Hayakaken

はやかけん
	; ; Front of a Hayakaken (2008)
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 City 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 ticket (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

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

Types of cards

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

References

^ 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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Shinkansen	Kyushu San'yo Hakataminami
JR Kyushu	Chikuhi Chikuhō Main Wakamatsu Fukuhoku Yutaka Haruda Gotōji Hitahikosan Kagoshima Main Karatsu Kashii Nippō Sasaguri
Fukuoka City Subway	Kūkō Hakozaki Nanakuma
Nishitetsu	Amagi Dazaifu Kaizuka Tenjin Ōmuta
Other railways	Kitakyushu Monorail Amatetsu Amagi Chikutetsu Heichiku Ita Itoda Tagawa Mojikō Retro Scenic
Terminals	Rail Hakata Kashii Kokura Kurosaki Nakasu-Kawabata Nishitetsu Fukuoka Orio Tenjin Tenjin-Minami Airports Kitakyushu Airport Fukuoka Airport Saga Airport Kokura Airport Ports Kokura Hakata Shimonoseki
Ferry	Kanmon Straits Ferry Suonada Ferry Camelia Line Pukwan Ferry Beetle Fast Ferry Kobee Ferry
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