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What is IC Markets policy regarding slippage? Is Scalping and Hedging allowed? Both, the origin and destination stations have to be located inside the IC card's coverage area.

Furthermore, it is not possible to use an IC card to travel between disjoined IC card areas except when using shinkansen trains; see details below. For example, you cannot use it to travel between Tokyo and Sendai.

IC cards can be used on selected shinkansen lines, but need some set-up before use. There are currently three different systems:. When riding other trains that require a supplement fee, such as limited express trains, travelers can use the IC card to pay the base fare when passing through the ticket gates, but they need to purchase the supplement ticket separately at a ticket machine, ticket office or online.

When passing automatic ticket gates, touch the card onto the card reader for about one second rather than inserting it into the ticket slot. The applicable fare will be automatically deducted when you exit through the ticket gate at your destination station.

A card cannot be shared by multiple travelers at the same time. IC cards generally do not provide any discounts over regular tickets.

But in Greater Tokyo , Niigata and Sendai , train fares can differ by a few yen depending on whether an IC card or a regular ticket is used.

This is because fares are rounded to the nearest ten yen in case of regular tickets, but not rounded in case of IC cards.

Around central Tokyo, payment by IC card is always cheaper than payment by regular fares by up to nine yen , but outside of central Tokyo, either ticket type can be up to five yen cheaper than the other.

IC cards can be purchased at ticket machines and ticket counters at the corresponding railway stations. The initial cost consists of a refundable deposit of yen plus an initial amount typically yen to be charged onto the card.

The IC cards are virtually identical to each other in terms of coverage. The cards mainly differ on where they can be purchased and refunded.

Therefore, most people will want to purchase the card available in the first city where they arrive, e. Suica or Pasmo in Tokyo or Icoca in Osaka.

IC cards can be recharged at ticket machines and special re-charging machines found at railway stations and other strategically meaningful locations.

They can also be recharged at stations of companies other than the issuing company, e. Suica can also be recharged in Osaka or Fukuoka.

The maximum amount to be charged onto a card is 20, yen. The current credit balance is shown on a small display whenever you pass a ticket gate or make a payment at a store.

Furthermore, the balance can be checked at ticket machines together with a usage history. Bring your card to the ticket counter of the issuing operator in order to get back your yen deposit.

Unused credit can also be refunded, however, most companies will subtract a yen handling fee from the remaining balance to be refunded no handling fee is charged in case of Pasmo cards.

Note that IC cards can only be returned to the issuing company, e. Besides regular cards, there are personalized cards which can be replaced if lost yen handling fee applies , commuter cards which also serve as a commuter pass, and cards for children.

Other features Shopping IC cards can be used across Japan to make payments at a large number of vending machines , shops , restaurants and other services.

There are various credit cards that double as a transport company's IC card. Some of them come with an option to automatically recharge the card when the remaining balance gets low.

These credit cards are only available to residents of Japan. Iphone 8 and later models can be set up to serve as a Suica card by adding a Suica card to Apple Pay.

Android phones can be used as IC cards through the "Mobile Suica" and "Mobile Pasmo" apps; however, the apps are targeted at residents of Japan and difficult or impossible to use for visitors to Japan they require Osaifu Keitai compatibility which is not provided by most phones sold outside of Japan, come in Japanese only and require an address in Japan and possibly a credit card that has been issued in Japan.

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