> I though there was a (blue?) one that japanese citizens could get, sent to their address. No, there are no citizen specific IC cards unless you want extremel

> I though there was a (blue?) one that japanese citizens could get, sent to their address. No, there are no citizen specific IC cards unless you want extremely esoteric ones, like for senior citizens or children. All of the major nationwide mutual use transportation IC cards are freely available at the stations their operators carry. That's anything in the red box on this chart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suica#/media/File:ICCard_Connection_en.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suica#/media/File:ICCard_Conne....