Japan Travel’s Future is not SUICA Cards?
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- Опубликовано: 12 дек 2024
- JR East's current SUICA IC Card is on the verge of extinction - in 2028. The company is planning to utilize GPS for payment, no more tapping - and the tech will be in a new kind of card ...? It's all announced by NIKKEI today, the article in English on Unseen Japan: unseen-japan.c... #SUICA #Tokyo #japan
The postal employee who tracked down John to return the postcard is an example of what makes Japan and its people unique. One of the best countries in the world.
She deserves a "you found me card". :)
yeah feel bad for them working hard while John here staying in Japan to get both Japan and US social welfare 😂
My wife had this happen to her when she went back to Japan in 2014 to visit family. She was browsing a store and had her Starbucks. Left her Starbucks in the store and the retail worker chased her down the escalator to give it back (not as surprising as this track down)
IC cards will never go away because credit & debit cards aren't good enough for Japanese transit. They take 500ms to process from 4cm away. But JR fare gates need to be able to handle 60 people/minute as an operational requirement. IC cards (FeliCa) on the other hand only take 100ms from 10cm away.
Bank cards (open-loop payment) also can't support info for commuter passes, frequent rider points, accessibility settings, and so on. And most importantly, JR is NOT willing to let foreign banking companies take a fee from every transaction. Suica is not a transit payment card but an entire business service platform at this point with JRE BANK, JRE POINT, etc. and they want to keep that in-house.
Yeah, I really, really don't seem them phasing out Suica cards for Credi&Debit cards when they would be literally only losing money. Like, straight up. With Suica they get the entire payment, they don't have to pay a a fee, they don't have to pay a third party a for every single transaction, they get 100% of said transaction. Changing to Debit&Credit means they would need to pay a third party, meaning they would get only 90, 80% whatever the % of the fee is. No matter how you look at it, it is a lose-lose situation for them. Full stop. Billions would be needed to replace all the machines at every single station in the entire country, then they would be making less money for every transaction. Like... genuinely in what world does it makes a single bit of sense to make that change? Specially if the goal is to "make more money"? Not only that, but Japan population is mostly older people, the vast majority of them do not have smartphones and still pay with cash, that's the entire reason physical ticket machines ae still a thing, and you see people using them all the time. Changing to Debit&Credit would completely alienate a massive chunk of their consumers. Meaning, they would once again only lose money. I know I'm repeating myself, but it is a bad idea in every single way. Both them and the consumers would only lose, it's that awful of an idea.
Japan should change their payment system to automatically accept the tap made with a valid card or app. If the payment fails after x number of attempts then the user Is notified. If notification fails then the account is suspended. This is how it’s done in many other countries.
@MaShcode I don't know what you mean or how this relates at all. I don't think you're understanding the system correctly? In most areas you don't need to have fare on your IC card to ride, it lets you in with a very low (or even ¥0) balance just fine; you just charge it up before leaving at your destination via the fare adjustment machine inside the gates. There's no way for payment to "fail" because it's money you've already loaded on your card - it's prepaid.
@@elipandaman Sorry not referring to preloaded cards but transit systems that also accept a validated user account and registration linked to a financial endpoint. There is no latency.
If you lost your phone or your phone break down or even have a flat battery then you are stuffed.
I really don't like the way that almost all the things now are going to our phones ... it seems that our phones are now a HUGE part of our lives ... if we lose it or lose internet connection ... there will be so many things which we can't be able to do
Yeah it's easier to track you. Just have to accept it.
It's the digitization of humanity. You will not be able to access society without your phone. :(
Good point, I do not use my phone when I travel, I use paper tickets when I take a plane.
@@paulready8897That’s waste of paper then. The airline just needs your passport (international) when checking in on the counter.
Like getting into my building this morning in the pouring rain. 😖 Sometimes a metal key is the best first option or fallback.
That postal worker coming to give that card back totally is the spirit of the Japan most of the time! Makes up for the not so great interaction you had the other day! 😊
yeah feel bad for the worker working hard while John here staying in Japan to get both Japan and US social welfare 😂
yeah feel bad for them working hard while John here staying in Japan to get both Japan and US social welfare 😂
I was in Japan a few weeks ago I loaded up money into the suica app from my credit card to avoid foreign transaction fee for buying minor things in 711 and other stores it’s just more convenient for me
International Android phones don't work as payment option to load a Suica or Pasmo app
Depends. I can switch my phone to the location if I travel.
