@schwa oh and you can’t load a suica card on your phone outside of Japan for some reason. But I plan to do that on arrival.
@marcoponton @schwa I was beyond annoyed while the JR staff at Shinagawa Station tried to figure out how I could register a new card somehow satisfying the app’s need for a postcode in Japan and a phone number in Japan.
@alexr @schwa what is weird is I am pretty sure I had this suica card setup in Canada before I left 7 years ago. Now I can download the app but they geo-block you when you try to finish the setup. I don’t quite see the point… hopefully I can figure this out on the N’EX