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is a Japanese rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport in Fukuoka Prefecture and environs. The Kyūshū Railway Company (JR Kyūshū) introduced the system on 1 March 2009. The name is an acronym of "Smart Urban GOing CArd", while in the local Kyūshū dialect means "great". On March 13, 2010, SUGOCA has been interoperated with two similar cards in Fukuoka—namely nimoca by Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) and Hayakaken from Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau—plus Suica, a card used in Greater Tokyo Area by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).〔(Official news release ) by JR Kyūshū, February 7, 2008. 〕 Additionally, since March 5, 2011, in a reciprocal agreement with Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), SUGOCA is also usable in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Okayama-Hiroshima and Nagoya metropolitan areas. Similarly, the TOICA card of JR Central and the ICOCA card of JR West can also be used on JR Kyushu rail services.〔(Official news release ) by JR West, November 25, 2009. 〕 Like other electronic fare collection systems in Japan, the card uses RFID technology developed by Sony Corporation, known as FeliCa. American graphic artist Rodney Greenblat designed its official mascot, a frog with a clock. ==Usable area== SUGOCA was implemented on March 1, 2009, in 124 JR stations in Fukuoka Prefecture, mainly in the Fukuoka-Kitakyūshū area. It will eventually be usable in a total of 144 stations in future. *Chikuhi Line: Meinohama — Nishi-Karatsu * *''From March 13, 2010.'' *Chikuhō Main Line: (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, Wakamatsu Line): Wakamatsu — Orio — Keisen *Kagoshima Main Line: Mojikō — Arao *Karatsu Line: Karatsu — Nishi-Karatsu * *''From March 13, 2010.'' *Kashii Line (Umi-no-Nakamichi Line): Saitozaki — Umi *Nagasaki Main Line: Tosu — Saga *Nippō Main Line: Nishi-Kokura — Nakatsu *Sasaguri Line (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line): Keisen — Yoshizuka *Sanyō Main Line: Shimonoseki — Moji * *''From March 5, 2011.'' *Kagoshima Main Line: Arao — Yatsushiro and Sendai — Kagoshima *Hohi Main Line: Kumamoto — Higo-Otsu and Nakahanda — Oita *Ibusuki Makurazaki Line: Kagoshima Chuo — Kiire *Kyudai Main Line: Kurume — Zendoji and Mukainoharu — Oita *Nagasaki Main Line: Nagasaki — Isahaya *Nippō Main Line: Nakatsu — Kozaki and Kokubu — Kagoshima, except for Ryūgamizu *Omura Line: Isahaya — Takematsu * *''From December 1, 2012.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SUGOCA」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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