List of ferry operators in Japan lists car

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. The list includes companies operating now. It also lists foreign operators that have international car ferry lines to Japan. English names might be tentative.

International

China

*China Express Line (Yānjīng ) *China Japan International Ferry (Xīnjiànzhēn ) *Tianjin Jīn-Shén Ferry (Yānjīng )

Japan

*Camellia Line *Shanghai Ferry *SHK Line Group **Kampu Ferry **Suzhou Shimonoseki Ferry *::Freight only. Plans to operate a passenger service as well.

Korea, South

*PanStar Ferry 팬스타페리 *Pukwan Ferry 부관페리

Russia

Sakhalin Shipping Company Sakhalin Shipping Company (SASCO) (russian: Сахалинское морское пароходство) is a Russian shipping company. Headquartered in Kholmsk, on Sakhalin Island's west coast, the company was created in 1945, and privatized in ...

(SASCO) Сахалинское морское пароходство

Inter-regional

*A" Line *Marix Line *Miyazaki Car Ferry *

MOL Group MOL Plc. ( hu, Magyar OLaj- és Gázipari Részvénytársaság, lit=Hungarian Oil and Gas Public Limited Company), also commonly known as MOL Group, is a Hungarian multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. Members of ...

**MOL Ferry **Meimon Taiyō Ferry **Ferry Sunflower *SHK Line Group **Hankyū Ferry **Shin Nihonkai Ferry **Ocean Trans *

Taiheiyō Ferry The is a privately-owned cruiseferry operator connecting Nagoya, Sendai, and Tomakomai in Japan. It is a subsidiary of the Nagoya-based Meitetsu Group, a group of companies that focuses primarily on rail transport in the Chūkyō metropolitan ...

Hokkaidō is Japan, Japan's Japanese archipelago, second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost Prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own List of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; th ...

*Haboro Enkai Ferry *Heart Land Ferry

Hokkaidō is Japan, Japan's Japanese archipelago, second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost Prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own List of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; th ...
— Tōhoku

Tsugaru Kaikyō Ferry The is a privately owned ferry service crossing the Tsugaru Strait, which separates Hokkaido from Honshu. The ferries run two routes: Hakodate to Aomori and Hakodate to Ōma. Routes Hakodate—Aomori This route links the Port of Hakodate ...

*Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen (Silver Ferry ) *Kitanihon Kaiun (Seikan Ferry ) *Kyōei Unyu (Seikan Ferry )

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 reta ...

*Ajishima Line *Mutsuwan Ferry *Ōshima Kisen

Kantō region The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa. Sl ...

* Tōkyō-Wan Ferry

Chūbu region The , Central region, or is a region in the middle of Honshū, Japan's main island. In a wide, classical definition, it encompasses nine prefectures (''ken''): Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, and ...

* Isewan Ferry *Meitetsu Kaijō Kankōsen *Sado Steam Ship *S-Pulse Dream Ferry (Surugawan Ferry )

Kansai region The or the , lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropoli ...

*Nankai Ferry

Chūgoku region The , also known as the region, is the westernmost region of Honshū, the largest island of Japan. It consists of the prefectures of Hiroshima, Okayama, Shimane, Tottori, and Yamaguchi. In 2010, it had a population of 7,563,428. History ''Ch ...

*Oki Kisen

Inland Sea

*Habu Shōsen *Ishizaki Kisen **Nakajima Kisen *Jumbo Ferry *Kyōwa Kisen *

Miyajima Matsudai Kisen is a Japanese ferry company based in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. Miyajima Matsudai Kisen operates the ferries between Miyajimaguchi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima and Miyajima (Itsukushima). Between Miyajima-guchi and Miyajima, it operates touris ...

*Ōmishima Ferry *Ōsaki Kisen *Ryōbi Holdings (Ryōbi Ferry ) **Kokusai Ferry **Setouchi Kankō Kisen *Sankō Kisen *Setonaikai Kisen **Akitsu Ferry **Bōyo Kisen **Suō Ōshima Matsuyama Ferry *Shikoku Ferry **Shōdoshima Kyūkō Ferry *Shikoku Kaihatsu Ferry (Shikoku Orange Ferry ) *Shikoku Kisen *Shimanami Ferry *Shiyūjima Kaiun *JR West Miyajima Ferry (

JR Miyajima Ferry is the ferry route between Miyajimaguchi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima and Miyajima (Itsukushima). JR Miyajima Ferries are operated by , a wholly owned subsidiary of West Japan Railway Company (JR West). There are three ferries called the ''Miyaji ...

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Chūgoku —
Kyūshū is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surround ...

*Suōnada Ferry

Shikoku is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is long and between wide. It has a population of 3.8 million (, 3.1%). It is south of Honshu and northeast of Kyushu. Shikoku's ancient names include ''Iyo-no-futana-shima'' (), '' ...
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Kyūshū is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surround ...

*Matsuyama Kokura Ferry *Kokudō Kyūshi Ferry *Kyūshi Orange Ferry *Sukumo Ferry *Uwajima Unyu

Kyūshū region

*Amami Kaiun *Ariake Ferry *Cosmo Line *Iwasaki Group **Kagoshima Shōsen **Kashō Kaiun **Tarumi Ferry * Kagoshima City Shipping Department (

Sakurajima Ferry The is Japanese ferry which links between Kagoshima Port and Sakurajima Port, both in Kagoshima prefecture. It is administered by Kagoshima City Ship Department. Overview In 1914, the eruption of Mt. Sakurajima affected the islands inhabita ...

) *Kumamoto Ferry *Kyūshū Shōsen **Koshikijima Shōsen *Kyūshū Yūsen * Mishima Village Ferry (Ferry Mishima ) *Nomo Shōsen *Orita Kisen * Setouchi Town Ferry (Ferry Kakeroma ) *

Shimabara Railway ( for short) is a third-sector railway company in Nagasaki, Japan. Shimabara Railway also operates buses, taxis and passenger ferries; as well as other non-transport ventures. Nagasaki Prefecture and Cities in Shimabara area came to hold stoc ...

(Shimatetsu Ferry ) * Toshima Village Ferry (Ferry Toshima )

Okinawa is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 Square kilometre, km2 (880 sq mi). ...

* Aguni Village Ferry *Anei Kankō *Daitō Kaiun *Fukuyama Kaiun *Hateruma Kaiun * Ie Village Ferry *

Iheya is a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It encompasses the island of Iheya. As of October 2016, the village has an estimated population of 1,214 and the density of 56 persons per km². The total area is 21.72&nbs ...

Village Ferry *Ishigaki Dream Tours * Izena Village Ferry *Kamiya Kankō *Katsuren Kaiun *Kudaka Kaiun *Kume Line *Tarama Kaiun * Tokashiki Village Ferry *Yaeyama Kankō Ferry *

Zamami is a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The village consists of more than 20 islands approximately west of the prefectural capital of Naha. As of February 2013 the village had a population of 913 and a population ...

Village Ferry

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Ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water ta ...