The is a bus company within the Tobu Group which was established on 11 January 1941 in

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Overview

ASAHI Motor was established on 11 January 1941 in Tsuchiura as a company for taxis and buses. The taxi business of Tobu Railway on stations which belonged to Tobu Railway transferred to this company in 1954. The company has established its inroads bus business since 1993 as which charters buses that are used on route buses by requesting from a local government. The company received ownership of offices and vehicles of the

Tobu Railway is a Japanese commuter railway and ''keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's rail system is the second longe ...

bus department in 1994. Between 1999 and 2002, the bus company transferred a selection of offices and other vehicles from

Tobu Bus is a Japanese commuter railway and ''keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's rail system is the second longe ...

. The transfer of assets ended in 2002 when Tobu Bus spilt from Tobu Railway. ASAHI Motor discontinued its chartered bus business in 2008, at which point the business was spilt into subsidiary companies. The company owns shares of Bando Bus and other companies. Its parent company, Asahi Motor Corporation Group, owns TOHOKU KYUKO BUS, Kan-etsu Kotsu, Nikko-koutsu, Kokusai Juo Bus, KAWAGOE Motor,

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, and IBAKYU Motor.

Offices and routes

*Management and overall of affiliated and group companies head office It is located near the head office of Tobu Railway in

Oshiage Station is a railway station in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyo Metro, Tobu Railway, Toei, and Keisei Electric Railway. It is adjacent to the Tokyo Skytree complex. Lines Oshiage Station is served by the following lines. It is the ...

. *Head office It is located near

Ōbukuro Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. Line The station is served by the Tōbu Skytree Line (Tōbu Isesaki Line), and is 28.5 kilometers from th ...

on Tobu Skytree Line
Koshigaya Office
(Route buses and Chartered buses) *Kita-Koshigaya Office (Taxies)
Sugito Office
(Route buses and Chartered buses, Taxies)
Kazo Office
(Route buses and Chartered buses, Taxies)
Kuki Office
(Route buses and Chartered buses, Taxies)
Honjo Office
(Route buses and Chartered buses, Taxies)
Sakai Office
(Route buses and Taxies)
Ota Office
(Route buses and Taxies)
Shobu Office
(Route buses and Chartered buses) *Noda Office (Taxies)

Kiryu Asahi Motor Corporation

*Kiryu Office (The head office of Kiryu Asahi Motor Corporation) *Omama Office

Community buses

Entrust this company from each local government.
Tokyo

Saitama
Hanyu City Community ''Ai・Ai Bus''
Chiba

Ibaraki

Other bus routes

*TOHOKU KYUKO BUS *Kan-etsu Kotsu *Nikko-koutsu *Kokusai Juo Bus *KAWAGOE Motor *Bando BUS *IBAKYU Motor

Other bus companies of TOBU GROUP

*Tobu Bus Nikko *Tobu Bus West *Tobu Bus Central

Tohoku Kyuko Bus

The is a subsidiary company of

and belongs to Asahi Motor Corporation Group. The head office is located in Tokyo Office.

Overview

In 1962, the company was established by capital injection of

and Toya Kotsu,

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and

Fukushima Transportation is a rail and bus transportation company headquartered in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It operates the Iizaka Line rail line and an extensive bus network, which primarily serves the Nakadōri and northern section of the Hama ...

, Aizu Bus, Yamagata Kotsu. In 2002, Tohoku Kyuko Bus started to be an affiliated company of Tobu Railway because Tobu Railway received other shares.

History

*In 1962 **12 June: Establishment by capital injection of

and Toya Kotsu,

and Fukushima Transportation, Aizu Bus, Yamagata Kotsu **1 August: The company started to operate the bus routes *In 1964 Started to manage chartered buses at the Tokyo Office *In 2002 This company has belonged to Tobu Railway

Office

*Tokyo Office (Shinonome Garage) It is located head office of this company. Opened in 1962. *Sendai Office It is located near Sendai Station at 1-1-7, Motomachi, Aoba,

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, Miyagi **Sendai Garage It is located at 2, Azuma, Aoba,

, Miyagi

Highway buses

Kan-etsu Kotsu

The is a subsidiary company of Tobu Railway and belongs to Asahi Motor Corporation Group.Kan-etsu Kotsu
/ref> The head office is located in Shibukawa.

Overview

The company was established on 15 June 1953 as and has belonged to

since March 1960. It was renamed to its current name on 1 November 1972. It has been operating bus routes since 1982. Agatsuma Kanko Motor, established on 5 November 1953, and had belonged to Tobu Group from 1969 until October 2002 when it was merged into Kan-etsu Kotsu. Gunma Kanko Taxi established in 1950, belonged to Tobu Bus Group from 1957 until 2000 when it was merged. The bus company runs in the area based in the stations which belong to Jōetsu Line and

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Office

*Head office *Shibukawa Office *Agatsuma Office *Maebashi Office *Numata Office *Kamata Office **Oze-Tokura Information desk **Tsukiyono Auto Gas Stand

Highway buses

Ticket

About one diary tickets for sightseeing in Gunma

Nikko Kotsu

The is a subsidiary company of Tobu Railway. The head office is located in Nikko Office.

