TOICA

TOICA
LocationUsable nationwide
Distributed in the Tōkai region (including Chūbu and the Greater Nagoya Area)
LaunchedJuly 28, 2006
Technology
ManagerJR Central
CurrencyJapanese yen (¥20,000 maximum load)
Stored-valuePay as you go
Credit expiryNone[1]
Retailed
  • JR Central stations
Websitetoica.jr-central.co.jp

TOICA (トイカ, Toika) is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for JR Central railway network which was introduced in the Chūkyō Area (Greater Nagoya) of Japan on November 25, 2006. The name is an acronym for kai IC Card.[2] Like JR East's Suica or JR West's ICOCA, the card uses RFID technology developed by Sony known as FeliCa.[3][4]

First-generation TOICA card

A year after launch, in December 2007, 350,000 cards had been issued. By Spring 2023, 3.27 million cards had been issued. In the Nagoya area, 50% of riders (and 70% of commuter pass holders) use the card.[5]

Since 2013, it has been part of Japan's Nationwide Mutual Usage Service, allowing it to be used in major cities across the country.[6]

  1. ^ "よくいただくご質問". Central Japan Railway Company (in Japanese). Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  2. ^ JR Bulletin 057. JR Central. Accessed December 5, 2007.
  3. ^ "Japan's prepaid transportation cards – IC cards – Japan Station". www.japanstation.com. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "ソニー株式会社 | FeliCa | 個人のお客様 | アプリ・ソフトウェア | SFCard Viewer 2". Sony (in Japanese). Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  5. ^ Japanese Wikipedia article of TOICA, retrieved on April 3, 2008.
  6. ^ Ito, Etsuro (October 2013). "Launch of Nationwide Interoperable Transport System IC Cards" (PDF). East Japan Railway Culture Foundation. Japan Railway & Transport Review. pp. 6–15. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

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