Originally Posted by
emma69
I couldn't work out how to load a suica card with a credit card, the machine I used took cash only. It may be possible, perhaps one of our frequent visitors / residents can chime in? IMO you will need some cash too - I found that not everywhere took credit cards / suica.
Loading your Suica with a credit card isn't possible from the station ticket machines. Those are cash only.
However, both Suica/Pasmo offer an auto-recharge service targeted towards regular users/commuters, where say your balance falls bellow 1,000 yen, then simply tapping it at the ticket gates it'll automatically top it up. I don't know all the details but believe you can only link Japanese credit cards for this purpose.