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In August 2019, JR East unveiled Welcome Suica, a Suica variant designed to be used by international tourists visiting Japan. The card's design features white cherry blossoms on a red background. [34] Welcome Suica is also reloadable, but unlike regular Suica cards, Welcome Suica does not require the user to make a deposit.
The East Japan Railway Company [10] is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST [11] or JR East in English, and as JR Higashi-Nihon (JR東日本, Jeiāru Higashi-Nihon, lit. ' ’’JR East Japan’’ ') in Japanese.
On January 23, 2020, JR Kyushu unveiled SUGOMON Pass, a SUGOCA variant designed for use by tourists to Japan. The card's design features Kumamon, the official mascot of Kumamoto. Unlike JR East's similar Welcome Suica for tourists, SUGOMON Pass has no expiry date and is refundable with a ¥ 220 handling fee. [6]
For its services in the Greater Tokyo Area, JR East defines the Tokyo Suburban Area(Japanese: 東京近郊区間) for fare calculation purposes, roughly correlating with the Suica coverage area (as of 2012.03.17).
JR logotype JR Group service regions. The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as the JR Group (Jeiāru Gurūpu) or simply JR, is a group of railway companies in Japan that underwent division and privatization [1] of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
The term "Tōkaidō Main Line" is largely a holdover from pre-Shinkansen days; now various portions of the line have different names which are officially used by JR East, JR Central, and JR West. Today, the only daily passenger train that travels the entire length of the line is the combined Sunrise Izumo/Sunrise Seto service which runs ...
In 2009, Kitaca became interchangeable with JR East's Suica, including its use of electronic money functionality. [4] Since late 2012, the card can also be used in lieu of a SAPICA , a smart card system introduced in 2009 by the Sapporo City Transportation Bureau .
Koshigaya-Laketown Station (越谷レイクタウン駅, Koshigaya-reikutaun-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).