Japan Charter Bus Rental — 5–50 Seats with Driver
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🚐 Van 7 · 🚌 17–22 · 🚌 26 · 🚌 44
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7-seater — Alphard / Van
from ¥11,700~
👥 1–74 🧳
Best for!
- ・Families & small groups up to 7
- ・Narita/Haneda/KIX pickup, flat per-vehicle price
- ・Spacious seats, fits 4 large suitcases
27-seat bus
from ¥48,000~/3h
👥 15–27🧳 under-floor luggage bay
Best for!
- ・Groups of 15–27: company, weddings, big families
- ・No jump seats needed — everyone sits comfortably
- ・WiFi · USB · microphone for your guide
45-seat bus
from ¥56,000~/3h
👥 28–45🧳 under-floor luggage bay
Best for!
- ・Large groups of 28–45: conferences, company trips
- ・Lots of luggage — big under-floor bay
- ・WiFi · USB · microphone for your guide
📋 Details & compare bus sizes▾
| Medium Bus 26 seats | Large Bus 44 seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Price from (3h · 50 km) | ¥48,000〜 | ¥56,000〜 |
| Passengers | 29 seats | 45 seats |
| Fold-down aisle seats | No | +8 |
| Vehicle length | ~9 m | ~12 m |
| Luggage compartment | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Large suitcases | 🧳 ~20 | 🧳 ~40 |
| Expressway toll class | 大型車 | 特大車 |
| Amenities | WiFi · USB · AC · Microphone | WiFi · Toilet · TV · AC |
💡 Tolls are charged by vehicle class, not rental price: a bus with 30+ seats counts as 特大車 (extra-large) and pays noticeably more per toll gate.
Includes driver & fuel; tolls and parking billed separately. Final price confirmed by quote.
🚌 Under Japanese law, charter buses always come with a professional driver — self-drive bus rental does not exist.
What are you chartering for?
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school trips & excursions in Japan
🏢company trips, offsites & training in Japan
💐Wedding shuttle bus in Japan
🏐sports camps & club training trips
🎿the ski resorts
🍻parties & year-end dinners
⛳golf trips in Japan
🎆Japan's fireworks festivals
🍓fruit picking
🏖️beach days
🏭factory and company visits in Japan
🌄One-day charter bus trips
🧸nurseries, kindergartens and children's groups
🎺music camps, bands and orchestra tours
📊corporate training and offsite programmes
🕊️funerals and memorial services
🎬film crews, photo shoots and production units
Before you ask the price
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Weddings & family events
Move guests between venue, reception and hotel on time — one 26-seater covers it, nobody hunts for a taxi.
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Corporate & MICE
Groups of 15–45, multi-stop itineraries, company invoicing — every extra fee quoted upfront so finance signs off once.
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Airport transfers
Narita, Haneda, KIX, New Chitose — flat rates listed, driver tracks your landing time, no charge for flight delays.
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School & student groups
Green-plate licensed coaches with full passenger insurance — the paperwork schools actually require.
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✅ The SAME price on every route across Japan — no distance surcharge.
| Bus type | 12 hours |
|---|---|
| Medium Bus (26 seats) | ¥99,000 |
| Large Bus (44 seats) | ¥129,000 |
* Highway tolls, parking and attraction entrance fees billed separately.
💬 Prices above are indicative. Please send a request for an accurate quote.
🗺️ Multi-day journeys across Japan
3–14 days · groups of 15–45 · custom itinerary and quote
Golden Route
5–10 daysTokyo → Mt. Fuji → Kyoto → Osaka. The classic first-time-in-Japan itinerary.
- Tokyo
- →Kofu / Fuji
- →Takayama
- →Kanazawa
- →Kyoto
- →Osaka
Western Japan Route
7–14 daysKansai down to Kyushu via Hiroshima. For groups who have done Tokyo and want the less-crowded half of Japan.
