is an operator of inter-city and regional bus lines based in the
Tōhoku region
The , Northeast region, or consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. This traditional region consists of six prefectures (''ken''): Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata.
Tōhoku retains a ...
of
Japan
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. A subsidiary of the
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
(JR East) group, JR Bus Tohoku is one of eight
JR Bus
JR Bus collectively refers to the bus operations of Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies in Japan. JR Bus is operated by eight regional companies, each owned by a JR railway company. JR Bus companies provide regional, long distance, and cha ...
companies within
Japan Railways Group
The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as the or simply JR, consists of seven for-profit stock companies that took over most of the assets and operations of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Mo ...
(JR Group).
Outline
JR Bus Tohoku was established on 5 March 1988 the same as
JR Bus Kanto by splitting from JR East Bus. This bus company was actually established as JR East Bus Tohoku Branch the same as
JR East
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
was established on 1 April 1987. This firm operates routes connecting the Tohoku region to the
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
metropolitan area and cities within the region, as well as regional routes providing intra-regional service.
Offices
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Aomori
is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...
branch
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Ōminato office
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Morioka
is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 February 2021, the city had an estimated population of 290,700 in 132,719 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is .
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branch
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Kuji
is a Japanese city in Iwate Prefecture. , the city had an estimated population of 34,418 in 15,675 households, and a population density of 55 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Kuji is in far northeastern Iwate Prefect ...
office
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Ninohe office
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Akita
is a Japanese name and may refer to:
Places
* 8182 Akita, a main-belt asteroid
* Akita Castle, a Nara period fortified settlement in Akita, Japan
* Akita Domain, also known as Kubota Domain, feudal domain in Edo period Japan
* Akita, Kumamoto, ...
branch
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Sendai
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, desig ...
branch
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Fukushima
may refer to:
Japan
* Fukushima Prefecture, Japanese prefecture
** Fukushima, Fukushima, capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
***Fukushima University, national university in Japan
*** Fukushima Station (Fukushima) in Fukushima, Fukushim ...
branch
Bus routes
Below-mentioned bullet point summary are bus routes and terminus.
Highway bus
*La foret (ラ・フォーレ) (Aomori - Tokyo)
*Rakuchin (らくちん) (Morioka - Ikebukuro / Tokyo)
*Dream Chōkai (ドリーム鳥海) (Ugo-Honjō - Tokyo)
*Dream Sasanishiki(ドリームササニシキ) (Furukawa / Sendai - Tokyo)
*Masamune (政宗) (Sendai - Shinjuku)
*Abukuma (あぶくま) (Fukushima / Kōriyama - Shinjuku)
*Dream Sakuranbo (ドリームさくらんぼ) (Yamagata - Shinjuku)
*Dream Yokohama Sendai (ドリーム横浜・仙台) (Sendai - Shinagawa / Yokohama)
*Dream Fukushima Yokohama (ドリームふくしま・横浜) (Fukushima / Kōriyama - Tokyo / Yokohama)
*WE Liner (WEライナー) (Sendai - Niigata)
*Green Liner (グリーンライナー) (Sendai - Yokote / Ōmagari / Yuzawa)
*Sendai Ōdate (仙台・大館号) (Sendai - Hanawa / Ōdate)
*Senshū (仙秋) (Sendai - Akita)
*Kenji Liner (けんじライナー) (Sendai - Kitakami / Hanamaki)
*Urban (アーバン) (Sendai - Morioka)
*Umineko (うみねこ) (Sendai - Hachinohe)
*Blue City (ブルーシティ) (Sendai - Aomori)
*Super YūYū (スーパー湯～遊) (Morioka - Jhōbōji - Ninohe)
*Yodel (ヨーデル) (Morioka - Ōwani - Hirosaki)
*Sendai - Fukushima
*Sendai - Kōriyama
*Sendai - Aizu-Wakamatsu
*Sendai - Iwaki
*Sendai - Furukawa
*Sendai - Mizusawa / Esashi
*Sendai - Yonezawa
Route bus
*Fukunami Line (福浪線) (Fukushima - Kawamata)
*Hayasaka-Kōgen Line (早坂高原線) (Morioka - Iwaizumi)
*Hiraniwa-Kōgen Line (平庭高原線) (Morioka - Numakunai - Kuzumaki - Kuji)
*Numakunai Line (沼宮内線) (Kuzumaki - Arasawaguchi)
*Ninohe Line (二戸線) (Ninohe - Jhōbōji)
*Karumai Line (軽米線) (Ninohe - Karumai)
*Kozuya Line (小鳥谷線) (Ninohe - Ichinohe - Kozuya - Kuzumaki)
*East Towada Line (十和田東線) (Hachinohe - Lake Towada)
*North Towada Line (十和田北線) (Aomori - Lake Towada)
*Yokouchi Line (横内線) (Aomori - Yokouchi - Moya)
*Aomori Airport Line (青森空港線) (Aomori - Aomori Airport)
*Shimokita Line(下北線) (Tanabu - Ōminato - Kawauchi - Wakinosawa)
Reference
External links
Bus companies of Japan
Companies based in Miyagi Prefecture
Japanese companies established in 1988
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