Originally Posted by
BuildingMyBento
What is the minimum amount konbini will let you add to Suica? Do the lopi machines let you add value too?
It may depend on the particular chain, but as a point of reference, Family Mart lets you charge any of the following 4 possible amounts: ¥1000, ¥3000, ¥5000 or ¥10000.
Originally Posted by
joejones
There are a few exceptions: Sendai, Hiroshima, Toyama, Kagoshima and Kumamoto. Suica works on JR in [some?/most?/all?] of these places but not on the private/municipal lines.
There are quite a few train lines throughout Japan, including JR, where IC cards are still unsupported. For example, in the greater Tokyo area, Suica and other IC cards are unsupported on the Kururi line (Chiba), the Kashima line (Chiba/Ibaraki), the Karasuyama line (Tochigi) as well as a few other stations on otherwise supported lines. For the most part, this is unlikely to incovenience tourists, but there are a few exceptions (a place like Takeo onsen in Saga has some popularity among Korean tourists, say).