- Edy
Edy provided by bitWallet, Inc. in Japan is a prepaid rechargeable contactless
smart card . It usesSony 'sFeliCa technology, also used by the competingSuica cards by JR East. While both cards can be used at participating stores, vending machines, and websites, Suica is the only contactless card that works with JR's ticket gates. While the name derives from euro, dollar, and yen, it works with yen only.On
April 18 2006 ,Intel announced a five billion yen (approx. 45 million USD, or 35 million euros as ofMay 20 ,2006 ) investment in bitWallet, aimed at further developing the technology for PC-based electronic money settlements.Mobile phones
Edy can be used on
Osaifu-Keitai featured cellphones.Makers of these phones include major cell phone carriers such as docomo, au and SoftBank.The phones can be used physically like an Edy card, and online Edy features can be accessed from the phones as well, such as the ability to charge an Edy account.tores
reader/writer used for Edy.] The following stores are some of the stores that support Edy in Japan.
*ampm (all stores in Japan)
*Circle K Sunkus (all stores in Japan)
* Daimaru Peacock (all stores in Japan)
*FamilyMart (all stores in Japan)
* Lawson (all stores in Japan)
* POPLAR (all stores in Japan)
*Yodobashi Camera (all stores in Japan)Over-the-counter Charging
One-time charge limit is 25,000 yen. Maximum storage limit is 50,000 yen. The following are some of the stores where you can charge Edy with cash.
1 to 25,000 yen, in 1 yen increments:
*ampm
* POPLAR (including Seikatsu Saika, Kurashi House, and Three Eight)1,000 to 25,000 yen, in 1,000 yen increments:
* Lawson1,000/2,000/3,000/5,000/10,000 yen:
*Circle K Sunkus 1,000/2,000/3,000/5,000/10,000/20,000 yen.:
*FamilyMart 1,000/2,000/3,000/4,000/5,000/10,000 yen:
*Ministop External links
* [http://www.edy.jp/ Edy official homepage (Japanese)]
** [http://www.edy.jp/search/ Search for stores that accept Edy (Japanese)]
* [http://coolstuffjapan.sblorgh.org/mobile_phones/edy/ Guide on using Edy]
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