My Suica

So I now possess a remarkable piece of plastic that's probably one of the most convenient things I've ever had. I picked up my Suica yesterday and I must say I've already fallen in love with it. "Suica" stands for Super Urban Intelligent CArd and it's used as a train pass throughout the Greater Tokyo Area. With this card I can pass through each station without buying any tickets as long as I have enough money on the card to get me through the next station. I simply swipe my card through the ticket gate and it records where I enter, and then accordingly deducts the correct amount of fare it costs at the station I exit from.

At the train stations there are also several vending machines and convenience stores that can accept a Suica as a payment method. It's metallic so I dont' even need to remove it from my wallet for the ticket gate to recognize it. I can just simply push my wallet up against the scanner and I'm good to go through the next train station. Did I mention it's a rechargeable card too? Best thing ever.

Such a simple concept yet at the same time so conveniently complex. Mind boggling but I still must proclaim: Suica for life!