List of bus operating companies in Japan

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Template:Short description List of bus operating companies in Japan lists Japanese bus operators. The list includes companies operating now. Operators are listed from north to south by prefecture of its headquarters.

The list includes transit buses, highway buses, or sightseeing buses. Operators of lines not open to passers-by, such as charter only companies, or schools operating school buses are not listed.

The list also excludes Script error: No such module "Nihongo". lines. It refers to feeder bus transits with usually smaller vehicles, operated by municipalities. See ja:日本のコミュニティバス一覧 for the list. "Normal" municipal bus transits (kōei basu Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., such as Toei Bus of Tōkyō) are listed here.

Trolleybuses and guided buses are listed in the List of railway companies in Japan, as they are classified as railway in the country.

For the operators in Kantō and Kansai, accepted fare collection cards are indicated as below. Other operators may accept different cards.

C : Operators currently accepting magnetic Common Bus Card.
PA : Operators currently accepting smart card PASMO.
S : Operators currently accepting magnetic Surutto Kansai.
Pi : Operators currently accepting smart card PiTaPa.

English names might be tentative.

Hokkaidō

File:Akan bus Ku200F 0039.JPG
Akan Bus at Rausu.
File:Chūō bus S022F 3105.JPG
Hokkaidō Chūō Bus at Sapporo.
File:Kushiro bus 釧路200 か 229.jpg
Kushiro Bus at Kushiro Station.
File:SOUYA Bus regular route.JPG
Sōya Bus at Wakkanai, the northernmost bus operator in Japan.
The northernmost operator.

Tōhoku region

File:Kōnan bus Aomori200F 0250.JPG
Kōnan Bus at Kuroishi.
File:Nanbu Bus K-CJM500 No.527.jpg
An Nanbu Bus Isuzu C.
File:Shuhoku-bus Odate-Hayaguchi.jpg
Shūhoku Bus vehicle, Ōdate.
File:Kenpoku-Omoe.jpg
Omoe Bus Terminal, Iwate Kenpoku Bus.
File:Loople Sendai.jpg
"Loople Sendai", a sightseeing bus by Sendai City Bus.

Aomori Prefecture

Akita Prefecture

Iwate Prefecture

Miyagi Prefecture

Yamagata Prefecture

Fukushima Prefecture

Kantō region

File:Kusatsu-Onsen Bus Station.jpg
Seibu Bus cars at Kusatsu-Onsen Bus Station.
File:Tobu Bus West 9803.jpg
Tōbu Bus, Saitama.
File:Sky Bus Tokyo.jpg
Sky Bus Tōkyō, Hinomaru Limousine.
File:Keio Bus J315.jpg
Keiō Bus.
File:Keiseibus-twinbus-20071013.jpg
"Twin Bus", Keisei Bus.
File:Oshima Bus RM.jpg
Ōshima Bus car at Izu Ōshima Island.
File:Toei Bus.jpg
Toei Bus at Tokyo Station.
File:Tokyubus-meguro8703-interior-20070614.jpg
A local Tōkyū Bus car interior.
File:Tokyu Transses SI7811.jpg
Tōkyū Transsés bus at Shibuya Station.
File:Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu Twin Liner.jpg
"Twin Liner", Kanagawa Chūō Kōtsū.

Ibaraki Prefecture

Tochigi Prefecture

Gunma Prefecture

Saitama Prefecture

Chiba Prefecture

Tokyo Metropolis

Sightseeing buses only.

Kanagawa Prefecture

Chūbu region

File:Muramatsu Bus Terminal.jpg
Muramatsu Bus Terminal, Kanbara Tetsudō.
File:Hokutetsu Bus 14-641.jpg
Hokuriku Railroad bus, Kanazawa.
File:Gifu Bus P-MS729S.jpg
A highway Gifu Bus car.
File:Matsumoto dentetsu Norikuradake shuttle-bus P8128212.jpg
Matsumoto Dentetsu Bus cars, Mount Norikura.
File:Yamanashi Kotsu.jpg
Yamanashi Kōtsū bus cars, Kōfu.
File:ShizutetsuJustline Takechiyokun.jpg
A sightseeing bus by Shizutetsu Justline.
File:Meitetsu Bus PJ-MP37JM 1.jpg
Meitetsu Bus, Nagoya.
File:Nagoya City Bus N-302.jpg
Nagoya City Bus.
File:Otowa Bus Stop.jpg
Otowa Bus Stop on Tōmei Expressway, Aichi Prefecture.

