading back to Japan next year and really want to get a permanent card.
End to some kind of wacky tech saga!
Ah nice... you finally show how to get the personalized Suica like I suggested 11 days ago. 👍🏽
I wonder where I got the idea for this from … *\(^o^)/*
Renting one from the station when you go home😊return first your rent-pass to the station again, and get yen back if there is left❤
Got my personalized Suica card last year because the normal ones weren’t available. Looking forward to using it again next month 😏👍🏼👍🏼
Are you a tourist?
Dang! Papa John laying down the lawn! Tough! But fair! Going to be an amazing dad 😊
We have 3 suica cards left over from last trip in 2019. We will use them this October on our next trip.
Lovely Japan trains subways like all we tourists go do ride around in it and enjoy the sights and sounds
It is nice to see the Suica Card is back. I am using the app which is also OK. Easy to charge, but it asked me too often to enter my password. One time I enteref a wrong password and the Suica App was locked for almost 2 days and I couldn't use it. Very annoying. I understand it is because of safety, but... it is very anoying to always confirm the suica with my password.
So the Suica card is much more convinient than the App.
Hi! Nice video!!
So the vending machine for SUICA is available in every "main station" even those without a JR Travel Service Center? is there such a machine in Haneda Airport Terminal 3 (intl. arrivals)???
Every JR station. It’s a JR EAST card. I’m pretty sure I mentioned this.
@@onlyinjapanGO thanks! 😅 I was so happy for the news (I had been looking for a way to get a "registered Suica" since months and months) that I kinda missed that part... sorry....😅
Are they available at Haneda international terminal in September?
The “Shizuoka wave” was actually based on a wave in Chiba.
great show. Domo Arigato. I am staying in Japan for at least 2 month touristing. should I buy a regular Suica(Pasmo) card, or the tourist one
Regular. You have to provide a deposit but you can also charge it and add more. I’m not certain if you can with the WELCOME tourist one. If you’re here for 2 months, gets a normal IC card but it doesn’t have to be SUICA. If Kansai, get ICOCA. I think it’s cooler 😂 I’m using TOICA now, from Nagoya but in the end, you get what you can get ^_^
I'm quite surprised that they are not doing any collaborations with these cards. You can get credit cards with a lot of anime-based designs, and videogame character designs, but these Suica, ICOCA, Pasmo, etc cards are the same all the time. I wonder if the chip shortage has anything to do with this or if this is somewhat expected.
I think in a few years the IC card will be gone. It’ll just be credit cards or smart phones. I think that may be why, they see the end and already working on the escape plan.
@@onlyinjapanGO I agree, but still, Japan is famous for their collaboration efforts regarding...well, everything :D . IC cards should get the same treatment :) . An Evangelion or Dragon Ball IC card would probably sell at an insane level.
petersziraki7672, JR West and others do this! JR East used to but isn't anymore because they want people to use their mobile apps instead.
@@petersziraki7672There's an Evangelion manaca :)
Now I know how to get my hands on the card
Hi, just a quick question, tourists cannot avail the Suica card with personalize card? Thanks
This is one of the most important cards in japan
thank you always, and thank you for showing that vending machine. now i gotta get both the metro light and game disk xD
Haha! The light is pretty cool, but I’ve been seeing so many amazing gachapon these days. Fun! 🤩
Don't know about Suica but I easily got Pasmo 3 days ago...will you be somewhere in the city today or tomorrow,I'd like to thank a man who saved me some money and life(kind of) in person 😁
There will be two of us there in oct. Do we each need a card or can we share one?
Their are two other Suica types
the monorail one from Haneda airport
that has a tunnel on it. While the other from the Rinkai Line has a dolphin.
Types? Those are IC Crass but they’re not “Suica” - SUICA is for JR EAST. I think it’s trademarked. Monorail is neither metro or JR so they want to hold some of that IC reserve money too. So we get more regional and intercity brands but it doesn’t mean much to the consumer.
I think the Dolphin one is pretty cool thought :) 🐬
@@onlyinjapanGOThey are indeed Suica. The cards are also issued by JR East, just sold by the other operators.
