nimoca card (Fukuoka): price, refund and where it works

Where to buy nimoca

Station machines and counters, bus offices, some Lawson

nimoca is sold on some buses and trains (not Nishitetsu buses or trains), at station ticket machines and counters, and at some Lawson stores in Fukuoka and Oita.

Price, deposit and top-ups

Price from

2,000 yen

Deposit

500 yen, paid back on return

Max balance

20,000 yen

Price

A new nimoca costs 2,000 yen, made up of a 500 yen deposit and 1,500 yen of usable balance.

Deposit

A nimoca has a 500 yen deposit. It is paid back when you cancel the card and hand it in.

Maximum balance

A nimoca card can hold up to 20,000 yen.

Top-ups

You can top up a nimoca with the on-board machine on buses, at charge machines and IC ticket machines in stations, and at convenience stores and ATMs.

Top-ups

At the charge machine near the ticket gates, you can top up a nimoca with cash in units of 1,000 yen.

Points

You do not earn points when you shop at other cards' member shops or use a nimoca in another card's area.

Where you can use nimoca

Other areas

With one nimoca you can ride buses and trains in the nimoca area and in the Kitaca, PASMO, Suica, manaca, TOICA, PiTaPa, ICOCA, Hayakaken and SUGOCA areas.

Watch out

A nimoca cannot be used for a trip that crosses from one IC card area into another, except on the SUGOCA and Hayakaken through-service section and a few others.

Trains and buses

On a train, touch the nimoca on the ticket gate reader for 1 second. A nimoca cannot be used at fare adjustment machines.

nimoca on your phone

App

The nimoca balance inquiry app lets you check the balance and history of your nimoca on a smartphone.

Refunds, expiry and lost cards

Refund

At a station counter or bus office that handles nimoca, a nimoca is refunded as the balance minus a 220 yen fee, plus the 500 yen deposit. The card is collected.

Refund

A nimoca refund costs a 220 yen fee. Refunds are not available at the Fukuoka Airport International Terminal bus counter.

Refund

Outside the nimoca area, reissue of a lost or broken nimoca and refunds of the card are handled only by the company that issued the card.

Registered card

At a counter you can register for free to change a nimoca into a Star nimoca. A Star nimoca earns points and can be reissued if lost.

Cards for children

Valid until March 31 of the year the child turns 12

A child nimoca is valid until March 31 of the school year in which the child turns 12. Buying one needs an official ID that shows the child's date of birth.

The official wording

The issuer's own words, as published on its English pages.

Related items

• Fukuoka Airport
• IC card refunds
• Topping up an IC card