Can you use Suica in Osaka? IC cards on trains and buses

Which IC cards work in Osaka

Osaka Metro subway and buses

Osaka Metro's FAQ says its subways and buses accept PiTaPa and ICOCA, and also Suica (including Mobile Suica), PASMO, Kitaca, manaca, TOICA, Hayakaken, nimoca and SUGOCA.

Osaka Metro subway and Osaka City Bus

Osaka Metro says you can ride its subway and Osaka City Bus, and also systems in the PiTaPa area, JR West and other nationwide mutual-use areas, by tapping an IC card on the ticket gates and bus readers. IC cards other than PiTaPa must be charged in advance.

Osaka City Bus

Osaka City Bus says accepted IC cards include PiTaPa, ICOCA and other IC cards that can be used interchangeably throughout Japan, and you touch the IC card to the reader when paying. All fares are a flat 210 yen for adults and 110 yen for children.

Osaka Metro subway and New Tram

Osaka Metro says you can use the subway with a contactless payment card (credit, debit or prepaid) or a smartphone linked to an eligible card, with no prior registration. Accepted brands are Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, Discover and UnionPay.

Osaka Metro and Osaka City Bus

Osaka Metro says Mobile ICOCA and ICOCA on Apple Pay can be used on Osaka Metro and Osaka City Bus with the ticket function in each app, in the same way as ICOCA.

Hankyu

Hankyu says PiTaPa, ICOCA (including Mobile ICOCA), Kitaca, manaca, TOICA, PASMO (including Mobile PASMO), Suica (including Mobile Suica), Hayakaken, nimoca and SUGOCA can be used as IC cards for public transportation.

Hankyu

Hankyu says credit, debit and prepaid cards of Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, Discover and UnionPay, and smartphones with these card systems, can be used over the contactless-enabled ticket checkers.

Keihan

Keihan's FAQ on which IC cards can be used lists the nationwide interoperable IC cards as Kitaca, manaca, TOICA, PASMO, Suica, Hayakaken, nimoca and SUGOCA.

Keihan

Keihan says you can ride with a nationwide interoperable transport system IC card. If you add money beforehand, the fare is deducted automatically at the ticket gate. An IC card can be used by only one passenger at a time.

JR West and the PiTaPa Area

JR-West says ICOCA can be used in the PiTaPa Area, which it lists as Hankyu, Hanshin, Osaka Metro, Keihan, Kintetsu, Nankai and others, as well as in the areas of Kitaca, PASMO, Suica and other IC cards.

Hanshin

Hanshin's FAQ says that if you charge beforehand at ticket machines, the nationwide interoperable IC cards ICOCA, Kitaca, manaca, TOICA, PASMO, Suica, Hayakaken, nimoca and SUGOCA can be used at its ticket gates.

Hanshin

Hanshin says Mobile Suica, Mobile PASMO and Mobile ICOCA can be used at its ticket gates, and can be charged at its ticket machines and fare adjustment machines.

Where an IC card may not work

Osaka City Bus

Osaka Metro says the IC card service on Osaka City Bus does not include buses bound for Universal Studios Japan and on-demand buses.

Osaka City Bus

On Osaka City Bus you get on through the rear door and pay your fare when you get off. You do not need to take a boarding ticket or touch your IC card when you get on.

Osaka Metro subway and buses

Osaka Metro says IC cards other than PiTaPa must be loaded before use and need a balance of at least 10 yen to ride the subway. Some functions, such as reloading, are not available with Mobile Suica.

Hankyu

Hankyu says tickets cannot be purchased with credit cards or IC cards. You can pay only in cash when purchasing tickets at ticket windows.

Keihan

Keihan says Mobile ICOCA, Mobile Suica and Mobile PASMO can all be used on Keihan trains, but you cannot top up at Keihan ticket machines or some charge machines and fare adjustment machines, so please charge beforehand.

Keihan

Keihan says to pay in cash when buying tickets at its stations, as credit cards are not accepted.

PiTaPa Area operators

JR West says that when you use ICOCA on operators in the PiTaPa transport area, you must charge it before boarding. The ordinary fare for the section is deducted with no discount fares, and ICOCA cannot be used to buy tickets or pay fare adjustments.

Nankai

Nankai says that if other IC cards, coins or precious metals are in the pass case, the card information may not be read correctly and you may not be able to pass through the ticket gate. It says not to put two or more IC cards, such as PiTaPa and ICOCA, in a pass case.

Where to buy a card in Osaka

Osaka Metro subway and buses

Osaka Metro says IC cards can be reloaded at the IC card-compatible ticket vending machines and fare adjustment machines at each subway station, or on the bus, in units of 1,000 yen up to a maximum balance of 20,000 yen.

Osaka Metro

Osaka Metro's Japanese ICOCA page says it sells ICOCA at the pink ticket machines installed at every station and at the commuter pass offices, for adults and children. Children's ICOCA is sold only at the commuter pass offices.

Keihan

Keihan says ICOCA, an IC card that functions as a train ticket, can be purchased at its green ticket vending machines and its pink automatic commuter pass vending machine.

Nankai

Nankai's English page says ICOCA can be purchased at the commuter pass counter or at the pink ticket vending machine that sells ICOCA (IC commuter pass). It is sold at 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 5,000 or 10,000 yen with the 500 yen deposit included, and payment is by cash only.

Hanshin

Hanshin's FAQ says ICOCA can be purchased at Hanshin Electric Railway.

Kintetsu

Kintetsu says ICOCA, an IC card issued by West Japan Railway Company, is sold at its commuter pass vending machines, and you charge it beforehand so that the ordinary fare is deducted from the balance. ICOCA is sold at 2,000 yen, of which 500 yen is the deposit and 1,500 yen is the balance.

Trips from Osaka

• Osaka to KyotoTrain route
• Osaka to NaraTrain route
• Osaka to KobeTrain route
• Tokyo to OsakaTrain route
• Osaka Metro 1 Day PassRail pass
• Osaka Amazing PassRail pass
• Kansai Wide Area PassRail pass

The official wording

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