Got back from Japan a few days ago. Was not able to find a machine that offered a card 😢
Is it possible to get the green Suica card at Narita airport? Last time I got the Welcome Suica there but I would like to get the normal one so that I don’t have to get a new one every time I come to Japan
Probably, I don’t see why not … they’re available at multiple JR ticket machines now. If not, you know it’s in the city.
It's possible but usually you have to go to the service counter, not the machines, to buy ones. As a result, it might be easier to wait until you get into a major JR station in the city so you're not waiting in a long queue.
Thanks John. Very helpful.
Questions:
Do tourists have to use a Japanese phone number and not an international number?
1) What happens if you lost it and can’t find it the card? There’s no way of proving you lost if someone doesn’t pick it up and report it. Do we make an official report at the police station first?
2) Technically it’s not transferable but who is going to check? If someone dishonest picks it up, they can use it especially if there’s a big balance inside.
I guess so, why not?! They don’t check the number. You only confirm what you entered.
@@onlyinjapanGO Are the JR ticketing machines still taking only the current “old” notes and not the new ones. I wonder if the machine can take both old and new at the same time. Any idea john?
Yeah - I am going to get the permanent SUICA card when I come back in about 10 days! No more WELCOME SUICA for me! - Marc - from Georgia USA
Go dogers?! How dare you!! Although I must admit, Ohtani is an absolute stud. I'll let it slide cause I think you may have made a Billy Madison reference with the Penguin on the card haha!
More like “Go Ohtani!” 😂 I don’t follow the Dodgers at all. Just the man and his bat, and dog 🐶
Nice! No one just walks through the subway gate or turnstile like the people in NYC to evade paying the fare. Very nice everyone pays for their fares.
No one does that. It’s not that expensive and you will be arrested if you break the law - or seriously inconvenienced which can be just as bad.
Thank you so much for this! I already have my Pasmo from my last trip but I just want a Suica with my name on it too! So question? Why not just keep your card if they are valid for 10 years?
I'm headed to Japan in 2 months and have plans to go to Hokkaido too and planning on buying one from there too! 😊 My personal omiyage for me! ❤
You can, not sure why - you can get a new one. If the IC CHIP gets damaged, it’s a real hassle but I have many cards … I should get my ¥500 back.
@@onlyinjapanGO! I think I'm trying to collect them all as my personal souvenir? 🤣 Will I use them again within the next 10 years?!? Probably! And if the IC chip gets damaged 💔??? Oh well! That's OK. I'll still keep it as a part of my memories and time spent in Japan ❤️
I still have my Suica Monorail version from 2020! Hope it doesn't run out there's stil 2000 yen on it lol
Weirdly the Rinkai Suica were unsuspended on September 1 but not the Monorail Suica!
I love Tokyo Station especially Daimaru. I feel like they have the best bentos in Tokyo? Unless anyone knows of anything much better.
13:58 Ginza line my favorite !
Still have mine from 2019.
John, is your birth month August? The instructions on the SUICA card dispensing machine weren't very clear about YEAR MONTH DAY or YEAR DAY MONTH. The example they gave of February 2 was quite ambiguous. (If so, we share a birthday and first name)
In Japan it's always YYYYMMDD.
Can the regular Suica card be picked up at Haneda Airport? I don't want the welcome one as I come to Japan often.
I believe so. Japanese need the card too - sometimes. They can’t get the welcome card.
@@onlyinjapanGOAnyone can buy a Welcome Suica from the machines, including residents :)
What’s the difference using a passio I used the Suica for both underground and trains ?
Nothing other than the design. It’s useful everywhere as the other one.
When I got to Japan 3 weeks ago, I was sold a Pasmo card at Haneda Airport. Is there a difference between Pasmo and Suica or are they all the same?
Same
@@onlyinjapanGO Thank you!
❤❤❤❤ Can you buy a welcome SUICA card from this machine or a special machine
Welcome Suica only at the port of entry and only for tourists because they last 28 days.
