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Hachinohe Living Guide
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Hachinohe CityVOL.3

Transportation: Bus〈How to Ride the Bus〉
① Getting on a bus

Enter the bus from the centralentrance.
*When riding a Towada Tour Bus, please
enter the bus from the front door.

Take one boarding ticket from thebox near the entrance (Pay onexit.)(A numbered boarding ticket)② Getting off a bus
You can find an indicator at
the front side of the bus.

When the driverannounces your stop, push
one of the buttons near
your seat.

Your fare is shown under
the number that matchesthe number on yourboarding ticket.

Put your fare in the farebox next to the driver’s
seat together with yourboarding ticket.

Exit from the front of thebus.

(1 yen and 5 yen coins arenot available.)

Bus fare（Within Hachinohe 170 yen ～ 320yen）
Adult (Junior high school students and older）
Full fare（displayed on the lit-up board）
Children up to the age of 12 (Elementary students)
Half priceChildren from 1 to 5 years old
Half price
Babies under a year oldFree*Up to two children under the age of 6 may travel with an adult for free.
There is a change maker in the bus which does not accept two-thousand bills.
There are three bus services in Hachinohe: Hachinohe City Bus, Nanbu Bus and Towada Kanko Dentetsu Bus. The
system of the three buses are the same.

〈To pay with Hachica (IC card) 〉① While getting on/off the bus

Enter the bus from the central
entrance. Tap your Hachica
against the machine shown inthe picture.
You do NOT need to take aboarding ticket while using theHachica.

When getting off the bus, tap yourHachica again against the machinenext to the bus driver. You can getoff the bus from front door
afterwards.

To use your Hachica, you needto charge money to your card
before-hand.
You can charge your card at thelocations shown below withthe “★” marks.

② Charge your Hachica in a bus.

Please ask the bus driverto charge your Hachica.

Place your Hachica on themachine next to the busdriver.

Put the amount of cash you
would like to charge toyour Hachica into themachine.
*There will be NO change.

Charge is completed!

You can use Hachica to ride Hachinohe City Bus and Nanbu Bus. (You can NOT use Hachica to ride Towada Kanko
Dentetsu Bus.)
You can buy a Hachica with an initial cost of 1000 yen. (500 yen will be automatically charged to yourHachica, and the other 500 yen will be paid back after you have returned your Hachica.)
While charging your Hachica, you can only charge the amount between 1000 yen to 20000 yen. (20000 yen will bethe maximum value for Hachica.)★ Locations you can buy a Hachica & charge your Hachica-Hachinohe Portal Museum Hacchi (Mikka-machi Hachinohe)
Open Time: 9：00～20：30
Regular closing day: Second Tuesday of each month-Hachinohe General Kanko Plaza (JR Hachinohe station 2nd Floor)
Open Time: 9：00～18：30,
Regular closing day: December 31st-Hachinohe City Bus Asahigaoka Business OfficeOpen Time: Regular days 8：15～18：00,
Weekends/Holidays 9：00～13：00/14：00～16：45-Lapia Information Center
Open Time: 10：00～20：30-Nanbu Bus Hachinohe/Gonohe/Sannohe Business OfficeOpen Time: 8：30～17：00-Nanbu Bus Lapia Travel Counter
Open Time: 9：00～17：00※You can also charge your Hachica at Convenience stores and Ticket machines in JR Hachinohe station.
You can earn points when you pay bus fares with Hachica. The ratio of points will be 3% of the bus fares. (The ratio
will be 12% for Youth Hachica users, which is available for junior high school students to age 22.)
Accumulated points can only be used to pay fares for Hachinohe City Bus and Nanbu Bus.
If you have a Hachica, you can also purchase a one-day pass on the bus. (800 yen for within Hachinohe City, 1600
yen for within Hachinohe Area.)
Please ask the bus driver to purchase the pass when getting off.
You can check further information of the Hachica at its home page shown below.
https://www.city.hachinohe.aomori.jp/section/hachica

〈Loop Line Bus〉
There are some loop bus routes: A loop line between central Hachinohe and suburban shopping malls, a line thatcirculates around central Hachinohe, and a line between central Hachinohe and Hasshoku Center.
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City Loop Line (Hachinohe City Bus)Bus ServiceRouteEveryday
Muika-machi → Honhachinohe Station → Symphony Plaza →Pia-Do ItoYokado → Lapia → Muika-machi (Tsuitachi-machi)

Number of Buses Running 16 per day
Travel Time
About 30 min.
9:20- 15:10: At an interval of every 35 minutes
15:45- 18:25: At an interval of every 40 minutes
Fare
Adult 170 yen, Child 90 yen2)

Shuttle Bus connecting Hasshoku Center & central Hachinohe (Nanbu Bus)Bus Service Everyday (except January 1st)Route
Muika-machi → Shin ara-machi → Naifunato → Shimonaga → Hasshoku center (Round trip)
Number of Buses Running
8 times per day for each route
Travel Time
About 20 minutes
Time Table
http://www.nanbubus.co.jp/pdf/routebus/timetable/hasyoku/hasyoku200.pdf
Fare170 yen – 200 yen3)

Shuttle Bus connecting Hashoku Center & Hachinohe Station (Nanbu Bus)Bus Service
Route

Everyday (except January 1st )Hachinohe Station → Ichibancho → Oroshi Center Dori → Hasshoku Center (Round trip)

The Number of Buses Running
10 times per day for each route
Traveling time About 12 minutes
Time table http://www.nanbubus.co.jp/pdf/routebus/timetable/hasyoku/hasyoku100.pdf
Fare 100 yen4)

Shuttle Bus connects between central Hachinohe & Sunday Morning Markets- “Isaba” (Hahcinohe City Bus)Bus Service

Sundays (from early April to late December)

RouteFrom central Hachinohe:
Jyusannichi-machi→ Mikka-machi→ Youka-machi→ Sakae-machi→ Yanagi-machi→ Tatehana Gyokou-mae
From market area:Tatehana Gyokou-mae→ Gyokou Dori→ Mutsu minato Station→ Yanagi-machi→ Sakae-machi→ Tsuitachi-machi→ Jyusannichi-machi

Number of Buses Running 4 times per day for each route
Traveling Time From central Hachinohe: about 15 min.
From market area: about 20min.
Time TableFare5)

http://www.city.hachinohe.aomori.jp/section/bus/onecoin_isabagou.html
Adult 100yen, Child 50 yen

Shuttle Bus to Tanesashi & Kabushima Coast – “Umineko” (Hachinohe City Bus)Bus service
RouteApril to November (Everyday)
November to March (Weekends/Holidays only)
JR Hachinohe Line Same Station ⇔ Tanesashi Kaigan Station

Number of Buses Running 7 times per day for each route(Winter Service: 4 times per day)Traveling Time About 28 min.
Time Table http://www.city.hachinohe.aomori.jp/section/bus/onecoin_uminekogou.html
Fare Adult 100 yen, Child 50 yen

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