(keitai-l) Re: SUICA, Felica and Edy

I noticed that you can also use the Suica card for a purchase
at some JR station kiosks to buy your cigs & beer now too..!!

Here's a crappy ketai-cam shot from Harajuku combini;
http://www.wirelesswatch.jp/image_library/suica_kiosk.jpg 

L.Cosh-Ishii


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Curt Sampson" <cjs@cynic.net>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 8:49 AM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: SUICA, Felica and Edy


> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Benjamin Joffe wrote:
> 
> > Suica offers contactless card for transportation and proved hugely
> > popular as
> > (1) it does not cost anything more (nor less) than buying regular
> > tickets or pass
> 
> Actually, it does cost just a little more: you initially have to pay 500
> yen for the Suica card itself. After that, recharging it with train fare
> or a teiki is free.
> 
> The advantages, to my mind, are:
> 
> 1. You don't have to take it out of your wallet,
> 
> 2. You can use it as both a teiki (commuter pass) and a "charge card"
> for rides where you have to pay a fare.
> 
> 3. It's studier, and thus harder to damage.
> 
> cjs
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