Kusakaru Ueda Holdings

The company was established as a bus department of railway company which was named Kusakaru Electric Railway which established on 28 September 1912, this companies' headquarters is located on Shibuya, the other hand, the railway department was discontinued in 1962. After that the company was renamed Kusakaru electric Railway to Kusakaru Kotsu in 1966.

In 2001, the company sold out a taxi department. Besides, tour bus and chartered bus department of this company was split into Kusakaru Kanko Bus. So, this company had operated only route buses since then, but this company broke away from Tokyu Corporation in 30 September 2009. Therefore, this company commenced operating chartered bus business and route buses. Kusakaru Kotsu had managed hotels, but the capital of Tokyu withdrew from Kusatsu Onsen Tokyu (Now:Kusatsu Onsen Resort) on 30 September and Ikaho Tokyu Ville (Now: Oedo Onsen Monogatari Ikaho) in 31 March 2007, so this company does not manage any hotel.[3] Since 30 June 2011, this company has made an investment in Ueda Bus,[4] and has become a parent company of Ueda Bus.

• 1928 - Permitted Kusatsu Electric Railway Corporation to operate a bus business by MLIT.[2]
• 1939 - The corporation was renamed Kusatsu Electric Railway Corporation to Kusakaru Electric Railway Corporation.[2]
• 1945 - The company had become an affiliated company of Tokyu Corporation.[2]
• 1960 - Stations of Kusakaru Electric Railway Line in between Karuizawa Station and Joshu-Mihara station were discontinued, this company was rebuilding of bus routes and commenced operationg bustitution.[2]
• 1962 - Stations of Kusakaru Electric Railway Line in between Karuizawa Station and Kusatsu Onsen Station were discontinued, so the company got specialized in operated route bus and chartered bus.[2]
• 1966 - The corporation was renamed Kusakaru Electric Railway Corporation to Kusakaru-Kotsu, Inc..[2]
• 1987 - Kusatsu Kanko Bus, was established in Komoro, Nagano, specilized in chartered bus.
• 2001 - Transferred a taxi and hire department to Daiichi Kotsu, and a chartered bus sector was transferred to Kusakaru Kanko Bus.
• 2009
  • On 30 September - This companies' shares were sold out from Tokyu Corporation to J・L・D LLC, and the company was broken away from Tokyu Corporation.
  • On 1 October - All business of Kusakaru Kotsu excluding a property sector were merged into Kusakaru Kanko Bus, and Kusakaru Kanko Bus resumed as Kusakaru Kotsu.[5]

• Karuizawa Head Office
  • This company holds only one office now. Until 2005, this company had held Kusatsu Office and Kita-Karuizawa Office.
  • The place where there is headquarters is originally a platform of Kusakaru Electric Railway's Shin-Karuizawa Station.

• Express Kusakaru Line：Karuizawa Station - Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal

  • This route is a main route, which is opereted as express, and a regular route on all days through years. Operating service is gyrated by the number of passengers, so, the number of services decrease during winter.

  • Main bus stops：Kyu-Karuizawa, Mikasaand Kose Onsen, Shiraito Fall, Mine no Chaya, Asama High Land Park, Asama Farm, Kita-Karuizawa Station and Ookuwanomichi

• Kusakaru Hospital Line：Karuizawa Station - Nishi-Agatsuma Welfare Hospital - Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal
• Kita-Karuizawa Line：Karuizawa Station - Kita-Karuizawa Station
• Naganohara Line：Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station - Kita-Karuizawa Station

  • Main bus stops：Joshu Otsu, Okuwamichi and Ookuwa

• Shirane Kazan Line・Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal - Sessho Kawara - Shirane Volcano

  • Main bus stops：Kusatsu International Ski Resort and Sessho Kawara
  • Runs on only from April through November.

• Karuizawa Town Circular-route Bus North Route

  • Main bus stops:　Shinano-Oiwake Station - Karuizawa Hospital - Naka-Karuizawa Station -Toriibara Apartment Complex - Shinano-Oiwake Station

The company does not have any highwaybus routes.

Now, the vehicles resemble Tokyu Buses' in appearance. And, this corporation vehile's color is called "KUSAKARU LIMOUSINE" which puns on "TOKYU LIMOUSINE".

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  Tokyu Limousine silver
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  Tokyu Limousine white

The company was established in 1987 as Joden Kanko Bus (上電観光バス株式会社, Ueda Kankou Basu Kabushiki gaisya), but this company didn't operate any bus route because present bus routes had been operated by a bus sector of Ueda Kotsu since 1952 until 1999.[6] Besides, the bus department had belonged to Tokyu Corporation since 1958 until 2009. Service area is located around the Toshin[7] District that includes Ueda, Tateshina, Aoki and Sugadaira.

