Originally Posted by
NewbieRunner
You can’t get a new Suica card at present due to a shortage of IC chips. Welcome Suica for tourists is still available but it seems best to add a Suica (or Pasmo) to your mobile phone which I managed to do on my recent visit to Japan.
I have a Suica card from pre-pandemic travel. Does not appear to have a visible chip in it. Is it OK or worthless?