Station Stamp Application "Ekitag" Introduced on Yamaman Eucalyptus Line! All 6 stations will be in operation from December 14 (Sat.)

Yamaman Corporation (Headquarters: 6-1 Nihonbashi-Koamicho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Tetsuo Shimada; hereinafter "Yamaman"), an urban development company developing Eucalyptus Hill in Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture, will begin operating the Yamaman Eucalyptus Hill Line, a new transportation system operating in the Eucalyptus Hill New Town developed by Yamaman, at all six stations from December 14, 2024 (Saturday). Ltd. will begin using the station stamping application "EKI TAG" provided by JR East Japan Planning Co.

EKI TAG Logo

Stamp book label

Stamp book label

Stations and Stamp Designs

Stamp 1

Stamp 2

■Time and place to obtain stamps

Digital stamp NFC tag signs will be posted. Stamps can be obtained during the operating hours. Stamps will be posted near ticket vending machines at each station (subject to change depending on operational conditions).

How to obtain

Download the "EKI TAG" application and touch the NFC tag installed at the station with your smartphone to obtain the stamp.

What is the "EKI TAG" station stamp application?

The "EKI TAG" application is an application service that allows users to collect digital "station stamps" by touching the dedicated NFC tags installed at stations and other locations with their smartphones.

The application also has a "Stamp Utilization" function that allows users to record the station stamps they have collected by overlaying them on their favorite photos, as well as a function for viewing the EKITAG Collection of collected NFT content.

EKITAG official HP: https://www.ekitag.jp

History of the Yamaman Eucalyptus Hill Line

The Yamaman Eucalyptus Hill Line was started by the former Electric Railway Department (now the Public Transportation Department) after receiving a railroad business license for the first time in the postwar period as a railroad business operated by a private company, in order to realize a lifestyle where all residences are within a 10-minute walk from the nearest station in Eucalyptus Hill, where Yamaman is developing the line. Eucalyptus Hill has been committed to Transit Oriented Development (TOD) since its development began in 1971, and is being developed as a town where people can live on foot, with public transportation at the center. The Yamaman Eucalyptus Hill Line, which circles the center of the 250-hectare Eucalyptus Hill New Town in the shape of a tennis racket, has become a symbol of Eucalyptus Hill as an environmentally friendly and sustainable new transportation system that produces no noise, vibration, or exhaust gas since its operation.

Yamaman Eucalyptus Hill Line Scenery 1

Eucalyptus PASS

Japan's first face recognition boarding system

Eucalyptus PASS (Face Recognition Boarding System), the first full-scale introduction of this system in Japan, will be implemented on June 15, 2024, combining the face recognition technology provided by Panasonic Connect Co. (headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yasuyuki Higuchi) and Jorudan's payment and ticket management system "JorudanStyle Point&Pass" to perform contactless, non-face-to-face identification, ticket confirmation and boarding management, enabling seamless boarding with a single user's face.

By changing the means of payment for public transportation in the region from current tickets and magnetic tickets to cashless payment with facial recognition, we will improve the convenience of public transportation. In conjunction with the introduction of Eucalyptus PASS, ticket vending machines that previously issued magnetic tickets have been converted to QR code ticket vending machines. This allows users who are not registered for cashless payment by facial recognition to use QR code tickets.

Eucalyptus PASS (Face Recognition Boarding System) Initiatives to Date

In order to realize an efficient and favorable transportation environment that meets the needs of users, Yamaman and JORDAN started a demonstration experiment of the system using face recognition boarding on the Yamaman Community Bus (Koara Bus) on May 10, 2021, and added the service on the Yamaman Eucalyptus Hill Route on September 15, 2021, and will continue the experiment until March 2023. The experiment was conducted until March 2023 to demonstrate the development of a transportation environment (multi-modal transportation system) through the coordination of multiple transportation systems.

In the experiment, facial recognition terminals were installed at each station on the Yamaman-Eucalyptus Hill Line and in each Koara Bus vehicle to immediately confirm the identity of passersby and information on the payment and ticket management system, and to study and establish the convenience and practicality of the service for users and how it can be used as a city service.

Yamaman Eucalyptus Hill Route Scenery 2

Koara Bus

Outline of the new transportation system "Yamaman Eucalyptus Hill Line

Number of lines in operation: 1 line

Hours of operation: 4:35 - 23:47 (weekdays: Eucalyptus Hill Station)

　　　　　　4:35 - 23:15 (Weekends and holidays: Eucalyptus Hill Station)

Time required: Approx. 14 minutes per lap

Vehicles in operation: 3 trains

Fare form ：Adult (junior high school students and older): 200 yen Child (elementary school students and younger): 100 yen

Route Map

Reference: Outline of Eucalyptus Hill

The development of this new town, with a total development area of 250 hectares (planned total population of approximately 30,000), started in 1971 and is located in Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture, and is being developed by Yamaman Corporation. Aiming to create a "new environmental city where nature and urban functions are in harmony," Yamaman Corporation is developing a high-rise, multi-story development of residential and commercial buildings around Eucalyptus Hill Station on the Keisei Main Line and a flat development of single-family homes within a 10-minute walk of each station on the Yamaman Eucalyptus Hill Line, a new transportation system.

(Population as of the end of October 2024: 18,961; Number of households: 8,149)

Reference: Overview of Jordann Corporation].

Founded in December 1979, JORDAN K.K.'s management strategy is to establish itself as the "No. 1 ICT Company for Mobility" by developing and combining its software development and mobile content business, centered on transfer information, with travel business and other businesses. JORDAN's main service, the "JORIKEN GUIDE" smartphone application, has been downloaded more than 42 million times in total, supporting the "mobility" of many users. In addition, in July 2018, J MaaS KK was established to actively develop the MaaS business by inviting companies to participate in the transportation service platform.

[Reference: Overview of Panasonic Connect Corporation].

Panasonic Connect Corporation was established on April 1, 2022 as part of the Panasonic Group's transition to an operating company structure, and is an operating company that plays a central role in B2B solutions. The company has approximately 29,300 employees globally and posted sales of 1,202.8 billion yen (in fiscal year 2023). With its corporate mission of "Connecting to the future by moving society from the field," the company provides solutions that combine 100 years of manufacturing expertise with software and highly differentiated hardware to connect customers in the supply chain, public services, lifestyle infrastructure, and entertainment fields. We are committed to connecting customers in the supply chain, public services, lifestyle infrastructure, and entertainment fields, and to innovating the "workplace. We also aim to realize "Sustainability", a prosperous society and planet where people and nature can coexist in harmony, and "Well-being", where each individual can feel fulfilled, safe, secure, and happy in their lives. In addition, with the objectives of "respect for human rights" and "enhancement of corporate value," we have positioned the promotion of DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) as one of the pillars of our management strategy, and are working to reform a highly flexible corporate culture in which each individual with diverse values can vigorously demonstrate his or her abilities.

https://www.panasonic.com/jp/corporate/cns/company.html

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