SUGOCA
Sign in to saveSUGOCA () is a Japanese rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport in and around Fukuoka Prefecture. The Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) introduced the system on March 1, 2009. The name comes from "Smart Urban Going Card", while in the local Kyūshū dialect means "great". Like other electronic fare collection systems in Japan, the card uses RFID technology developed by Sony Corporation, known as FeliCa. American graphic artist Rodney Alan Greenblat designed its official mascot, a frog with a clock.171px|thumb|Automatic turnstile of SUGOCA thumb|167x167px|right|
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JR九州ICカード SUGOCA
カイサツも。カイモノも。スッ!とゴー! JR九州の「SUGOCA」公式ホームページ。自動改札機にタッチするだけで通過できる便利なICカード乗車券。
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- Official website
- www.jrkyushu.co.jp/sugoca
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- name in kana
- スゴカ
- commercialization date
- 2009-03-01
- Commons category
- SUGOCA
- inception
- 2009-03-01
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- Usable area
- Types of cards
- Extended functionality
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SUGOCA () is a Japanese rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport in and around Fukuoka Prefecture. The Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) introduced the system on March 1, 2009. The name comes from "Smart Urban Going Card", while in the local Kyūshū dialect means "great". Like other electronic fare collection systems in Japan, the card uses RFID technology developed by Sony Corporation, known as FeliCa. American graphic artist Rodney Alan Greenblat designed its official mascot, a frog with a clock.171px|thumb|Automatic turnstile of SUGOCA thumb|167x167px|right|How to use a SUGOCA card 171px|thumb|SUGOCA card reader for a store
On March 13, 2010, SUGOCA began interoperation with Nishitetsu's nimoca, Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau's Hayakaken, and JR East's Suica. On March 5, 2011, in a reciprocal agreement with JR Central and JR West, SUGOCA became usable in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Okayama-Hiroshima and Nagoya metropolitan areas. In 2013, interoperation was extended country-wide, and SUGOCA became usable in all major cities across Japan as part of the Nationwide Mutual Usage Service.