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Bus Musume

By Shibuya246 · · 1 min read · 12 photos · 3 comments

Bus Musume

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We've had a few posts on trains in Japan recently, and to even things up I was going to highlight some buses.

I came across a post by kimonobox showing some cute Japanese buses and thought instead of featuring the outside of the bus, I would take a look at some bus guide uniforms.

Bus Musume collage collection
Bus Musume collage collection

Helping us look at these uniforms are figures from the popular series, tetsudou musume (train girls) and bus musume (bus girls). Main site here (Japanese only).

The figures are created by TOMYTEC and stand about 10 centimeters tall. For about Yen 500 each they are easy to buy, but the quality is not at the top end of the range.

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Which customer is she winking at, I wonder

This series is volume 2 which was released in September 2008. Recently, volume 3 figures have been released in June 2009 to tie-up with the 60th anniversary of Hato Bus guides.

There are six types of bus musume in total, in volume 2.

6 cute bus musume to collectPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/2.8Shutter1/15sISO200Taken2 Jun 2009, 15:40
6 cute bus musume to collect

bus-musume

Here is the bus guide from Okinawa Bus Company, Izumi Mashiki. The name comes from Mashiki, the Mashiki parking area, and Izumi, from the Naha Bus terminal.

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nice clean white a blue uniform with buttonsPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/2.8Shutter1/60sISO200Taken2 Jun 2009, 15:42
nice clean white a blue uniform with buttons
nice soft features, but is that something on your lip?Photo dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/2.8Shutter1/60sISO125Taken2 Jun 2009, 15:35
nice soft features, but is that something on your lip?
Okinawa Bus flagPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/2.8Shutter1/60sISO100Taken2 Jun 2009, 15:34
Okinawa Bus flag

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The figures come with cards describing the character

Full size Izumi Mashiki with her own bsms cardPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/2.8Shutter1/60sISO160Taken2 Jun 2009, 15:41
Full size Izumi Mashiki with her own bsms card

If you are interested in the actual Okinawa Bus company, you can found out more here.
Here is a picture of their buses with a guide shown in the bottom right of the page.

Have you been on any buses in Japan with guides?

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3 comments

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  1. whipcracker

    Ohayo goziamasu,__Ooh first again,lol.__Those are some very nice figures. Does everything in Japan have it's own mascot or figure representing it? Sure seems so. But what the heck, if it helps promoting the company or organization,all the more power to them. You got Rilakkuma, Danny has his daughters and the Stormtrooper. :) as usual great features,btw...I think that one figure is winking at you,lol

  2. Shibuya246

    Thanks for your comments. Appreciate it. I am going to Kyoto next week and hope to have some good photos to bring back

  3. Cucurbita Moschata

    I'm so happy to find this post. I just recently stumbled upon some of the train figures and bought 2 of them. I'm actually not all that interested in the toys but I love the idea of promoting the trains and stations with individualized characters. I'm having a difficult time finding info on them in English (which might be further compelling my interest)... I think I mostly just want to hear each occupation that goes with each uniform...