Niigata Prefecture

Toyama Prefecture

Ishikawa Prefecture

Fukui Prefecture

Gifu Prefecture

Nagano Prefecture

Yamanashi Prefecture

Shizuoka Prefecture

Aichi Prefecture

Mie Prefecture

Kansai region

File:West JR Bus Seishun Mega Dream.jpg
"Seishun Mega Dream", a double decker highway bus by West JR Bus.
File:Kintetsu Local Bus.jpg
Kintetsu Bus.
File:Osaka City Bus.jpg
Ōsaka City Bus at Ōsaka Station.
File:Kyoto City Bus 200 Ka 1519.jpg
Kyōto City Bus.
File:AWAJI-MINATOKANKOBUS.JPG
Minato Kankō Bus, Minamiawaji.
File:Shinki Bus 295.jpg
A highway Shinki Bus car.
File:Gurutto Bus of Nara Kotsu.jpg
"Gurutto Bus Nara Park Route" by Nara Kōtsū, at Nara prefectural government office.
File:Haibara Station Bus Stop.jpg
Haibara Station Bus Stop, Nara Kōtsū.
File:Kake Nishiguchi Bus Stop.jpg
Bus stops in Nara countryside. Mie Kōtsū, Nara Kōtsū, a community bus and a school bus stop here.
File:OHMI Railway Bus 0081.jpg
A small Ohmi Railway bus car.
File:Arita Railway Bus.jpg
Arida Railway Bus.

Ōsaka Prefecture

Kyōto Prefecture

Hyōgo Prefecture

These two are unrelated.

Nara Prefecture

Shiga Prefecture

Wakayama Prefecture

Chūgoku region

File:Hinomaru Bus 1231.jpg
Hinomaru Bus car, Tottori.
File:KL-MU612TX-Ichibata-3464.jpg
A highway Ichibata Bus car.
File:Uno Bus.jpg
Uno Bus car, Okayama.
File:Hiroden Bus 626.jpg
A highway Hiroden Bus car, Hiroshima.
File:Bon-Bus.jpg
Bon-Bus.
File:Iwakuni City Bus bus stop.jpg
Bus stops with bus location system, Iwakuni City Bus.
File:Iwakuni City Bus Ichisuke.jpg
Iwakuni City Bus "Ichisuke".

Tottori Prefecture

Shimane Prefecture

Okayama Prefecture

Hiroshima Prefecture

Yamaguchi Prefecture

Shikoku region

File:Ichiba Kotsu Bus.jpg
Ichiba Kōtsū bus.
File:Tokushimabus-eddy-20070809.jpg
A highway Tokushima Bus car.
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Takamatsu Station Bus Terminal, Kotoden Bus and others.
File:Okawa Bus.jpg
Ōkawa Bus.

Tokushima Prefecture

Kagawa Prefecture

The smallest operator in Japan, with 2 buses.

Ehime Prefecture

Kōchi Prefecture

Kyūshū region

File:JR Kyushu Bus Kagoshima.jpg
A highway JR Kyūshū Bus car.
File:Nishitetsu Bus 9369-01.jpg
A typical local Nishitetsu Bus car, Fukuoka.
File:Nishitetsu Highway Bus Interior.jpg
Three row seats of highway Nishitetsu Bus car.
File:Bus-Location-Board Kumamoto.jpg
Bus location boards at a bus stop, Kumamoto City Bus.
File:Iriomotejima Kotsu Bus.jpg
Iriomotejima Kōtsū Bus on Iriomote Island, the southernmost bus operator in Japan.
File:Ryukyu-Bus-3E.jpg
Ryūkyū Bus Kōtsū car at Naha Bus Terminal.

Fukuoka Prefecture

Nishitetsu Bus is the largest operator in Japan. It owns the fleet of 2,083 buses, or 3,100 by the entire group.

Saga Prefecture

Nagasaki Prefecture

Kumamoto Prefecture

Ōita Prefecture

Miyazaki Prefecture

Kagoshima Prefecture

Okinawa Prefecture

The southernmost operator.

See also

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