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Tokyo 2020 TP Card

by ykat7 on 7/13/21, 11:06 AM with 1 comments

• by ykat7 on 7/13/21, 11:09 AM

  The TP Card looks to be a variant of the stored-value IC cards like Suica [1][2] used for transit and e-money payments across Japan, but with a fixed commuter pass and no recharge functionality.

  The linked thread includes a comparison [3] between the TP Card and a regular Suica.

  [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suica

  [2]: https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/pass/suica.html

  [3]: https://twitter.com/aishiterutokyo/status/141455095882718003...