Asia · Osaka and across Japan · G043

Caring Ticket

Hours of help for older people, saved for later or sent to family.

Back of Caring Ticket: the Fureai Kippu (caring relationship tickets) tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #15 — Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #15, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Caring Ticket: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #15 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe — Security Edition · front

Security Edition back of Caring Ticket: a color medallion of Noun #15 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story — Security Edition · back

v2 front SVG ↓ v2 back SVG ↓

The tradition · since 1995

Fureai Kippu (caring relationship tickets)

Fureai Kippu, a Japanese time-credit scheme since 1995, lets volunteers earn credits helping older people and save or transfer them; it grew from an Osaka volunteer labour bank begun in 1973.

Source: Japan's Fureai Kippu Time-banking in Elderly Care (International Journal of Community Currency Research) ↗

How a note would work

Visits are earned by helping older neighbours with shopping, housework or company and can be saved for your own care or passed to a relative. They are never bought or cashed out.

Design concept inspired by this tradition, not issued by or for the people who keep it. Not legal tender, not for sale, no cash value, no redemption and no investment rights.

Front SVG ↓ Back SVG ↓ Machine edition

PlaceOsaka and across Japan
Erasince 1995
RegionAsia
UnitVisit · Visits
Face value1 Visit
SerialGB-G043-N0015
NounActual Noun #15 ↗
Why this NounCaring for older people often starts with a pill organiser, so the pill suits a scheme built on care.
Headpill
Glassessquare magenta
Bodygold
Accessorytxt dope text
Seedbg 0 · body 9 · acc 110 · head 155 · glasses 12