Ecomyca
ecomyca is a rechargeable contactless smart card issued by the Toyama Chihō Railway in Japan since. The name is a portmanteau of "ecology" and "my card", and is a play on the Toyama dialect "ikomaika" which translates to "let's go".
The card supersedes the contactless passca card issued by the Toyama Light Rail from, until its merger with the Toyama Chihō Railway on.
Functions and services
ecomyca cards are contactless payment cards, used on the Toyama Chihō Railway, Toyama Light Rail, and Maidohaya community bus routes in Toyama. The minimum cost is, including a deposit.ecomyca cards can also be used in Toyama's Cyclocity bike share scheme.
On, the Toyama Chihō Railway operator announced ecomyca cards and their stored values will no longer expire after ten years.
Interoperability
announced IC cards in Japan's Nationwide Mutual Usage Service including ICOCA, Kitaca, Suica, PASMO, manaca, TOICA, PiTaPa, Hayakaken, nimoca, and SUGOCA would be accepted alongside ecomyca starting.However, ecomyca cards carry discounted fares, and national IC cards cannot yet be recharged at Toyama Chihō Railway stations.