Tourists should get a physical card at the airport. There are too many caveats and exceptions to phone wallet support for non-residents.
And I think recently when you look up directions in Apple Maps, it even suggests adding a transit card if you don't have one!
Here, under Transit Cards in Maps. https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-16-maps/
It would be a _fantastic_ feature if I wasn't a control freak and didn't add one before I even boarded the plane, but still a very nice touch.
> Sales of JR East's Suica card (image of a penguin on the front) will be discontinued for the time being as of June 8 due to a worldwide semiconductor shortage. [1]
Welcome Suica (for short-term visits):
> Welcome Suica sales will be limited to the following for the time being from December 18th:
> * JR EAST Travel Service Center, Haneda Airport Terminal 3 Station
> * Welcome Suica exclusive vending machine, Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line Haneda Airport Terminal 3 Station
> Please note that only one Welcome Suica will be sold per person.
> Please note that IC cards will not be sold at Narita Airport after the 18th. [2]
PASMO:
> The sale of blank PASMO has been temporarily suspended.
> The sale of Personalized PASMO has been temporarily suspended. [3]
PASMO PASSPORT (for short-term visits):
> The card is available for purchase at 21 locations. [4]
[1] https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/pass/suica.html
[2] https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/welcomesuica/welcomesuica....
I passed through visiting old friends last week and they had them at some stations but not all.
But it was never a problem to get one at the airport, which where a vast majority of people should get them.
If you skipped that part, it was quite painful in the past few months because of the IC chip shortage.