@@sleepysartorialistI think your phone needs FeliCa which only really is available in phones made for the Japanese market
@@petouser They are available on pixels. But you have to load the JP firmware on the Pixel instead of the NA or European pixels. They do definitely have the NFC-F secure element.
Yeah I don't want CC companies to get in the middle of this, they're way too greedy. I also think GPS inside stations will not be accurate enough to be viable.
Thanks for the heads-up, John. I’ve learned so much about Japan just by watching your videos. Really helped us a lot when we were there. Keep the great stuff coming, man. 🇵🇭🇯🇵
What I noticed in this last trip it's that there is more ic cards access and exits from the stations and less gates for ticket papers
1. Using international credit cards overseas is a nightmare. I don't want to pay the foreign transaction fee.
2. Turning on GPS + Wi-Fi all the time would cause the phone to overheat and run out of battery more quickly.
3. IC cards are easier to recharge with cash + I like collecting and using limited edition IC cards.
Good point! Each swipe abroad might have a fee. Depending on the card! I’m guessing by 2028-2030 smart phone are going to have processors that don’t overheat and lose battery as quick as now. In general, I’m not liking my “smartphone experience” as much as before. I don’t want to have to need it.
If you have a premium card or a travel card you won’t be charged a foreign transaction fee (depends on your bank or CC company of course). Most Visa infinite cards or the premium Amex cards don’t charge foreign transaction fees. This also includes a lot of airline branded cards.
Frankly I'm not interested in that GPS aspect. No thanks to spying, I love my Japanese people but trust no government.
@@cboy0394that sounds a bit elitist. What about people who don't qualify or for whatever reason don't want to get a premium card? They don't deserve to ride public transportation? What about people from countries where banks make it a big deal to issue a debit card and you can forget about having a credit card? They shouldn't come to Japan?
I hope it wont be PayPay, too slow. Credit cards are also slower than ic cards.
This GPS System already gets used in some countries like swizzerland, austria. The demerit is that it eats battery life
PayPay is owned by the Japanese Telco (As i said it to John in the chat) Why not could compare PayPay and PayPal?
Quite creepy with the GPS tracking as John mentioned though.
Austria doesn't do a good job with it.
But in Switzerland GPS based travel is not exclusive. Still paper and electronic tickets are valid and popular. It is rather a convenience feature for someone who doesn't know which zones which kind of ticket would be needed.
Hope they won’t do away with these Suica Cards which are so handy. Don’t like linking my bank cards or allowing this GPS tracking which is intrusive.
@@Traveljet14 It's not going to happen, this is just "technology of the future!!!!" buzzword stuff to appease the executives & MBA types in useless presentations about "10 year goals" and whatnot that will be forgotten about and revised before they come anywhere close to happening.
Keep the Suica. What happens if you loose your phone. Credit card too much financial information for scammers. All of this will be to the detriment of society especially with AI. Lord help us.
With credit cards, merchants have to deal with payment processing fees. With the rail operators, they are their own processor with smaller domestic fees.
Really frightening when Visa and Mastercard have a monopoly in payment processing. They can easily shut down the economy by cutting ties with the merchant because they don't meet their puritan moral standards until unless they moderate. It's demonstrated when multiple Japanese online legal adult content merchants got shut down just like that because of the processors from another country. Their remaining revenue sources won't pay the bills.
Yes, Japan with PayPay is trying to make a domestic competitor, and other brands. I bet one will become quite strong and a lot of people from abroad using it as well. PayPay already has pretty good English and other language support. I’d love to see JR play strong here.
The postcards are a great idea, do you print them yourself or get them printed? I really enjoy your videos.
Just gonna say not every traveler has a compatible phone or credit card (small children, my grandmother are examples of having no cell phone, plus lots of unbanked people exist who don't qualify for credit) and people from other places may have similar social and technological issues. So it's not a "simple" issue to address, as there are a lot of use cases. Interesting segment.
In Hong Kong, we have the local equivalent of Suica which is Octopus and it has the digital version which connects to a wallet like Samsung or Apple pay. So you use it for transactions but also get it top up directly from your bank mobile app to your Octopus (obv with security steps). You can also set up an auto-top up if you like.
So public transports (trains, buses, ferries, taxis) are equipped with the reader for Octopus which you can use the physical card or tap your phone.
Then there's a separate reader if instead you want to use your Visa, Mastercard Alipay etc. again tap the card or if you have the digital wallet u tap your phone on the reader.
Both systems whether u pay via digital Octopus or your card (Samsung/Gpay/Applepay) when using the mobile phone requires you to turn on NFC. I imagine Japan will do something similar.