My family got Suica cards from the nice people at the Tokyo Station customer service office (just left of the view of your camera as you were approaching the ticket machine) in early June. However, they only had the suica cards, not the welcome cards or child suica cards. Usually not a big deal, but one of our family members is only 11 years old, so we had to pay adult fares for her, not cool! Wife and I just used our Iphones.
Right, no child one’s there - but it seems like the machines are fine and it’s only going to get better. Saga over.
Supposedly Suica cards have a 10 year expiration date, but I just keep using the same one I got back in 2011 during my first trip to Japan.😅
They expire if they are inactive for 10 years, so as long as you reuse them in that time period they’ll never expire
Good morning John Daub say you downloaded IC card from the app store onto your pheon will it work in any place you go in tokay?
I have 3 mobile ic cards on my iphone and used them randomly throughout Japan a month ago, from Sapporo to Unzen.
you seem like you're reading my mind. I'm going to tokyo on the 15th and this was one of the last things I needed to research before then!
There you go! You’re ready! 🐧
Wow 🫡
I wants a tokyo metro line light for my keychain now XD
It’s kind of cool, Leo uses it as a night light, he used it in the middle of the night - and woke me up 😣
I assume the app is still good, yes?
5:14 they are actually doing the right thing lol.
I got a welcome suica last weekend from Haneda, it says expiry is 04/29 which i'm assuming is 2029 April?
Valid for 28 days only.
@@onlyinjapanGO wow, thanks you saved me a lot!!! I'll be sure not to load a lot on it and switch to the personalized one (I am here for 3 months).
@@onlyinjapanGO just got one, thanks!
Can you edit the phone number at a later time or are you stuck with the same one for the 10 years of validity of the Suica card?
By the way, the cards expire ten years from last use. I'll be going in Nov so hopefully we can use any number.
Never leave home without one...
Cool.
Is it not possible to simply use my credit card? to 'tap and go'?
Also.
Can I take back any money left on the SUICA card when I return home?
Soon! I read they’re working on it for the ticket machines. I’ve no idea on getting money back. You can at the ticket windows with staff I believe. The money stays there for 10 years after last use but if the e chip breaks or is damaged, you may lose it. I believe they have the total in computers and can give a new card with left money at the windows.
Credit cards are not fast enough for JR ticket gates. IC cards let people walk through up to 5x as fast.
Do Suica cards expire? I still have mine from 5 years ago, and I wanna use the same one when I go back
They do, if not used within 10 years OR the IC chip is damaged which does happen.
@@onlyinjapanGO awesome!! Hope to go back to Japan sometime next year :)
hey John does Japan have one card that you can use for almost anything? Mainly trains, buses, taxi, and also my favorite stores 7-eleven, family mart, Lawsons🤣forgot to mention any ward, Prefecture? Also I can hold on to it at least 10 years or more thanks…
That would be this card, no? Or your smartphone.
@@onlyinjapanGO Thanks John🤙🏾 I’m not very good with yen😂 I always end up with a bunch coins🤣when me and my wife travel to Japan, our first was Hokkaido, 👌🏾Hakodate, Sapporo, second trip was Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Hiroshima👌🏾our next trip this coming November we go back to Kyoto, Nara, and some of our other tour members are going to go Hiroshima to the museum set! And some of us are going to take the Shinkansen to Shibuya and spend the day there, once again thank you John🤙🏾
Can I use the Suica on my phone?
Yes, I am not sure about Android but I believe it should be available if not soon.
Suica is the best card
For a Children's Suica, you need to go to their office located in the basement of the North Tower.
why do they do this? why not keep both cards available at all places?
@@aa240sxstupidmirul is mistaken, you can get one from any station at the window.
@@elipandaman Yes, you're probably right. When I was there, they ran out of cards for children. The lady asked me to go downstairs and get it from there.
@@aa240sx I was mistaken. They had run out of children's cards at that time, so the lady asked me to go to a different office located downstairs.
@@stupidmirul the child cards are the same as adult ones, they just make a printing on it. they're supposed to have reserved stock for child customers but i guess that one specific station ran out! or since it was a big station maybe they didn't have it at every single window
Does the phone number have to be japanese? and can you purchase at other stations (not at tokyo station)?
