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Cashless Gashapon: Suica, ICOCA & Credit Cards

Bandai lists Suica, PASMO and ICOCA for Smart Gashapon. Available methods vary by location, so check your machine’s payment screen. Smart Gashapon does not take cash.

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Check the payment method you brought

These checks apply to Bandai’s touchscreen Smart Gashapon. Other machine types, including those in Gashapon Department Stores, can have different payment rules.

  • Suica, PASMO or ICOCA: select the matching option on your machine before tapping.
  • QR payment: Bandai names services including PayPay, Alipay and WeChat Pay. Select only a service offered by that machine which you can already use.
  • Only coins or notes: choose a machine that accepts them, or skip this play. See the coin-machine guide for the separate manual flow.

Bandai’s Smart Gashapon payment list and instructions

Can I tap a credit card directly?

Bandai’s page describes transport IC and QR payments, without establishing direct credit-card acceptance. Check your machine for a card-payment option; “cashless” alone does not confirm it.

Funding an IC card or QR service with a credit card is separate from tapping that credit card on the machine. Check the machine’s accepted methods before adding money to a service.

Choose, pay, then turn the handle

  1. Select the product on the touchscreen. Confirm the series and displayed price.
  2. Pay using an IC or QR option shown by that machine.
  3. Turn the handle to receive the capsule.

Bandai lists English and Chinese interface support. Selecting a product series is not a promise of a particular design inside the capsule.

If payment does not go through

Read the screen before retrying. If you cannot tell whether payment completed, ask staff before paying again. Show them the machine and any payment record.

Keep the same spending limit when switching methods. Use your remaining budget and the displayed price in the play-limit calculator.

Smart Gashapon’s payment list and instructions checked October 13, 2026 (JST). Official-source review only; we have not tested a machine, card or payment app.