trying to find a place to leave a bicycle in Shinjuku probably won't be easy...

Or a place where it's still there when you come back!


Wut's with this pasmo? What's the difference between it and Suica? Cards for the different systems but they've intergrated them both now?

I use my icoca card so much I can't imagine going back to finding change to que at the ticket machines, and I can use it on JR, metro, hanshin, hankyu, plus I have my teiki on it.

Ok, so who thinks JR West's Icoca platapus mascot pwns Suica's penguin????

Not sure to be honest - I always thought it was same thing by different companies...

My suica works on all the ticket gates so that is good enough for me

Originally, Suica was JR's travelcard and worked only on JR trains. PASMO worked on private lines and subway lines. Now, PASMO works on every train, subway and bus, SUICA works on every train and subway. Except for buses, they have exactely the same functions.
Another difference is that since Suica is made by JR it works also on Icoca systems, Pasmo doesn't.
The penguin is very "majikawaiindamon", but the platypus is "meccha badass".

Oh ok I get it now. Like the pitapita card in Osaka is kiiinda like that, EXCEPT...I believe it's a POST-paid system, in that you hook it up to your bank account and they take out what you've used each month. Which sounds like a) a hastle, and b) another bill.

And omg that suica card!! Been in japan too long when you think 'omg cute limited edition!! want!!'

But see the penguin looks kinda lalalaaa but that platapuss is one tough cookie, you can tell!

yeah that is also a pain ..


why is the subway in tokyo cheap?? :confused:

Competition. Japan's railways was decentralized I don't know how many years ago partially for that very purpose.

hmm i wonder why osaka subways still expensive :D ...

Probably because JR goes around Osaka, but not straight up the middle (Midosuji-sen) like the subway. The subway is a lot more convenient for the popular places like Shinsaibashi and Namba.

Just my guess, though.