Convenient Bus Ride Hop-on Hop-off Zone
Dashed lines are “Hop-on Hop-off Zones, where you can catch a bus anywhere in the zones.
Hop-on Hop-off is not available in the solid colored lines; buses stop only at regular bus stops.
* Bus fares are calculated based on the distance traveled for each trip.
* No transfer ticket is provided.
How to Use Hop-on Hop-off Buses?
1. Raise your hand so that the bus driver can easily recognize you. (Do so at a safe location and avoid blind corners, intersections, steep slopes or other areas at which it may cause traffic disruption.)
Use a regular bus stop where Hop-on Hop-off is not available (indicated in the solid colored lines).
2. Get on from the rear door.
3. Take a numbered ticket from the dispenser, or tap your card or smartphone that bears the EMV Contactless Symbol when boarding. This ticket will be used to calculate your bus fare when you get off. No ticket is issued at the starting point of the route.
4. Notify the driver approx. 100m before your destination or,
5. Press the stop button where Hop-on Hop-off is not available.
6. Find your bus fare by matching your numbered ticket with the fare table on the bus. No-ticket passenger: check the “なし” (no-ticket) box.
Cash (single ride): pay the fare in cash when getting off the bus. Cash is accepted on all buses. Please have small change (coins) or a ¥1,000 bill ready. Large bills (¥2,000, ¥5,000, ¥10,000) not accepted.
Tap-to Pay users: tap again on the reader next to the driver when you get off. The same card/smartphone may be used for multiple passengers — please inform the driver when getting off the bus.
Pass holders (paper or digital): show your valid pass to the driver.
Fares are distance based: ¥260 – ¥860 per trip.
No transfers are not available.
Bus drivers may not speak English.