I have the suica on my phone and it is very convenient when getting on buses and trains. The Toei bus day pass(basu ichi nichi ken) is very useful if you are making more than one trip on the bus..
They better not. One of my favorite things in the world is the IC card.
Kitte building has restaurants on the fifth floor. Our favorite place to eat in all of Tokyo is there. Okonomiyaki and Yakisoba are our favorites. We just love it. And the observation deck does have a great view of the trains.
What about kids kids don’t have credit cards
I think the Felica technology is a bit of a hassle for tourists because if your phone doesn't support it you have to get a card. Outside Japan especially in the U.S. Tap to pay which includes Apple pay & Google pay are becoming the normal payment option. I think they would have to have a gps type payment where your location is geo fenced that determines your train fare from the time you enter the station to your destination. The issue with that is many people would just take the train without paying if the gates are eliminated.
I love the digital Suica card. I used it almost everywhere and it is easy to recharge. The only downside is the ¥20,000 limit. I would have to recharge it frequently.❤😊
Shoutout from Indonesia! 🇮🇩🇯🇵
NFC is already what is in Suica cards. The problem right now is it is a Japan proprietary NFC (Felicia or NFC-F) which is not used elsewhere in the world. I think if they dumped NFC-F and just moved to plain old NFC for Suica, it would work a lot better.
I personally don't see a "Geo-location" only system working, it is going to have to be combined with some near-field system and gating system, otherwise you could just walk through and gain access. I suspect that it might become an "option" where you can have the app and walk throguh the gates and it will trigger just like an ETC card (which is also based on near-field technology similar to the NFC cards now), so it will be more like an ETC lane where there is a gate and you walk throguh and it will process your Suica payment without you needing to do anything.
I really think they should just work with all other transpo providers to drop NFC-F and Japan would be sooo much easier to transit around.
In Australia, we mostly tap on off without turnstiles. There are weekly caps too on cost to commute (not sure if they do that in Japan). The GPS features JR are evaluating sounds amazing... Rikugien Gardens 👌
@@landspide Fare capping is one thing Japan should really get on board with. Not likely with privatized profit-driven companies running the transit though.
They can’t get rid of the ticket gates because there are still a lot of people using paper tickets. I think there will be less gate staff. That is a given. I believe there will be more gates that will not have gate staff stationed there. I think people who depend on gate staff will have to use specific gates. When I went to Japan this past Summer. I used paper tickets a lot. I reserved my express trains online and picked up the ticket at the ticket machine. It’s way better than waiting in line for the ticket office, especially the really busy ones. You can’t reserve tickets without purchasing a reserved paper ticket. You can pay the local fare with Suica or similar card. But if you buying a reserved ticket, might as well pay for the local fare at the same time and it will be included with the paper ticket. It can get confusing if you book a long train ride that has multiple stops. Basically the local fare will be one ticket and any express ticket or reserved ticket portion will need to have a separate ticket. And you can only go one direction. Basically if you heading west, you can only go west. You can’t back track.
I have my Suica card on my cell phone and never had an issue when I was in Japan. I used it for the vending machines as well. Very convenient!!
At 17:50, perhaps the garden you're thinking of is Rikugien (六義園), very near Komagome Station (駒込駅) on the JR Yamanote Line, which is beautiful all year long, whatever the season, and especially right after a snow fall. 😍
BTW, the Kitte (meaning "stamp") Bldg, or main post office there on the Marunouchi side of Tokyo Station (17:00~) is sorta special in that they managed to preserve the old modernist 1940s facade while building the new tower and shop floors within its boundaries, much like the new/old Mitsubishi Bldg. (Meiji Era facade) nearby. My recollection is that they also managed to keep the old ground floor post office open and operating during all (or most) of the construction. Very little survived the wrecking balls of the bubble years, but the Kitte Bldg. had a few ardent supporters. Finally, the interior roof of the dome you were standing inside of at the start has a REALLY interesting history that you ought to go into more detail on in a later reel. Just sayin' . . . 😉
It was annoying when I was commuting to work that I’d have to deal with the PASMO app on my phone when Apple Pay was right there! Even the buses in my rinky dink hometown in Scotland takes Apple Pay. Scotrail seems to change between having ticket gates and open access to trains every few years. The Stockholm Metro doesn’t have ticket gates but they have roaming gangs on cops that visit the stations and make sure you have a ticket. Second the very professional JPost employees.
