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Old Aug 10, 2017 | 10:48 am
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O Sora
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Originally Posted by kzap
Special note about the deposit, refund of Suica. The deposit is 500 JPY per card. You can get this back before you leave my refunding it at a JR Ticket Office, but if it has any balance on it, they will charge you 200 JPY. So if you want to maximize it, use it to less than 200 JPY before you refund it Or just keep it for your next trip
Pasmo users win. No refund fee.
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