I believe so but maybe not - just put one in. Police really do call if lost and found.
What a lovely subway train station indeed yep have to because that is developed countries it is essential infrastructure for decades centuries generations past present and future
Hi John
I have the kitaca card but haven’t used it since 2017 :(
3 years left!
Where can i buy the tokyo metro 24 38 72 hours tickets?
Ticket vending machines at the metro.
Avoid the Welcome Suica card! The funds expire after about 3 weeks or so. It happened to me in the middle of a trip. My Suica just stopped working and I was told that my remaining balance is now property of Suica.
28 days. Yeah - not a pleasant “welcome” it’s intended for people visiting less than 4 weeks and you can get the money back before that time. Not sure if they can legally “KEEP” it though but it does expire AFTER FIRST USE.
In my opinion, the Suica card was never really unavailable. In May, we had to put ourselves out a little bit to get one of the cards, but it was available in Ueno.
Right, just had to know WHERE to get it. I was surprised how often creators in UA-cam made it an issue. There were always other options.
9:04 except in many stations its reversed for literally no reason lol :p
Eventually they should increase to 50000Y max. Since I was used it so much at cafes and grocery stores.
I do think ¥25,000 would be more useful. ¥30,000 maybe. ¥50,000 is a lot - I’d never do it. I don’t want the company to have that kind of surplus.
If you have an iPhone, you can use your phone as a suica card
Yes, for iPhone. Not sure Android yet.
@@onlyinjapanGOYeah Android phones sold outside of Japan can't because the don't have the Felica chip built in. Newer iPhones do though.
So you can’t put in your phone number from the states for the information.
Try it, no one checks - you can put ANY number you want. You only confirm it. I think you should ask if you put in a US number, can they call you if found? I don’t know … maybe. You add in the number you have and maybe don’t lose it 😂 there’s no guaranty it’ll be returned.
Is it me or did he budge in line for the suica machine?
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Hi John! We're going to Tokyo next month. Is the Suica registered card available in Haneda Airport Terminal 3?
Probably, it doesn’t say it isn’t. They’re available. If not, try sure def in the city.
I landed in Haneda last week and got a Pasmo no problem. Didn't register a phone number - not that I would have a Japanese phone card to register. Joke's on me, now I'm in Kanazawa and they have their own ICa and don't take other cards on the busses 😂😂😂 it's fine tho I low-key collect IC cards anyways, I have like, 5 from different prefectures
What will happened if someone get Suica or Pasmo without Name-inscribed in it?
You cannot at the time. You just register “something”
@@onlyinjapanGO You're correct John. 💯
@@BeyondTravelsPHYou can do this at the Travel Service Centers.
14:55 thats why i never change it to english xD
Hahaha! It calls you out and everyone looks - a little embarrassing to me living here for some reason.
Linking your personal ID markers to your payment and transport/location device is another sleepwalking step forward into an Orwellian future. And yet most people blithely fall for the line that, oh that information helps the police or train company return your card if lost or stolen.
Dude is gender neutral John ever since the 90s 🐱
PASMO and SUICA cards are basically IC cards.
No they are literally IC cards 😂
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“Basically”, no? Explain.
“Basically” is not needed, there is no light between it not being an IC CARD. It’s an IC card 100% on every level 😂 but we understand you.
I wonder if a non-japanese phone number would work
I will avoid the three big one ,Came here 6 years ago so now I want to do country side ,
I’m very happy to hear that! If you’ve done it before, explore the 99% almost no tourists go and see.
Git a ic card at haneda no problem when i landed last week
Good to know!
Been using digital suica on my iPhone since 2018. 🎉❤
My daughter currently lives in Japan and recently was home for a visit. The one thing she wanted to do was to see a Dodger game. We happen to be there when Ohtani got his 40/40! Amazing night! 🎉
Amazing! He’s gonna get to 50/50 I think. Go Ohtani!
I feel like this segment could easily have been reduced to a 3 min vid.
Ha Ginza line
G thing! 😂 wish is was the Y though.
@@onlyinjapanGO Yamanote, they had a cool machine like this at Ueno station, you could buy folders and memorabilia of your favorite train line.