In Taiwan we have one card for train, subway, bus, even bike based on distance all seamlessly, and can be used for payment. It also has a ~$40usd/ month unlimited use option! And because I have a Samsung phone it's all built in and I don't even need a physical card and can repurchase the unlimited option ever phone via Samsung wallet. I just tap the sensor using NFC and don't even need to open the app nor turn on my phone. Cannot be beat!!
That is an IC card & phone app. Lost cards can be disabled and tracked for illegal usage. Singapore and Hong Kong probably are using this system too.
One time, I was leaving a grocery store in Osaka where I had bought a bento when the cashier who checked me out ran after me calling out "Ohashi! Ohashi!" Cause I forgot to take chopsticks. I was outside and by my bike before I realized she was after me. I actually purposely didn't take one because I was headed home, but I barely spoke Japanese (still barely speak now, tbh), and couldn't explain that so I just took it and thanked her profusely.
The London train and bus system have been using tap to pay with bank cards (credit and debit) for years. It works fine, if people want to use their phones to pay they can just use the Apple or Android wallets/the banking system. This isn't hard, you tap on and you tap off, and the time it takes is not an issue if you have enough payment gates.
The Tokkyuu lines in Tokyo already have credit card support to help tourists get around easier, not just kumamoto
I'm from Indonesia and my bank debit card can be used like a suica card in other countries in Sout East Asia at least, hopefully in the future it can be accepted on Japan too
I would use a physical IC card over my phone.
I’m in that boat, I hope the make a *new* card then for the rest of us.
@@paulready8897 Me too! I don't want to use my phone for every single thing in my life. I like having a physical card for things (library cards too! restaurant stamp cards! etc.)
In London, you can now just use a bank card, credit card or your phone to access the underground with ease. No need for an Oyster card (London version of the Suica card)
Not really high tech. We have had it on our buses since 2016. It was initially supposed to be NFC terminals, but they went with optical readers instead. The problem was that every person didn't have a phone with NFC by that time, so just scanning a QR code on the phone screen was a safe way to make sure that most of the population could use it.
This sounds like it would be a pain for foreigners without data or a local SIM card
In a few years, wifi will be everywhere. It’s already pretty good in the stations but it’s something they need to factor into their plans. Perhaps a new kind of CARD for this is also in the works since the old IC CARDS are dated, old.
@@onlyinjapanGO cost ?? whos paying ? tourist ?
I like your idea of a Royal badge for JR!
Hi John, We have been living with this technology for a while now in Australia. While super convenient , there is absolutely no more privacy when carrying a smartphone anymore.There is a push by the banks gaining pace that Australia becomes cashless in the next few years. That will be the death of any privacy left. Singapore has just trialled zero passport entry and I believe Japan will do this soon as well.
if it's without KYC I'm all for it. I prefer suica for the anonimity
In Malaysia we're already using bank cards and credit cards for our trains and tolls. On occasion, these do break down, so we have to use TnG (which is our IC card over here). China is using palm payments, which could be our eventual future instead.
Basically most people want to keep IC cards. The motivation to move is not a move that most people want, just like most cashless societies are not motivated by people's interest. Credit Cards and GPS are not more advanced than IC cards and cash, just more complicated and controlling.
about bloody time Japan it is bloody frustrating that most place don't take cards or Apple Pay.
Sorry for all the comments but if you own JR East stock they will send you every year tickets and other things and thanks for being a stockholder
Credit/Debit cards can be used on Bangkok MRT too.
The problem with NFC on phones from what I understand is that Japan uses NFC-Felica which is not available on a lot of phones outside of Japan, especially if people use Android. Would be fine otherwise. That would just be pushing it onto a different medium but much more accessible. We'll see. I'm keeping my SUICA card in any case for the memories.
They have 4 years to fix it 😂 it’s kind of a mess with that, you’re right.
We're sock buddies! I'm wearing my Google Maps socks right now!
Awesome! I remember getting them, total surprise and wear them often 😂
It's going to be a combination of technologies to accomodate everyone including the elderly, travelers, and children. Eventually Japan will introduce this technology of just walking right through, for those who want to use it, but there will be a Suica /credit card line as well.
You are able to tap to pay to get on and off the trains in Osaka, had trouble a couple of times getting it read right away but I might have not put my credit card close enough to the reader.
I have already used my credit card for trains in Toronto. It was easy, I like it.
Thanks for this! Haven’t tried it yet but it seems to be a strong option for Japan too if they can bypass the exchange rate fees 😬
Japan Post office tracking > GPS
Very interesting thank you! 👍🌷
In Denmark we have this as an app and it works fine.
