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Isuzu PJ-LV234L1 Erga Non-Step #5132
7 january 2019 - Tōkyō, Toshima-ku, Nishi-ikebukuro 1-chōme (東京都豊島区西池袋１丁目), supposedly Metropolitan Route 441. The western side of Ikebukuro station is Kokusai Kōgyō`s lair, so to speak, as I had already shown before. The two buses displaying "out of service" are most likely only showing it to loop around the terminus located to the south of this intersection (behind the photographer). One of the buildings in the background houses a railway model shop, with prices easily able to make one doubt their wallet (but that`s railway modelling in general anyway).
Isuzu PKG-LV234L2 Erga Non-Step #5221
13 december 2018 - Shiki (Saitama Pref.), Honchō 5-chōme (埼玉県志木市本町５丁目), Prefectural Route 244. Now that I mentioned it, Saitama 244 is probably one of the shortest numbered roads in Japan, at only 855 metres.志05 (shi-05): 志木駅東口 (Shiki Station East Exit) → 宗岡 (Muneoka) → 志木駅東口 (Shiki Station East Exit) (circular route)
5221 is finishing its lap on the circular route 志05. The route connects Shiki Station with the low-density residential areas of Muneoka in northern half of the city, close to Arakawa and just short of the border with Saitama city. The route operates as a circular around the core of these residential areas, both clockwise and anti-clockwise. Amusingly enough, for Japan`s love of splitting out variations as separate route numbers, the two directions carry the same route number - it`s only trips cut short that have off-shoots.
Author: TranslatorPS
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Isuzu QPG-LV234L3 Erga Non-Step #5457
8 october 2018 - Tōkyō, Toshima-ku, Ikebukuro 2-chōme (東京都豊島区池袋２丁目), Metropolitan Route 441.池21 (ike-21): 高島平駅 (Takashimadaira Station) → 池袋駅西口 (Ikebukuro Station West Exit)
This 池21 trip, operated by Ikebukuro depot this time, is nearing its end - after this stop, which doesn`t even have a timetable on Google Maps, all that is left is the Ikebukuro terminus. The advert carried is for a popular brand of green tea sold in plastic bottles and available in the vast majority of vending machines (and by extension, of shops). Despite the high number of buses passing through here, photography is made difficult by cars parking almost anywhere and the omnipresent little barriers.
Isuzu QQG-LV234L3 Erga Hybrid Non-Step #E165
14 september 2018 - Tōkyō, Edogawa-ku, Naka-kasai 5-chōme (東京都江戸川区中葛西５丁目), bus terminal adjacent to Kasai metro station. I wasn`t in Japan for even two weeks at that point, but I made use of the still free days, and I went to the annoyingly located Tokyo Metro museum. I recommend it by all means - for an acceptably priced ticket of 200 yen (approx. €1.50) one can (try to) learn the history of Tokyo`s subways, their methods of construction, methods of power, or make attempts at a number of simulators.Keisei Bus operates a wide network of bus services to the east of Tōkyō, reaching as far as Chiba. In the Tōkyō area itself they`re biting into Toei and Tōbu areas.
Author: TranslatorPS
Isuzu PDG-LV234L2 Erga Non-Step #20-2859
16 february 2019 - Ōsaka, Kita-ku, Ōfukachō (大阪府大阪市北区大深町), National Route 176. I spent the most time in Ōsaka during my ten-night long journey - a whole three nights. It was also the only city that I reached without using any Shinkansens - I decided that the conventional railway offer was more than satisfactory for just fraction of the price.I`m not entirely sure what is happening with the city buses in Ōsaka. The city department finished their operations on 31 March 2018 and since then the entire network has been operated by a supposedly private, but not really private company. Its shareholders are Ōsaka City and Ōsaka Metro Co., Ltd., or rather, also Ōsaka City.
Completely unrelated, but route 34 seen in the photo was 214.5 mln yen in the black in year 2006 (about 1.83 mln euro by today`s exchange rates), and so it was on top of the rankings in the back then municipal operator`s records.
Author: TranslatorPS
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Isuzu QKG-LV234L3 Erga Non-Step #広島200か17-78
14 february 2019 - Hiroshima (Hiroshima Pref.), Naka-ku, Hashimotochō (広島県広島市中区橋本町). I did not delve deep into the bus network details during my stay in Hiroshima, mostly because I was focusing on the tramway network instead. I did note three main bus operators, however. One positive point for Hiroshima is a somewhat more normal bus route numbering system, without kanji characters.
Author: TranslatorPS
Place: 広島市 [Hiroshima-shi] (Hiroshima-ken)
| Owner: GeiyoBus 東広島市 [Higashihiroshima-shi] | Route: 40-1
Isuzu PKG-LV234L2 Erga Non-Step #6909
13 december 2018 - Shiki (Saitama Pref.), Honchō 5-chōme, Shiki-eki Higashi-guchi terminus (埼玉県志木市本町５丁目).志05 (shi-05): 志木駅東口 (Shiki Station East Exit) → 宗岡 (Muneoka) → 志木駅東口 (Shiki Station East Exit) (linia okólna)
This is the third photo within a kilometre of each other now, and a third bus company. When it comes to integration, Europe is like a heaven. It`s impossible to see ticket unions here (with minor exceptions regarding day tickets, like in Kyōto). On-stop passenger information usually leads to a forest of stops, as each operator places their own flags and schedules, although oddly enough termini are well integrated. As for the Internet, most companes refer over to nation-wide search engines, such as Navitime, but even then often to separate subpages that only cover their own services. Most trips are paid on a trip by trip basis, and because of long-term tickets - commuter passes as they`re referred to here - it`s impossible to find network-wide tickets spanning over multiple operators. There are, however, routes operated by two operators simultaneously, surprisingly enough, and in those cases one can actually buy a commuter pass covering both operators on that route. The cherry on top of the icing lays in the network maps on board the buses which show... only the routes operated by that particular garage.
Author: TranslatorPS
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Hino QPG-KV234L3 Blue Ribbon II Non-Step #13-47
31 october 2014 - Tokyo, Shinagawa. To coś ma manualną skrzynię biegów.
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Isuzu PKG-LV234L2 Erga Non-Step #29-20
28 october 2014 - Ofuna, widok na autobus zrobiony z kabiny monoraila.
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Isuzu PKG-LV234L2 Erga Non-Step #10-53
15 october 2014 - Tokio, o gdzieś tutaj przy stacji pociągu. Nie jest łatwo wybrać pieniądze z bankomatu posiadając tylko europejskie karty, udało się za 10 tym bankomatem.
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Isuzu PKG-LV234L2 Erga Non-Step #22-45
14 october 2014 - Tokyo - Sinjuku. Jakiś dworzec autobusy przy najbardziej obleganej stacji kolejowej na świecie.
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