Difference between Suica, Pasmo and ICOCA  

I hope you get to visit Japan one day 💕

Glad you found the video helpful! 😊

I arrive in Tokyo and stay in Japan for 38 days. What's the best way to do this with the cards?

@sakuramakoto4261 if your going to be staying only in Tokyo and using only metro trains then get any to the following: Suica Welcome Suica Pasmo The suica card will have a 500yen admin fee when you fist purchase it on top of the money you put in to charge, the good thing with this card is that there is no limit on the days you can use it for. If you are planning to go to different towns you might need a JR pass or Shinkansen ticket. It would be best to go to the JR station and ask the JR desk. Hope this helps

I recomemd suica. you can use evevywhere. also can use vending machine and shops.

Glad you found the video helpful! Since you’re arriving Tokyo first, you can get the welcome Suica card and use it in Osaka too. If you have an iPhone, you can even add it into your wallet and load it prior to your Japan trip 😊

Do you use an iphone? 😊

Just get any of the main IC cards the locals use. Literally no difference. Suica (Tokyo), toica (Nagoya), icoca (Osaka/Kyoto) or kitaca (Sapporo). They are accepted all over Japan and you can use them again when you come back to Japan (within 10 years). You can refund the balance in a jar office. There are tourist IC cards but expire at 28 days with no refund on the remaining balance.

ICOCA! You can get it in Kyoto since it’s your first stop 😊

Digital never expire! 😊

You don’t need to buy a physical one if you add it to your Apple wallet. They work the same 😊

You can use Suica anywhere in Japan! You just can’t use it to travel from one region to another (separate train/bulletin train tickets) 😊

@@itsgracechin yeah that’s a shame, it would be so easy just using suica everywhere lol. Although when I was travelling back in March, even with the JR pass there was so many people at the kiosk then we just went straight to the train but had to sit in the unreserved section of the train which is where a lot of people was in … 🤪

Yes! 😊

For public transport - trains and buses.

And sometimes are convenient stores or supermarkets

IC cards are used to take public transport in Japan! Can be used in convenience stores too 😊

Yes you can, the only difference is where you get them. They are all Integrated Circuit cards and can be used and recharged in any city. The only places you cant use them are places that just plain dont take IC cards for payment (restaurants, little shop stalls, and the like). You can use your Passmo for trains in any city. Source: I used my Suica card bought in Tokyo for the trains and buses (and 7-11s) in Osaka, Kyoto, and Nara!

​@@TitillatingCosplay I arrive in Tokyo and stay in Japan for 38 days. What's the best way to do this with the cards?

Yes you can use it in Osaka, Kyoto and Nara 😊 You just can’t use it to travel from one region to another (eg. Tokyo to Osaka/Kyoto/Nara)

@@itsgracechin I arrive in Tokyo and stay in Japan for 38 days. What's the best way to do this with the cards?

@@sakuramakoto4261just use suica and add to your phonne