- Osaka
- →Kyoto
- →Kobe
- →Hiroshima
- →Shimane
- →Yamaguchi
- →Fukuoka
Hokkaido Route
7–14 daysFlower fields in summer, snow in winter. Distances are long here — a private coach beats the train outright.
- Sapporo
- →Otaru
- →Furano
- →Biei
- →Lake Toya
- →Hakodate
🧾 What the quoted rate does not cover
Stated up front so you can budget accurately — nothing appears as a surprise on the final invoice.
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Highway tolls (ETC)
¥12,000–20,000A 45-seat coach pays the large-vehicle toll band. A Tokyo–Fuji round trip lands in this range.
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Parking (per stop / day)
¥3,000–8,000Tourist sites and hotels charge separately for large coaches; many require booking the bay ahead.
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Driver's hotel (per night)
¥8,000–12,000Only applies when the itinerary overnights away from the departure city. Dinner and breakfast are added.
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Fuel, driver, insurance
Already includedThe quoted rate already covers the vehicle, a commercially licensed driver, fuel and compulsory passenger insurance.
📈 +20% ~ +35%
High season (+20% to +35%): cherry blossom mid-March to April, autumn leaves October–November, Golden Week in early May.
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Low season: January, February, June (rainy season) and July (outside festival dates).
⏳ 2–4
For 29- and 45-seat coaches in high season (March–April, October–November), request a quote 2–4 months ahead.
緑Green number plates — why a driver is mandatory
In Japan a vehicle carrying more than 10 passengers cannot be self-driven — the law requires a commercially licensed driver and a green number plate (緑ナンバー). The green plate certifies the vehicle is registered for commercial transport, carries compulsory insurance and meets road-safety standards.
↩️ Cancellation & refunds
100%
14+ days before
Full refund.
50%
7–13 days before
50% refund.
0%
<7 days before
No refund (bus reserved).
📰 Charter Bus Guides
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How you get your price
One request, one contact, one number. You never have to ring around operators.
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1 · Send your itinerary
Date, pickup time, route, head count. Nothing to commit to, nothing to pay.
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2 · We compare for you
We price the request with licensed green-plate operators who are free that day, and pick the best option. Nothing for you to do.
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3 · Get one price
One all-in price, one contract, one number to call if anything happens on the road. Say no and that is the end of it.
🟩 In Japan, any vehicle carrying paying passengers must wear a green number plate (緑ナンバー). A white plate means the vehicle is not licensed to be paid for carrying people.
🛡️ Before you book a bus in Japan
Three things every group leader asks us — answered plainly, before you send a single yen.
🟩 Is this bus even legal?
In Japan, any vehicle carrying paying passengers must wear a green number plate (緑ナンバー). A white plate means the vehicle is not licensed to be paid for carrying people.
This is not paperwork pedantry. If a white-plate vehicle has an accident while carrying your group, the commercial passenger insurance behind a licensed operator is simply not there.
Every operator on OlaChill hands over their green plate and their charter passenger transport licence number (一般貸切旅客自動車運送事業) before they are allowed to quote. No licence, no work.
💴 Why does every company quote a different price?▾
Japanese charter fares are built from two meters running together: one for time and one for distance. Two operators can quote differently on the same trip because their garages sit at different distances from your pick-up point.
The clock does not start when you board. It starts when the bus leaves its garage and stops when it gets back. A tour you think of as eight hours is often billed as nine.
Vehicle size and season move the number too. The same route in cherry-blossom week or the November foliage peak costs more than the same Tuesday in February — there are only so many buses in Japan.
🧾 What the price covers — and what it does not▾
Included: the vehicle, the driver, fuel, and the operator's commercial passenger insurance. You do not pay these separately.
Billed on top: expressway tolls and parking. These depend on the exact roads taken on the day, so no honest operator can fix them in advance.
On trips running past midnight or across several days, the driver's meals and lodging are added — and by law a second driver may be required. We tell you this at quote time, not on the invoice.