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Transit card guide

Osaka's card is ICOCA, JR West's equivalent of Suica, sold and reloaded at station machines, convenience stores, and counters at Kansai Airport, and like Japan's other regional cards it also works on trains and subways elsewhere in the country. The city's well-known day pass, the Osaka Amazing Pass, bundles unlimited subway and city-bus rides with free entry to around 40 attractions, but it only really pays for itself if you're visiting three or more of those attractions in one day — for a day spent mostly moving between neighborhoods, a loaded ICOCA or a plain unlimited-subway ticket usually costs less. The pass has also gone fully digital, sold as a QR-code ticket rather than a physical card, so don't expect to find one at a ticket window. Keep ICOCA loaded for ordinary rides and add the day pass only on days actually built around its included sights.