Hayakaken

はやかけん
Location	Usable nationwide; Distributed in Fukuoka
Launched	7 March, 2009
Manager	Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau
Currency	Japanese yen
Stored-value	Pay as you go
Credit expiry	10 years after last use
Retailed	Fukuoka Subway stations;
Website	http://subway.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/hayakaken/

Hayakaken (はやかけん) is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau introduced the system on March 7, 2009. Its name derives from the words quick (速い, hayai), friendly (優しい, yasashii), comfortable (快適, kaiteki), and card (券, ken). Hayakaken (速かけん) also means "because it's quick" in the local Hakata dialect.

On March 13, 2010, Hayakaken began interoperation with Nishitetsu's nimoca, JR Kyushu's SUGOCA, and JR East's Suica smart cards.^[1] In 2013, interoperation was extended country-wide, and Hayakaken became usable in all major cities across Japan as part of the Nationwide Mutual Usage Service.^[2]

Design[edit]

The card features the face of Chikamaru (ちかまる), the mascot prairie dog of the Bureau. Like other electronic fare collection systems in Japan, the card uses RFID technology developed by Sony corporation known as FeliCa.^[3] An alternate design was released in cooperation with All Nippon Airways.

Types of cards[edit]

Unregistered card
Registered card (allowing for reissue if lost)
Commuter pass

References[edit]

^ JR Kyūshū (February 7, 2008). "Official news release" (Press release) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 11, 2008.
^ Ito, Etsuro (October 2013). "Launch of Nationwide Interoperable Transport System IC Cards" (PDF). East Japan Railway Culture Foundation. Japan Railway & Transport Review. pp. 6–15. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
^ "About FeliCa Technology". Sony. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

[1] JR Kyūshū (February 7, 2008). "Official news release" (Press release) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 11, 2008.

[:0-2] Ito, Etsuro (October 2013). "Launch of Nationwide Interoperable Transport System IC Cards" (PDF). East Japan Railway Culture Foundation. Japan Railway & Transport Review. pp. 6–15. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

[3] "About FeliCa Technology". Sony. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

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