Dec 1, 2014 at a conference room in Okinawa Prefectural government office, Our CEO Tanimura made an announcement of trial run for City Sightseeing Okinawa Hip-Hop Bus, with automated multilingual audio-guide system and Free Wi-Fi. Trial Period is from Dec 1, 2014 to Jan 31, 2015.
Okinawa HIP HOP BUS will the first hop-on hop-off bus service run in Japan. The service was realized with the assistance of the Okinawa Prefecture. The bus has GPS tracked auto-guide system in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Spanish, Russian, Thai and Japanese. The bus goes around 9 stops such as Naha Airport and Shuri area to Chantan American village.
The bus is free on trial period. Once the trial is over, the price for an adult will be 1500 yen, a child will be 750 yen.
* Updates
In Jul 2015, the bus became one-day bus tour service to Churaumi Aquariam and other major attractions in Okinawa main island. Check Okinawa HIP HOP BUS website for the service detail.