The Kumamon no IC Card can be purchased at bus company sales counters (see below), inside buses, at select merchant stores, bank counters at participating Higo Bank locations in Kumamoto Prefecture and from ticket machines.

(Kyushu Sanko Bus, Sanko Bus, Kumamoto Electric Railway, Kumamoto Bus, Kumamoto Toshi Bus)

*The Kumamon no IC Card cannot be purchased at the Transportation Bureau (Oe Sales Office, Kami-Kumamoto Sales Office) or inside Kumamoto City Tram vehicles.

[Cost] 2,000 yen
(includes 500 yen deposit)

• Bus company sales counters
• Inside buses and trains
• Bank counters at select Higo Banks
• Select merchant stores
  (“Participating Stores” can be found on the homepage)
• Top-up machines

Smartphone Top-up App

You can use your smartphone to top up your card via direct debit from your Higo Bank account.

Use on buses, electric
railways and Kumamoto City
Tram vehicles

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  When boarding, touch and hold firmly until the card balance displays on the card reader.

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  When disembarking, touch and hold firmly until the fare and card balance display on the card reader.

Use for shopping

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  1

  When at the register, let the clerk know you want to pay with your Kumamon no IC Card.

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  2

  Check the amount displayed and then touch and hold your Kumamon no IC Card firmly against the card reader until you hear “Kuumamoon♪”.