Overview about Transportation in Japan

In Japan, public transportation is flourished especially in big cities.

In the provinces or rural areas, you will see the less convenience compared to city area.

Major transportations in big cities (Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, etc.) :

• Subway

• Trains

• Bus

• Taxi

Major transportations in provinces and rural areas:

• Trains

• Bus

• Taxi

  
  

Big difference in rural area is frequency of transportation.

it is common in rural area that Trains/bus comes once in a hour, or once in a day.

If you plan to visit rural area, it is strongly suggested to check schedule of transportation. For Train and bus, timetable is displayed at the station.

You can check timetable not to miss your return trip before you go for exploration.