ICOCA

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ICOCA

Location	Usable nationwide Distributed in the Kansai, San'yō, and Hokuriku regions
Launched	November 1, 2003
Technology	FeliCa
Manager	JR West
Currency	Japanese yen (¥20,000 maximum load)
Stored-value	Pay as you go
Credit expiry	Ten years after last use
Retailed	Stations of JR West, Osaka Metro, Kyoto Municipal Subway, Kobe Municipal Subway, Kintetsu Railway, Hankyu Railway, Hanshin Electric Railway, Nankai Electric Railway, Osaka Monorail, Keihan Railway, Eizan Railway, and Keifuku Railway
Variants	ICOCA SMART ICOCA Shikoku ICOCA (sold by JR Shikoku) IR Ishikawa ICOCA (sold by IR Ishikawa Railway) Ainokaze ICOCA (sold by Ainokaze Toyama Railway) Hapi-Line Fukui ICOCA (sold by Hapi-Line Fukui)
Website	www.jr-odekake.net/icoca/

ICOCA (Japanese: イコカ, romanized: Ikoka) is a rechargeable contactless smart card used on the JR West rail network in Japan. The card was launched on November 1, 2003, for usage on the Urban Network, which encompasses the major cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe (Keihanshin). It is now usable on many other networks nationwide. The ICOCA area has gradually been expanded, and now includes the San'yo region through the Okayama and Hiroshima urban areas, and some lines in northern Shikoku, San'in and Hokuriku regions as of 2024.^[1]

ICOCA is an abbreviation of "IC Operating Card" and is also a play on the phrase "Iko ka" (行こか), an informal, Kansai dialect invitation meaning "Shall we go?"

The mascot for ICOCA is a blue platypus named Ico the Platypus (カモノハシのイコちゃん, Kamonohashi no Iko-chan). Platypus characters for the children's ICOCA also exist and are named Icota (イコ太, Ikota) and Icomi (イコ美, Ikomi).