Route planning and timetable apps in Japan

Find Japan transport route, fare and timetable tools introduced by JNTO, including Japan Travel by NAVITIME, Japan Transit Planner by Jorudan and Google Maps.

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  • Before you go
  • Trains and subways
  • Buses

JNTO’s official guide explains that apps make it easy to find routes and fares, as well as bus timetables.

Key points

Three tools listed by JNTO:

Tool Official description
Japan Travel by NAVITIME Route finding and fare calculation
Japan Transit Planner by Jorudan Route finding and fare calculation
Google Maps Route finding and fare calculation

JNTO describes all three only as tools for finding routes and fares. For their individual features and prices, consult each app’s official information. This site does not rank the three tools.

How to use them

  1. Enter your starting point and destination to check routes, transfers and fares.
  2. If you do not have an IC card, use the fare shown as a reference when buying a ticket. Fare charts are also displayed at stations.
  3. The same tools can be used to check bus times, or you can read timetables at bus stops.
  4. Timetables distinguish weekdays and weekends/holidays and use a 24-hour clock.

Route searches used on this site

The Fukuoka journey times and fares on this site were obtained by entering actual stations in official route-search pages. See:

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