Last updated: June 19, 2020 at 13:00
Notice
Although all the IKEBUS services were canceled from April 4 to prevent the infection of COVID-19, some of bus operation starts from July 1.
The schedule from August 1 will be announced on this page around the middle of July.
We appreciate your understanding.
Schedule
From July 1
Available from 11:00 to 16:00 (9 buses per day for both route A and B)
A route: 106 108 110 112 114 116 118 120 122
B route: 205 207 209 211 213 215 217 219 221
*The charter plan will be also available sequentially.
Run slowly in Ikebukuro city
Human and Eco-friendly red electric bus
With everyone’s hope
Started since November 27, 2019
About IKEBUS
IKEBUS
Preventive Measures against COVID-19
To provide customers with a safe ride.
Disinfect the seat surface
Disinfect the handrail
Disinfect parts that drivers touch 
Disinfect the fare box (touch panel)
Disinfect the buttons to get off 
Thoroughly disinfect and clean the floor inside the bus
Drivers wear face masks- Alcohol sterilization will be applied to areas where customers can touch, such as handrails.
- Drivers wear face masks so that customers can ride with peace of mind.
- Check body temperature of all our drivers when making a roll call for the management of physical health conditions.
- Drivers often wash their hands and gargle.
- An alcohol-based hand sanitizer is installed at the bus exit.
Please disinfect your hands before boarding. - Please wear a face mask inside the bus.
- Please refrain from talking loudly in the bus.
- Please be seated keeping a distance between passengers.
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2 routes
in Ikebukuro cityIKEBUS connects the city of Ikebukuro vertically and horizontally by 2 of A and B routes. The cute red bus that goes around the bustling spots in Ikebukuro. That’s IKEBUS.
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Human friendly
Eco friendlyIKEBUS is equipped with an electric lift at the rear of the vehicle for people using wheelchairs. In addition, since it is an electric bus, it does not emit exhaust gas. IKEBUS is friendly to the global environment.
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Run slowly
in Ikebukuro cityThe maximum speed of IKEBUS is 19km / h. What passes outside the window is the relaxing cityscape of Ikebukuro. Looking from IKEBUS, there may be a new discovery that has never been found before.
Specification of IKEBUS
- Passenger capacity
- 22 passengers
- Overall width
- 2,105mm
- Overall length
- 5,165mm
- Overall height
- 2,710mm
- Design
- Don Design Associates / Eiji Mitooka
- Vehicle production
- Thinktogether Co., Ltd.
Designer profile
Eiji Mitooka
Born in Okayama Prefecture in 1947. He designed many vehicles such as the Kyoto Tango Railway "KURO-MATSU / AKA-MATSU / AO-MATSU / Tango no Umi" trains and the JR Kyushu Shinkansen / Limited Express train "Seven Stars in Kyushu. Won many awards including the Brunel Award, the Mainichi Design Award, and the Kikuchi Hiroshi Award.
IKEBUS Photo Gallery
* All pictures shown are for illustration purpose only.
Fare
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1 time ticket
- Adult...
- 200yen
- Children / Elderly / Disabled
- 100yen
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1 day ticket
- Adult...
- 500yen
- Children / Elderly / Disabled
- 250yen
- ● Please pay the fare at the time of boarding.
- ● Available banknotes are only 1,000 yen bills.
Wheelchair lifts are installed at the rear of all IKEBUS. You can get on the bus dirctly from the sidewalk at ease. The wheelchair can be fixed with the bar installed at the end of the bus while in the bus.
Operation route
routemap
Timetable
Last updated: June 19, 2020 at 13:00
Notice
Although all the IKEBUS services were canceled from April 4 to prevent the infection of COVID-19, some of bus operation starts from July 1.
The schedule from August 1 will be announced on this page around the middle of July.
We appreciate your understanding.
Schedule
From July 1
Available from 11:00 to 16:00 (9 buses per day for both route A and B)
A route: 106 108 110 112 114 116 118 120 122
B route: 205 207 209 211 213 215 217 219 221
*The charter plan will be also available sequentially.
* Japanese only. Please contact the customer center if you need English support.
To customers using wheelchairs and strollers
