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Re:Sony launches a taxi-hailing app in Tokyo by magduf on Thursday June 20, 2019 @10:47AM (#20233420)
Lots of places in Japan don't take Visa/Mastercard, so it's either Suica/Pasmo or cash. There's tons of vending machines, for instance, but they don't take credit cards, but a lot of them do take Suica. Suica is basically a debit card; you put money on it (there's terminals at all the subway stations) and then spend it on the subway/train fares and also at other places that accept it, like vending machines, taxis, and various establishments.

The only thing I didn't like about Suica/Pasmo when I was in Japan was that, unlike a credit card, there doesn't seem to be a way to get a statement so you can see where you spent all your money. But I was only there for 2 weeks as a tourist, so maybe it's possible to get access to that and I just didn't find it.

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Re:Sony launches a taxi-hailing app in Tokyo by Roujo on Thursday June 20, 2019 @10:53AM (#20233487)
> The only thing I didn't like about Suica/Pasmo when I was in Japan was that, unlike a credit card, there doesn't seem to be a way to get a statement so you can see where you spent all your money

I use Suikakeibo [0] for that. The latest 20-ish transactions seem to be stored on the card, so by scanning it using my phone every day I could keep a history of everything I used it for. You can even put in notes, since non-transit transaction don't list what you bought with it - just the amount.

It makes for a nice reminder of my past trips. =)

[0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.mediavrog....

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Re:Sony launches a taxi-hailing app in Tokyo by vageli on Thursday June 20, 2019 @07:41PM (#20238564)
> > The only thing I didn't like about Suica/Pasmo when I was in Japan was that, unlike a credit card, there doesn't seem to be a way to get a statement so you can see where you spent all your money

> I use Suikakeibo [0] for that. The latest 20-ish transactions seem to be stored on the card, so by scanning it using my phone every day I could keep a history of everything I used it for. You can even put in notes, since non-transit transaction don't list what you bought with it - just the amount.

> It makes for a nice reminder of my past trips. =)

> [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.mediavrog.....

Suica cards are readable on your phone via something like farebot (on Android). I'm able to see all my suica transactions on my phone via nfc.

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Re:Sony launches a taxi-hailing app in Tokyo by magduf on Thursday June 20, 2019 @11:00AM (#20233571)
Wow, thanks! I'll be sure to use this next time I go there!
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Re:Sony launches a taxi-hailing app in Tokyo by franciscop on Thursday June 20, 2019 @01:22PM (#20235059)
Pro tip I didn't learn until embarrasingly late, they can recharge it in many (all?) places that they accept it, especially in convinis. Just say "charji" and give them money + tap it.
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