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TokyoYCAT (Yokohama Sta.) / Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal / Ikebukuro Sta. (East Exit) / Omiya Sta. (West Exit)

Night express buses to Tokyo, Yokohama, Shinjuku, and Omiya
Prices starting at 9,100 yen (from Tokyo and Yokohama)
Free Wi-Fi^*
Mobile device charging outlets

For Docomo, au, and SoftBank phones. Only on Meiko buses.

Transfer at Yokohama Station to take a bus directly to Tokyo Disneyland.

Timetables	Fares	Bus stops	Discounts
Buying bus tickets	Bus amenities	Taking express buses

Timetables (revised June 1, 2020)

Shirahama/Tanabe ↔ Tokyo/Yokohama/Omiya timetable

Bus 2		Bus stop name	Bus 1
19:16	↓	Nanki-Shirahama Airport	↑	8:10
19:25	↓	Shin-Yuzaki	↑	8:01
19:30	↓	Shirahama Bus Center	↑	7:56
19:37	↓	Toretore Ichiba	↑	7:49
19:41	↓	Takinai	↑	7:45
19:50	↓	Tsuburizaka	↑	7:36
20:00	↓	Tanabe Station	↑	7:30
20:04	↓	Tanabe City Hall	↑	7:26
20:13	↓	Haya Station	↑	7:17
20:23	↓	Minabe Town Hall	↑	7:07
20:33	↓	Inami	↑	6:57
20:50	↓	Gobo Interchange	↑	6:44
21:11	↓	Fujinami Station	↑	6:23
21:26	↓	Kainan Station	↑	6:09
21:38	↓	Highway Wakayama (Narukami)	↑	5:57
↓				↑
5:27	↓	YCAT (Yokohama Station)	↑	22:10
6:24	↓	Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal	↑	21:10
6:49	↓	Ikebukuro Station	↑	20:40
7:24	↓	Saitama Shintoshin Bus Terminal	↑	20:05
7:39	↓	Omiya Station	↑	19:45
7:49	↓	Seibu Bus Omiya Office	↑	19:35

Fares

	Kainan Station Highway Wakayama (Narukami)		Minabe Town Hall Gobo Interchange Fujinami Station		Shirahama Tanabe
Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal Ikebukuro Station YCAT (Yokohama Station)	A	11,500 yen	A	12,000 yen	A	12,500 yen
	B	10,700 yen	B	11,200 yen	B	11,800 yen
	C	9,700 yen	C	10,200 yen	C	10,700 yen
	D	9,100 yen	D	9,700 yen	D	10,200 yen
	E	9,100 yen	E	9,100 yen	E	9,100 yen
Saitama Shintoshin Bus Terminal Omiya Station Seibu Bus Omiya Office	A	12,100 yen	A	12,600 yen	A	13,100 yen
	B	11,300 yen	B	11,900 yen	B	12,400 yen
	C	10,300 yen	C	10,800 yen	C	11,300 yen
	D	9,800 yen	D	10,300 yen	D	10,800 yen
	E	9,800 yen	E	9,800 yen	E	9,800 yen

Bus stops in Shirahama: Nanki-Shirahama Airport, Shin-Yuzaki, Shirahama Bus Center, Toretore Ichiba
Bus stops in Tanabe: Takinai, Tsuburizaka, Tanabe Station, Tanabe City Hall, Haya Station
Children’s fare is half of the adult fare.
There are no round-trip discount tickets or coupon tickets for this route.

Bus stops

There is parking only at the following bus stops. Do not park illegally.

Shin-Yuzaki, Tanabe Station (pay parking), Tanabe City Hall (pay parking), Inami
Haya Station (in front of community center) (Several times a month, there may be no parking in front of the community center due to events.)

Discounts

No discounts currently available

Buying bus tickets

Reserve online

Japan Bus Online

Reservations/inquiries by phone

Reservation center	Phone number	Hours	Days off
Meiko Bus Reservation Center	0739-33-7001	9:00–18:00	None
Seibu Bus Information Center	0570-025-258	9:30–17:00	Sat., Sun., public holidays

Bus stops selling tickets

Ticket seller	Hours	Days off
Tanabe Station Information Center	7:50–20:00	None
Meiko Bus Shirahama Office	9:00–17:00	None
Seibu Intercity Bus Ikebukuro Ticket Information Desk	6:50–23:30	None
Omiya Station West Information Center	Weekdays:10:00–19:00 Sat., Sun., public holidays:10:00–18:00	None
Yokohama Station (YCAT)	9:30–18:00	None

To take a bus, make a reservation and purchase your ticket.

Reserving and issuing tickets at convenience stores

You can reserve and print out tickets at nationwide Lawson convenience stores (using in-store Loppi ticket machine) and Family Mart convenience stores (using in-store FamiPort ticket machine).
You can also print out tickets on these machines after booking by phone or Internet.

Buying tickets at Kinki Nippon Tourist, JTB, Nippon Travel Agency, and other major travel agencies

Tickets purchased using JTB HTA cannot be changed or refunded at convenience stores or bus companies. Contact the JTB HTA Sales Center for inquiries.
For tickets purchased using JTB HTA, you may not be able to make reservations or print tickets after the first bus departs.

Obtaining bus tickets

All seats are reserved. Purchase bus tickets in advance.
Reservations are accepted starting one month in advance of your travel date.
Children’s fare is half of the adult fare.
Round-trip bus tickets are valid for 10 days after using the outward portion of the ticket. (Except on the Tokyo route)
After making a reservation by phone, buy your ticket at a Meiko Bus office, or at Lawson or Family Mart convenience stores.
After purchasing a ticket, you can change it once (before the ticket date and time) at a ticket counter.

Please keep the following in mind

Buses may get behind schedule due to traffic conditions on the day of travel.
You are responsible for your own valuables.
No smoking on the buses.
Please turn off your mobile phone or switch it to silent mode, and refrain from talking on the phone.
Only one piece of luggage per person is allowed. (Max. size: 1 meter for the total of the length, width, and height of the luggage, with the total weight not exceeding 10 kilograms and volume not exceeding 0.02 cubic meters.)
Regarding pets, dogs legally recognized as assistance dogs, seeing-eye dogs, and hearing-ear dogs may accompany their owners on the bus.
- Animals other than these must be fully enclosed in a pet cage measuring about 90 centimeters for the total of the length, width, and height, with the total weight of pet and cage being no more than 10 kilograms.
Note that we cannot accept the following items as carry-on luggage or in the cargo space: medium-size and larger suitcases, skis, snowboards, regular and folding bicycles, etc.
If you plan to place infants or children on the bus without an adult, please consult Meiko Bus beforehand.

Express bus route name	White Beach Shuttle
Bus company	Meiko Bus Seibu Kanko Bus
Voluntary insurance	Unlimited bodily injury liability insurance
Travel distance	Outward: 711 km Return: 710 km
No. of drivers	2
Estimated duration	Shirahama → Omiya 12 hr 14 min Tanabe → Shinjuku 10 hr 24 min