Oh, and vending machines taking credit cards do exist in Japan, mostly at the airport though and for higher priced items like cake in a can.
As AI becomes more available for daily use, you're going to see plastic money disappear, just as paper money is going away. Wouldn't be surprised it gets to a point where you'll just walk through without waving anything(more for traveling) than basic shopping.
Basically Minority Report predicted it all 😂
in the netherlands you can already use your debit card to check in.
Digital Suica like the clipper in the SF Bay is a bad idea. Keep the physical card. Just in case.
I'm trying to learn Japanese. How did you learn the language ? Thanks ❤
Total immersion, wife and everyday life - and a few books.
I would just like to see a payment system where a universal card can be used for all(or most) rails regardless of who services them. I never bought a suica or pasmo card because where I live there is no way to get to nearby larger cities without crossing service regions requiring me to have at least 2 cards. To me that is not convenient, I prefer to just take the 30 seconds to buy tickets as I travel my route.
I don't travel by train too often though since driving is usually faster and similarly priced factoring ETC cost. Maybe it's more convenient if train is your primary mode of transportation.
It's also pretty unfortunate that only iphones can use the tap function to cross gates, I still have my Samsung from the states so spending $1000 on a new phone just to be able to use the ic card apps to pay is also silly when my phone works fine as is.
Apple was the only company (apart from the domestic smart phone companies) to integrate the IC chip in their phones. This is something that was not done by Samsung, LG, or the Chinese android makers because it didn’t make sense for them given that the IC chip is only used in Japan. When Apple entered the Japanese market back in 2008 and partnered with Softbank, they were forced by Softbank to integrate the chip. Because it was easier to manufacture the phone the same way across all markets given that most iPhones are all assembled in China it meant that the IC chip was made available to users outside Japan. The limitation that your phone has is not a software one but a hardware one meaning that the iPhones are not just using an IC card app they have hardware inside that allows them to utilize the gates.
@@realmach5 You don't need to have multiple cards, the major ones all work the same. Nationwide Mutual Usage service was introduced in 2013. Where do you live? If you're crossing JR regions you need paper tickets though, yeah.
Do an episode of the Post Office ???
We rarely see a postal carrier and wonder how mail is delivered in Japan
Thanks 🙏 for all your episodes
post office in japan is rough if you don't know japanese. filling form is tough but staff are very accommodating.
Good idea!
I have a pair of Tootsie Roll socks 😂👍🌷
i still have my pasmo card from 2018, i used it again on my trip last year!
I see credit cards being problematic for children, where some kind of phone based system would be better. But there could be issues with children tourists may have issues with having a phone or credit card.
I was able to use my card from the US a Visa to tap at certain vending machines in Japan 😊
I've alreaady used the iPhone (you have the Suica, Pasmo,... on the wallet) on my last travel to Japan. You can charge it from anywhere without using any other machine. And I've seen a few Japanese people doing the same. It's easier and you don't depend on any machine "to charge" the card.
We were in Kumamoto last week and saw ads for Mastercard tap and pay. Interesting.
@@tiapia1 Yes, this exists in some places with lower ridership in effort to bring in more customers, Fukuoka too.
GPS doesn't work underground though... and positioning data on transit with a latest gen phone is basically dead reakoning (it uses your local accelerometers and gyro) to estimate your position which rapidly goes out of sync even when you enter the exact train line your on. If they could make a reliable and country wide indoor positioning system then great but I think indoor GPS would be far more expensive to operate than the fare gates as you need tons of infrustructure as well not to mention tourists might not have the right cellphones to do it. (Spoofing, interference, and jamming would be problematic as well) (Android global phones don't work in Japan NFC fare gates).
In the background you can hear something that I hear all the time in Japanese train stations. That slow ... ding ... dong. My sister asked me what that was and I realized that I didn't have the faintest idea. Do you?
I wonder how they will determine who is paying and who is not if everybody just walks through?
They've already got Credit/Debit card ticketing in Bangkok, on the MRT (the subway line). I used it the last time I was there. Quite confusing if you have a banking app that lets you check your debit card activity. When you check it after your trip you'll find they've charged your card 1 baht. Over the next day they refund you the 1 baht and charge the proper amount to the card. Smart phones are great - until you run out of battery. 🤣
@@iskandartaib It's already in Japan too in Fukuoka, Kumamoto, and on a trail basis on some Meitetsu trains in Nagoya. It's a good way for smaller systems to increase ridership that don't require the better tech of IC cards to deal with high passenger loads.
