On May 27, 10 stations between Hirosaki and Aomori on the JR East Ou Main Line became IC card "Suica" compatible ticket gates.

There are 10 stations in the Aomori area that serve watermelons: Hirosaki, Naijoshi, Kawabe, Kita Tokiwa, Namioka, Daishaka, Tsurugasaka, Tsugaru Shinshiro, Shin-Aomori, and Aomori. In addition to the Aomori area, from the same day, 35 stations on 6 lines in the Morioka and Akita areas also became compatible with Suica.

Hirosaki, Aomori, and Shin-Aomori installed IC compatible automatic ticket gates, and 7 stations without automatic ticket gates, Nadeushiko, Kawabe, Kita Tokiwa, Namioka, Daishaka, Tsurugasaka, and Tsugaru Shinshiro, installed "simple watermelon ticket gates."

The service will start from the first train on the same day. At the commemorative ceremony held from 9:00, Yukiko Yoshida of the East Japan Railway Company's Akita branch office said, "In February of this year, a transportation IC card called 'Megoika' started in the Tsugaru area, and it would be great if we could cooperate and contribute to the local economy. ’ he greeted.