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About KOTOBUSEXPRESS

KOTOBUSEXPRESS is a shared highway bus operated by Kotohira Bus Co., Ltd. (KOTOBUS).
The website is operated by SHINNIHON-TOURIST Co., Ltd., the travel company of KOTOBUS Group.

Operating Company 
Kotohira Bus Co., Ltd.

Company Name

Kotohira Bus Co., Ltd.

Licence

Automobile Carrier licence No.133
General Section Cargo Automobile Transport Business License No.92 (Head Office)
General Passenger Automobile Carrier Business Licence No.40 (Tokushima Office)
Registered Travel Agent Licence by the Kagawa Governor No.2-149

Affiliations

Kagawa Bus Association
Tokushima Bus Association
Kagawa Sanuki Taxi Association
Member of All Nippon Travel Agents Association(ANTA)

Head Office

1228-1 Kawanishi, Kotohira-cho, Nakatado-gun, Kagawa-ken [ Map ]
Phone No. 0877-73-3331 / Fax No. 0877-73-5946

Takamatsu Office

5-4-18-1F Asahi-cho, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa-ken [ Map ]
Phone No. 087-823-3331 / Fax No. 087-823-5694

Tokushima Office

1456-12, Azaharamidani, Kizu, Muya-cho, Naruto-shi, Tokushima-ken [ Map ]
Phone No. 088-678-4311 / Fax No. 088-678-4310

Bus Terminal

Matsuyama Bus Terminal : Ote-machi, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime-ken
Kouchi Bus Terminal : Nankoku-shi, Kouchi-ken
Tokyo Bus Terminal : Mizue, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo
Fukuoka Bus Terminal : Sawara-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken

Capital

60million yen

Representative

CEO:Taijiro Kusunoki

Services

General Shared Automobile Carrier Business (Highway bus/local bus)
General Chartering Automobile Carrier Business (Chartered bus)
General Passenger Automobile Carrier Business (Taxi)
Travel Business

Website

http://www.kotobus.com/

Corporate History

Kotohira Bus

September 1956

Establishment of Kotohira Taxi Co., Ltd. located at 725-13 Kotohira-cho capitalized at 1.9million yen

September 1961

Acquisition of licence of General Chartering Automobile Carrier Business

April 1968

Registration to Domestic trip

December 1969

Change of its company name to Kotohira Bus Co., Ltd. And relocation of head office to 560-1 Enai, Kotohira-cho

August 1976

Increase of capital to 7million yen

July 1977

Commencement of business at Takamatsu office

February 1978

Increase of capital to 25million yen

February 1983

Increase of capital to 40million yen

February 1986

Increase of capital to 60million yen

January 1991

Establishment of Sanuki Udon Factory

February 1998

Change of its registration to Registered Travel Agent Licence by the Kagawa Governor No.2-149

July 2001

Establishment of Osyo-ya Co., Ltd. And noodle business split-up

September 2002

Election of officers-Tetsuo Kusunoki inaugurated as CEO

August 2003

Commencement of operation of Udon taxi(Registered trademark)

August 2005

Commencement of operation of highway bus "KOTOBUS EXPRESS"

January 2007

Relocation of head office to 1228-1 Kotohira-cho

May 2012

Establishment of Tokushima office located at Naruto-shi, Tokushima-ken

July 2013

Acquisition of permission for "KOTOBUS EXPRESS" to operate as shared highway bus

August 2013

Reelection of officers-Taijiro Kusunoki inaugurated as CEO

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