GPS enabled suica cards? Not going to happen, too power hungry and GPS reception without a proper antenna is weak and won't work in the places where people keep their cards. Not sure what the "savings" would be of removing the gates, how would they ensure that people are carrying their payment methods into the trains; sure need some gates that check the existance (and stuff to make sure no one slips by). In Ōsaka, JR West is testing gates with facial recognition, also not sure what the expected benefits are.
I like my IC card and it is much nicer to use than iPhones and Pay Pay
I wonder if they’ll have a new kind of card that works better than the existing one? Not quite sure what they’ll do … I’m deeply curious because it’ll shape the way we live daily lives in cities. QR codes seem to be gaining traction.
tapping credit/debit cards to pay as u go on trains has been in the uk for a few years.
It exists in Japan as well, there's bic camera Suica credit card which can be added to Apple watch and apple wallet. I've seen people using their phone and watches to pay using suica credit card
@PlasticSquare contactless limit was increased to £100/¥19000 recently. I now use Google wallet for contactless as it's a real security risk now if u loae your card
I believe PayPal is only available to Japanese residence. Tell me if I’m wrong.
Credit cards are super slow compared to the IC cards
Here in the netherlands bus fare or train already do bank cards checkin and check out mostly they remove 5 to 10euro or more for train
The way the technical replacement will work on surveillance cameras tracking your every move including face recognition , and nfc recording, once you pass through the gate area using the gps chip along with gps zoning it will automatically deduct your account or card , then at the other end of travel as you depart, it registers your location so correct billing. The question though that needs to be asked is if we accept this level of surveillance which infringe upon privacy rights becoming law, as current technology doesn’t work beyond 5cm eg the tap , to physically grabbing cards data as you walk the way scammers work
I Hope they also receive QRIS Payment, i mean, indonesian tourist is kinda a lot in numbers in Japan.
Pay on my phone is the way of the future
Look at all the cattle lining up for their biometric pens, not even giving a second thought to it…..
The future looks … like the Matrix. We need Neo!
I don't see them getting rid of the physical cards, at least not for locals. We use them to get drinks from the vending machine, the onigiri from the 7-11, etc. Make the tourist use digital cards using their cell phones. Also, we need to get rid of paypay and opt for something made in Japan.
So making us more phone dependent! Damn. Thanks Japan Railways. Give it all to Apple!!!!
We’re not sure yet WHAT they’re gonna do but it’s a direction and a plan and it’s probably what everyone else is going to do because although Japan is actually making money from transit compared to places like Paris and New York, it’s not growing. I wonder how to approach this by 2030 - fascinating stuff!
credit card is dangerous if japan has to depend on foreign system,
What if you don't have a phone or WANT to carry a phone for this? Will a paper ticket still be available to die?
Love that place 😊
Credit cards have been used on the London Underground for a while now.
It seems like the obvious choice for the next step but … JP always try to find JP solution first, and maybe there’s something better because card companies are greedy AF.
Minority Report...retinal scanning of all travelers
Cardless and you will be a chip in you ! So you just walk through the future
ah yes, more GPS tracking, more of your data out of your hands. the future is certainly fun and interesting.. i hope there will be a way to pass on this new card that works with GPS.. preferably without use of a smartphone either since i'm trying to move away from smart devices.
I'm glad I'm only going to be around maybe another ten years all these young people just so easily giving up their monies to government. It's all about control, not fucking convenience..
foot traffic decreased in Tokyo lol? Their tourist number is up almost 70% this year. John needs to go out more 😂
Passenger numbers are not up. Eye test vs data 📊 and it’s not just Tokyo. Population is declining. Tourists don’t spend so much on local train rides, that doesn’t sustain a rail network. The Shinkansen is doing just fine though, tourists usually visit the city and GET OUT.
Yes ridership numbers for Tokyo metro/rail/shinkansen has actually fallen post pandemic. JR’s rev is down.
Im level 6 on Google maps too but thhey don't send me anything :(
It’s gonna be whatever the wallet app is on your phone I think 🤔
Single point of failure imho
The threee Christmas markets in roppongi are all pretty and free
I heard China is going to deploy a plan to get gate access by reading your palm and underlying pulse. Not sure how that works, but they will get all your biometrics?
Unseen Japan Jay Allen. That’s a red flag person. Be cautious associating.
Use my Apple Watch to pay every day on the train also vending machines and many shops