Overview

The company established on 25 May 1955, was transferred Akechidaira Ropeway from

on 1 April 1985. Tobu Dial Bus was merged to this company in 2008. The bus company runs in the vicinity of the Watarase Keikoku Line and the

Tobu Kinugawa Line The is a 16.2 km long Japanese railway line from Shimo-Imaichi Station to Shin-Fujiwara Station in Nikkō, Tochigi. It is owned and operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. At Shimo-Imaichi Station it connects with the Tobu ...

Office

*Nikko Office *Dial Office

Express buses

Subsidiary company

Akechidaira Ropeway

Tickets

About tickets for Nikko

Kokusai Juo Bus

is a subsidiary company of ASAHI Motor and Bando Bus and

. The head office is located in Nikko Office.

Overview

The company was established on 26 December 1957 as Kokusai Hire which was a subsidiary company of Kokusai Kogyo. Kokusai Hire was merged into Ryomo Kanko Motor in 2002, which subsequently merged Juo Motor on 1 January 2004. The new company was renamed to Kokusai Juo. Its operations are in the vicinity of the

Tobu Isesaki Line The is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway, extending from Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station in Saitama to Isesaki Station in Gunma Prefecture. The Isesaki Line can refer to the entire section between Asak ...

and the

Takasaki Line The Takasaki Line ( ja, 高崎線, ) is a Japanese railway line which connects Ōmiya Station in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture and Takasaki Station in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR Eas ...

Office

*Kumagaya Office *Isesaki Office

Bus routes

Route buses

Most bus routes are connected Higashi-Matsuyama Station and Shinrinkōen Station (Saitama) with Kumagaya Station as the result of the discontinuation of the

Tobu Kumagaya Line The was a 10.1 km single-track line operated by Tobu Railway, which ran from Kumagaya to Menuma in Saitama Prefecture between 1943 and 1983. History Construction of the line was planned during the Pacific War to provide transportation for ...

Expressway buses

KAWAGOE Motor

The is a subsidiary company of

. The head office is located in Shinrinkoen Office.

Outline

The company was established on 3 August 1933 as Kawagoe Motor LLC, and has belonged to Tobu Group since 1962. Meanwhile, KAWAGOE Motor Corporation was established on 4 August 1966. Kawagoe Motor LLC merged into KAWAGOE Motor Corporation on 1 November 1966. Operations on bus routes started on 1 April 1998. Buses serve in the vicinity of the

Tōbu Tōjō Line The is a 75.0 km suburban railway line in Japan which runs from Ikebukuro Station in Toshima, Tokyo to Yorii Station in Yorii, Saitama, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. Its official name is the , but it is referred to ...

, Tobu Ogose Line, and the

Office

*Shinrinkoen Office

Expressway buses

Bando Bus

is a subsidiary company of ASAHI Motor. The head office is located in Abiko Office.

Overview

The company was established in November 1949 by local people because routes buses ran in Imba area had belonged to Tobu Railway since February 1958 until 2003. The company has belonged to ASAHI Motor since 2003. It runs in the vicinity of the

Jōban Line The Jōban Line ( ja, 常磐線, ) is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line officially begins at Nippori Station in Arakawa, Tokyo before the line officially ends at Iwanuma Station in Iwanu ...

Office

*Abiko Office **Higahsi-Abiko Garage **Shibazaki Garage

Community buses

ABI BUS

IBAKYU Motor

The is a subsidiary company of

. The head office is located in Matsubushi Office.

Overview

The company was established as in 1950 as Uchiyama Un'yua and has been owned by the Tobu Group Company since 1963. That same year, it was renamed IBAKYU Motor. It runs in the vicinity of the

Tōbu Urban Park Line The , formally known as the , is a long railway line in Saitama and Chiba Prefectures operated by the Japanese private railway company Tobu Railway. It connects the satellite cities of Tokyo, such as Saitama, Kasukabe, Noda, Nagareyama, ...

Tobu Skytree Line The is a section of the Tobu Isesaki line operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway, extending from Asakusa Station in Tokyo to Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains from the line continue to the Tokyo ...

, and the

Utsunomiya Line The Utsunomiya Line ( ja, 宇都宮線, ) is the name given to a 163.5 kilometer section of the Tōhoku Main Line between Tokyo Station in Tokyo and Kuroiso Station in Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan. It is part of the East Japan Railway Company ...

Office

*Matsubushi Office *Noda Office *koga Office *Iwai Garage *Kita-Moro Garage *Noda-Umesato Jutaku Turnroad

References

External links

Official Website
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Overview

Offices and routes

Kiryu Asahi Motor Corporation

Community buses

Other bus routes

Other bus companies of TOBU GROUP

Tohoku Kyuko Bus

Overview

History

Office

Highway buses

Kan-etsu Kotsu

Overview

Office

Highway buses

Ticket

Nikko Kotsu

Overview

Office

Express buses

Subsidiary company

Tickets

Kokusai Juo Bus

Overview

Office

Bus routes

Route buses

Expressway buses

KAWAGOE Motor

Outline

Office

Expressway buses

Bando Bus

Overview

Office

Community buses

IBAKYU Motor

Overview

Office

See also

References

External links