TOICA
Contactless smart card used in Japan
title: "TOICA" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["fare-collection-systems-in-japan", "contactless-smart-cards", "rail-transport-in-nagoya", "rail-transport-in-aichi-prefecture", "2006-introductions", "2006-establishments-in-japan", "transport-in-nagoya", "japanese-inventions"] description: "Contactless smart card used in Japan" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOICA" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Contactless smart card used in Japan ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox electronic payment"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | [[File:TOICA logo.svg |
| name | TOICA |
| location | Usable nationwide |
| Distributed in the Tōkai region (including Chūbu and the Greater Nagoya Area) | |
| launched | July 28, 2006 |
| sales_location_1 | JR Central stations |
| currency | Japanese yen |
| stored_value | Pay as you go |
| credit_expiry | None |
| maximum_credit | ¥20,000 |
| technology_1 | FeliCa |
| manager | JR Central |
| homepage | |
| :: |
| image = [[File:TOICA logo.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]] | name = TOICA | location = Usable nationwide Distributed in the Tōkai region (including Chūbu and the Greater Nagoya Area) | launched = July 28, 2006 | service_1 = | sales_location_1 = JR Central stations | currency = Japanese yen | stored_value = Pay as you go | credit_expiry = None | maximum_credit = ¥20,000 | automatic_recharge = | unlimited_use = | variant_1 = | technology_1 = FeliCa | operator = | manager = JR Central | homepage = TOICA () is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for JR Central railway network which was introduced in the Chūkyō Area (Greater Nagoya) of Japan on November 25, 2006. The name is an abbreviation of "Tōkai IC Card". Like JR East's Suica or JR West's ICOCA, the card uses RFID technology developed by Sony known as FeliCa.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/TOICA_-_obverse.jpg" caption="First-generation TOICA card"] ::
As of December 2007, a year after launch, 350,000 cards had been issued, and 50% of riders (and 70% of commuter pass holders) in the Nagoya area used the card. By Spring 2023, 3.27 million cards had been issued.
Since 2013, it has been part of Japan's Nationwide Mutual Usage Service, allowing it to be used in major cities across the country.
Usable area
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/TOICA対応自動改札.jpg" caption="Automatic ticket gate (without blocking plates) at [[Mikawa-Shiotsu Station"] ::
As of 2022, TOICA is currently accepted on JR Central lines in the following area:
- Tōkaidō Main Line, between Atami and Maibara (the whole line of JR Central operation)
- Includes branch between Ōgaki and Mino-Akasaka
- East of Atami and west of Maibara, stations are served by Suica or ICOCA, see below on limitations when using
- Gotemba Line, between Kōzu and Numazu (the whole line)
- East of Kōzu, stations are served by Suica
- Minobu Line, between Fuji and Nishi-Fujinomiya
- Iida Line, between Toyohashi and Toyokawa
- Taketoyo Line, between Ōbu and Taketoyo (the whole line)
- Chūō Main Line, between Nagoya and Nakatsugawa
- Kansai Main Line, between Nagoya and Kameyama (the whole line of JR Central operation)
- West of Kameyama, stations are served by ICOCA
- Takayama Main Line, between Gifu and Mino-Ōta
- Taita Line, between Mino-Ōta and Tajimi (the whole line)
Since 2018, TOICA is also supported on the Aichi Loop Line (Aikan).
Interoperation
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/ICCard_Connection_en.svg" caption="Interoperation map"] ::
As of March 23, 2013, TOICA began interoperability with nine other major IC cards, allowing it to be used country-wide as part of Japan's Nationwide Mutual Usage Service. As such, it may be used interchangeably with manaca, Suica (including Mobile Suica), PASMO, ICOCA, SUGOCA, and other cards.
Prior to the beginning of nationwide interoperability, TOICA became interoperable with Suica and ICOCA in March 2008 and with SUGOCA in March 2011.
Smart card systems in Shizuoka Prefecture, namely LuLuCa (Shizuoka Railway) and NicePass (Enshu Railway), are yet to be integrated.
References
References
- "よくいただくご質問".
- "JR Bulletin 057".
- "Japan's prepaid transportation cards – IC cards – Japan Station".
- "ソニー株式会社 {{!}} FeliCa {{!}} 個人のお客様 {{!}} アプリ・ソフトウェア {{!}} SFCard Viewer 2".
- (2007-12-17). "定例社長会見（平成19年12月・名古屋）".
- Ito, Etsuro. (October 2013). "Launch of Nationwide Interoperable Transport System IC Cards". Japan Railway & Transport Review.
- "Prepaid IC Cards in Japan".
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