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How to use a Suica in a ticket gate

Suica is a card that people use to pay for train fares and goods at convenience stores in Tokyo, as well as other store types and regions. Cash amount can be added or removed electronically, simply by hovering the card over a card reader. It is convenient and faster to use than coins and bills, and magnetic stripe cards. The technology used is called RFID, and a chip by Sony is used, called FeliCa.

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  • Ja JR Ikebukuro Sta. (North entrance)

    Ticket gates at a JR East station: The center lane is exclusive for Suica, but other lanes also accept Suica.

  • KuzuokaEkiKaisatsuguchi2005-5

    An automatic Suica reader at a station not equipped with regular ticket gates

  • Keyless locker 001

    Keyless locker system for Suica and Pasmo in Shibuya Station

  • Suica laptop reader

    NEC's LaVie notebook PC showing an integrated FeliCa Port to the right of the image, used for Internet payment with cards such as Suica and Pasmo

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