Phone 0259-57-2121
80 Kawaharada-Suwamachi, Sado Island, Niigata
URL: http://www1.sphere.ne.jp/sado-bus/ (Japanese text)

Two-day pass for fixed-route buses is now available at a cost of 2500 yen, and weekend two-day pass is just 2000 yen. These unlimited passes must be used on two consecutive days. The former comes with benefits at various facilities (please ask more detail when purchasing). The latter is applicable only on two consecutive days of weekends or national holidays. Generally, this must be Saturday and Sunday. However, if a national holiday falls on a Friday or Monday, the pass may be used on two consecutive days including the national holiday. For example, Friday and Saturday or Sunday and Monday (including the national holiday) would be acceptable. This offer ends February 28, 2011. One-day pass is also available from July 17, 2010 to August 31, 2010 at a cost of 1500 yen. Ticketing is available as much as 7 days in advance. No partial refunds are available. For a copy of English timetable for fixed-route buses, please stop by tourist information offices. We also offer special sightseeing buses that will comfortably take you to select spots. Seats are available every day until fully booked, or you may want to make reservations. Please call for rates, routes, and schedules. We have offices located in Ryotsu Port, Ogi Port, Sawata, and Aikawa.  Bikes are also  available for rent at our Aikawa office.  

Also see  Bike Rentals.   Dashed lines indicate Hop-on Hop-off zones.  

Bus lines are identified by number. 

Each bus displays a sign behind the windshield indicating its line number with a capital letter of the destination. (e.g. 2S means the bus is bound for Sawata on Line #2, Minamisen line. 

1: Honsen Line

Ryotsu - Kanai - Sawata - Aikawa

2: Minamisen Line

Ryotsu - Niibo - Hatano - Mano - Sawata

3: Higashi-kaigan Line

Ryotsu - Ogawa - Kakinoura - Oda

4 :Uchikaifu Line 

Ryotsu - Washizaki - Futatsugame - Onogame - Iwayaguchi

6: Nanaura-kaigan Line

Sawata - Futami - Aikawa - (the Sado Goldmine) - Aikawa

  *Services from Aikawa to Aikawa is a one-way regional  loop service. 

  *Services via the Sado Goldmine may be seasonal. 

7: Maehama Line

Ogi - Akadomari - Oda

8: Watatsu Line

Ogi - Ichinomiya - Kami-kawamo

9: Kaifu Line

Aikawa - Senkakuwan - Iwayaguchi

10: Ogi Line

Sawata - Mano - Ichinomiya - Ogi

11: Shukunegi Line

Ogi - Shukunegi - Sawasaki

13: Kuninaka Line

Sawata - Kanai - Niibo - Hatano - Kanai - Sawata

16: Akadomari Line

Sawata - Mano - Akadomari - Ogi

14: Iwakubui Line

Sawata - Kanai - Hatano - Oda - Kakinoura

17: Kanamaru Line

Sawata - Kanamaru - Mano

* This is a loop line.

23: Sobama Line   

Ogi - Sobama 

*Seasonal Service