• In 1987
  • February - This company was established as Joden Kanko Bus Corporation.[6]
  • April - As chartered bus business was transferred from Ueda Electric Railway to this company, the company commenced operating chartered bus business.[6]
• On August 1999 - Transferred route bus business from Ueda Electric Railway to this company, with it the company commenced operating route buses.[6]
• On August 2000 - Joden Kanko Bus was renamed Joden Bus Co.,Ltd.[6]
• On October 2003 - Joden Bus was merged into Joden Kanko Co.,Ltd. [6]
• On 1 October 2009 - Shares of this bus company were transferred from Ueda Electric Railway to Jay Will Partners LLC. With it, the company broke away from Tokyu Corporation and renamed Ueda Bus.[5]
• On 30 June 2011 - This companies' shares were transferred from Jay Will Partners to Kusakaru-Kotsu and local people who live in Nagano and Gunma.

• Ueda Office
  • It is located near Ueda Station (Nagano).
• Bessho Office
  • It is located near Bessho-Onsen Station.
• Tanaka Office
  • It is located near Tanaka Station.
• Former headquarters
  • 1-3-24, Tsuneda, Ueda, Nagano (長野県上田市常田1丁目3番24号)

East of Chikuma River Direction

• Sugadaira kogen Line
  • Ueda Station (Nagano) - Kawami-Kawara Ynagi - Kamishina Elementary School - Motohara - Sanada Jichi Center - Sanada - O-hinatamuko - Sugadaira Kogen - Nishi-Sugadaira
    • This bus route used to be operated through Suzaka Station by this company and Nagaden Bus.[8]

• Sanada Line
  • [Ueda Station - Kawami-Kawara Ynagi - Kamishina Elementary School - Motohara - Sanada Jichi Center - Sanada

  Subisidies are paid for this bus route by Ueda, Nagano Prefecture and government.[8][9]

• Shibusawa Line
  • Ueda Station - Kawami-Kawara Ynagi - Kamishina Elementary School - Motohara - Sanada Jichi Center - Sanada - O-hinatamuko - Kamishibusawa

• Soehi Line
  • Ueda Station - Kawami-Kawara Ynagi - Kamishina Elementary School - Motohara - Sanada Jichi Center - Soehi - Yokomichi - Okura
  • Ueda Station - Kawami-Kawara Ynagi - Kamishina Elementary School - Motohara - Sanada Jichi Center - Soehi - Iri-Karuizawa
  • Ueda Station - Kawami-Kawara Ynagi - Kamishina Elementary School - Motohara - Sanada Jichi Center - Soehi - Yokomichi
  • Ueda Station - Kawami-Kawara Ynagi - Kamishina Elementary School - Motohara - Sanada Jichi Center

• Hoden Line
  • Ueda Station - Kawami-Kawara Ynagi - Kamishina Elementary School - Shimosato - Denjo Yubinkyoku - Akasaka

West of Chikuma River Direction

• Shinshu Ueda Iryo Center Line
  • Ueda Station - Kita-Ueda - Shinshu Ueda Medical Center

• Shioda Line
  • Shinshu Ueda Medical Center - Ueda Station - Chikuma High school - Sozokan mae - Kabatake - Kawanishi Hospital - Shiodamachi Station - Shinmachi - Yamada - Bessho-Onsen Station - Bessho-Onsen

• Nishi-Maruko Line
  • Shimonogō Station - Higahsi-Shioda - Fujisan - Rinkan industrial estate - Hara - Mitakedo - Kawaramachi - Maruko-machi Station
• Ario Ueda Line
  • Ueda Station - Ario Ueda
  • At a flat rate of 100 yen.

• Kubobayshi Line
  • Ueda Station - AEON Ueda Shopping Center - Shinano-Kokubunji Station - Kubobayashi irguchi - Kubobayashi Kominkan mae
• Shinshu Ueda Lake Line
  • Shimonogō Station - Chizenji - Bessho-Onsen Station - Bessho Onsen
• Town Circular-route Bus "AO BUS"
  • Ueda Station→Umino machi→Bunka Kaikan Gocho mae→Someyagaoka high school→Shinshu Ueda Integration Center→Midorigaoa Nishi→Ueda Castle→Ueda Station→Ueda Castle→Aqua Plaza Ueda→Nishi-Ueda Station→Shimo-Akiwa→Tokiwamachi→Midorigaoka nishi→Shinshu Ueda Integration Center→Ueda Station
    • Fares at a flat rate of 200 yen for adult, 100 yen for people excluding adult and under elementanry schoolstudents.

• Shinbuya - Karuizawa・Kusatsu Line
  • Shibuya Station ↔ Karuizawa Station - Kita-Karuizawa Station - Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal
  • Operated in step with Keio Bus・Seibu Bus・Tokyu Transse

• Ueda-Kusatsu Line (YUBATAKE)
  • Ueda Station - Sumiyoshi - Shin-Kazawa Onsen - Manza-Kazawaguchi Station - Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal

• Ueda Taxi

• Soya Bus
• Gunma Bus
• Echigo Kotsu