~3 Popular Sanrio Characters All on 1 Card!~ IC Card Ticket with Special Benefits Exclusively for Foreign Visitors PASMO PASSPORT to Be Released This Fall!

The transportation IC Card issuer Pasmo Co., Ltd. are launching PASMO PASSPORT, an IC Card ticket for foreign visitors to Japan, to be sold at select stations from fall 2019.

This PASMO PASSPORT is an IC Card whose name carried the meaning of it being a second passport for traveling Japan. It has an original design for PASMO PASSPORT that gathers Hello Kitty, Cinnamoroll, and Pompompurin, three characters from Sanrio Co., Ltd. popular with foreign guests from Asia and elsewhere, in front of a background of famous Japanese tourist attractions and cherry blossoms. It's a cute (IC) Card that can be brought back home as a souvenir from Japan.

Just like regular PASMO, it can be used for traveling on trains and buses that accept IC Cards as well as for shopping with e-money, and it can be used repeatedly by top up it. You can also receive special benefits in stores by presenting the front of this Card.