List of bus operating companies in Japan

Operators are listed from north to south by prefecture of its headquarters.

The list also excludes community bus (コミュニティバス, komyunitī basu) lines.

It refers to feeder bus transits with usually smaller vehicles, operated by municipalities.

Trolleybuses and guided buses are listed in the List of railway companies in Japan, as they are classified as railway in the country.

For the operators in Kantō and Kansai, accepted fare collection cards are indicated as below.

Akan Bus at Rausu .
Hokkaidō Chūō Bus at Sapporo .
Kushiro Bus at Kushiro Station .
Sōya Bus at Wakkanai , the northernmost bus operator in Japan.
Kōnan Bus at Kuroishi .
An Nanbu Bus Isuzu C .
Shūhoku Bus vehicle, Ōdate .
Omoe Bus Terminal, Iwate Kenpoku Bus.
"Loople Sendai", a sightseeing bus by Sendai City Bus .
Seibu Bus cars at Kusatsu -Onsen Bus Station.
Tōbu Bus, Saitama .
Sky Bus Tōkyō, Hinomaru Limousine.
Keiō Bus.
"Twin Bus", Keisei Bus .
Ōshima Bus car at Izu Ōshima Island.
Toei Bus at Tokyo Station .
A local Tōkyū Bus car interior.
Tōkyū Transsés bus at Shibuya Station .
"Twin Liner", Kanagawa Chūō Kōtsū.
Muramatsu Bus Terminal, Kanbara Tetsudō.
Hokuriku Railroad bus, Kanazawa .
A highway Gifu Bus car.
Matsumoto Dentetsu Bus cars, Mount Norikura .
Yamanashi Kōtsū bus cars, Kōfu .
A sightseeing bus by Shizutetsu Justline.
Meitetsu Bus , Nagoya .
Nagoya City Bus .
Otowa Bus Stop on Tōmei Expressway , Aichi Prefecture .
"Seishun Mega Dream", a double decker highway bus by West JR Bus.
Kintetsu Bus.
Ōsaka City Bus at Ōsaka Station .
Kyōto City Bus .
Minato Kankō Bus, Minamiawaji .
A highway Shinki Bus car.
"Gurutto Bus Nara Park Route" by Nara Kōtsū, at Nara prefectural government office.
Haibara Station Bus Stop, Nara Kōtsū.
Bus stops in Nara countryside. Mie Kōtsū, Nara Kōtsū, a community bus and a school bus stop here.
A small Ohmi Railway bus car.
Arida Railway Bus.
Hinomaru Bus car, Tottori .
A highway Ichibata Bus car.
Uno Bus car, Okayama .
A highway Hiroden Bus car, Hiroshima .
Bon-Bus.
Bus stops with bus location system, Iwakuni City Bus.
Iwakuni City Bus "Ichisuke".
Ichiba Kōtsū bus.
A highway Tokushima Bus car.
Takamatsu Station Bus Terminal, Kotoden Bus and others.
Ōkawa Bus.
A highway JR Kyūshū Bus car.
A typical local Nishitetsu Bus car, Fukuoka .
Three row seats of highway Nishitetsu Bus car.
Bus location boards at a bus stop, Kumamoto City Bus .
Iriomotejima Kōtsū Bus on Iriomote Island, the southernmost bus operator in Japan.
Ryūkyū Bus Kōtsū car at Naha Bus Terminal.