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yikes, I guess I'm lucky to have gotten mine on my recent trip to Japan (I think I got mine on July 27?) If anybody in Chicago is going to Japan soon and needs

by cozzyd 3y ago

yikes, I guess I'm lucky to have gotten mine on my recent trip to Japan (I think I got mine on July 27?) If anybody in Chicago is going to Japan soon and needs one... (ok, actually I have a compatible manaca from Nagoya, maybe those are still available?)

kunagi7 3y ago
I am also lucky, I got a Suica in 2017 and I used it ever since in every trip to Japan! It seems to last quite a while. Maybe I should get an electronic Suica on my iPhone just in case though. After looking around Nagoya's Manaca websites [0] they don't seem to talk about any suspension of card distribution. JR West ICOCA also seems like is business as usual [1]. Still, it is quite surprising to see an early 00s piece of technology which does not use really advanced chips to have production shortages. [0] https://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/jp/pc/topics/index.html?category_ids=MANACA https://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/jp/pc/topics/index.html?cat... [1] https://www.jr-odekake.net/icoca/ https://www.jr-odekake.net/icoca/