How to ride a bus in Okinawa

• Pay when you get on (pay first): Naha Bus routes numbered below 20 (except 10 and 12)
• Pay when you get off (pay later): all other Naha Bus, Ryukyu Bus and Okinawa Bus routes

The route number is shown at the top of the front of the bus.On the Yanbaru Express Bus ("YKB" / "888" on the bus), you pay the fare on the bus.

1. 01When you get on, take a numbered ticket (with OKICA, tap the card instead).
2. 02Press the stop button before your stop.
3. 03When you get off, put the fare and the ticket into the fare box (with OKICA, tap the reader on the fare box). No change is given, so change money on the bus while it is stopped.

1. 01Pay the fare when you get on (with OKICA, tap the card). No change is given, so use the changer on the bus.
2. 02Press the stop button before your stop.
3. 03Get off when the bus stops.

Cash or OKICA (Suica, PASMO not accepted)

OKICA is the IC transit card for buses, the Yui Rail and taxis on Okinawa Island. Suica, PASMO and other IC cards from outside Okinawa cannot be used.

The Yanbaru Express Bus is the opposite: OKICA is not accepted, but you can pay with Suica or other IC cards, credit cards, PayPay or cash.

Unlike the buses, the Yui Rail (monorail) accepts Suica and other IC transit cards, as well as OKICA and contactless credit cards.

Tickets from the station machines are QR-code tickets. Hold the QR code over the blue reader on the gate to enter, and again at your destination to exit, so keep it with you.

Contactless credit cards go on the pink reader in front of the gate. If your IC card balance is too low, the gate will not open; top up at the fare adjustment machine.

Full guide (Yui Rail official site) ›