Kyoto City has decided to abolish the one-day ticket for buses running in the city at the end of March next year.
Many tourists used the buses in Kyoto City and they were congested, and citizens were calling for improvements.
Kyoto City sells a "bus 1-day ticket" for 700 yen that allows you to ride the city buses and other buses that run within the city as many times as you like for one day.
This ticket is popular with tourists visiting Kyoto, and before the spread of the new coronavirus infection, heavy congestion was seen on routes passing through Kinkakuji Temple and Kiyomizudera Temple, and citizens were calling for improvement.
For this reason, Kyoto City has decided to end sales of the "1-day bus ticket" at the end of September this year, and then abolish it at the end of March next year.
By continuing to sell the 1,100-yen "Subway/Bus 1-Day Ticket," which allows you to freely ride both the municipal subway and buses, Kyoto City encourages the use of the subway, which is less crowded than the bus. I want to
An official of the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau said, "In addition to allowing citizens to use buses with peace of mind, we would like to work to alleviate congestion so that tourists can travel smoothly to and from their destinations."