The is a group of companies centered around the

Odakyu Electric Railway , commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its '' Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone. The Odakyu Electric Railway Company f ...

company based in

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, Japan. The group originated as a

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operator, but has since diversified its operations to include real estate, retail, B2B,

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( credit card), fiber optic networking, personal storage, travel sales, and bus services. It also owns several recreational facilities, including a golf course, campground, hot springs resort, and sailing resort, all of which are situated to bring more passengers onto the core business, the railway network. As of July 14, 2017, the group comprises 101 companies. All are separate companies and retain their own branding and logos, albeit with coordination among group companies and cross ownership. Not all member companies use the name Odakyu, though many do.

Transport

The railway network of the group includes the three lines of the Odakyu Electric Railway, the

Enoshima Electric Railway is a private railway operator in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa, Japan. Its sole line, the Enoshima Dentetsu Line, connects Kamakura Station in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura with Fujisawa Station in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Fujisawa. Both the company ...

, and the

Hakone Tozan Railway is a transportation company headquartered in Odawara, Japan and is a part of the Odakyu Group. It is best known for its operation of the Hakone Tozan Line, the first mountain railway in Japan. Like most Japanese railway companies, it also operate ...

companies. It operates the

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. Odakyu, like many railway companies in Japan, also operates an extensive set of feeder buses all throughout the line that complement city bus services, as well as limited long distance bus services. They include 16 brands, major ones are Kanachu Bus (Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu, 神奈中バス・神奈川中央交通), Odakyu Bus (小田急バス), Tachikawa Bus (立川バス), Enoden Bus (江ノ電バス), Odakyu Hakone Highway Bus (小田急箱根高速バス), Hakone Tozan Bus (箱根登山バス), Tokai Bus(東海バス). serving Tokyo ( Tama),

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and

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areas. Other group operations include taxi and

tourist boats.

Retail

The Odakyu Group member companies runs a large variety of retail. Large department stores by

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, Machida and Fujisawa stations, called ''Odakyu Hyakkaten''. It also runs a chain of supermarkets called ''Odakyu OX'' across west Tokyo and

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, as well as a chain of

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(Odakyu Mart) and kiosk outlets (OX Shop) found in various Odakyu line stations, of which maintain the ''OX'' brand logos. The group member companies even consist of other areas such as affiliated florists and auto dealerships.

Hospitality and Real Estate

Odakyu Group includes hotels, resorts (Odakyu Resorts 小田急リゾーツ), travel agencies, outlet malls, golf courses, and restaurants, common among large railway companies in Japan, and even residential apartment blocks. Odakyu also runs a number of large hotels, including Odakyu Southern Tower in

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, as well as others in

and

B2B services

Odakyu Engineering provides engineering services to other corporations and partners.

TSE listing

Along with Odakyu Electric Railway, Kanagawa Central Transport ''Kanachu Bus'' (神奈川中央交通株式会社) is listed on Section 1 of the

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. OER (Odakyu Electric Railway) is listed on Section 1 of

, and is a company on ''

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