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PASPY (パスピー, Pasupī) is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transit in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.[1] Its name is a portmanteau of pass, happy, and speedy.[2] Like other electronic fare collection systems in Japan, the card uses an RFID technology developed by Sony known as FeliCa, but was the first to employ an 8 KB capacity instead of the standard 4, owing to the need for more capacity to interoperate with the Hiroshima bus system.[3]
While the PASPY system accepts numerous IC cards from across Japan, PASPY cards cannot be used on in other areas. PASPY IC card service will end in March 2025 and be replaced with ICOCA.[4]
- ^ #Karii, Introduction
- ^ PASPYについて, from the PASPY official site
- ^ #Karii, 8-KB FeliCa Card for Bus Commuter Pass.
- ^ "交通系ICカードPASPYのサービス終了について". PASPY (in Japanese). 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2024-02-16.