Green Travel

Green Travel (グリーントラベル) is a Japanese travel agency headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, with a second bus depot in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture. It was founded in 1978 and formally incorporated in 1982. What distinguishes the company within the Japanese travel industry is that it is both a licensed travel agency and a direct operator of its own fleet of chartered buses — a combination the company itself describes as rare nationwide. Because it owns the vehicles rather than brokering them out, it advertises "zero intermediary fees" and presents pricing, vehicle allocation and operational management as a single, integrated service. The company's core business is chartered bus operation (貸切バス) and sightseeing bus arrangement departing from Nagoya and Yokkaichi. Its fleet spans large salon buses (45 seats / up to 53 passengers), medium salon buses (27 seats), small salon buses (19 seats / up to 23 passengers), microbuses (20 seats / up to 27–28 passengers) and minibuses (12 seats / 13 passengers). Larger vehicles are equipped with salon seating, refrigerators, TV/DVD and karaoke, and offer substantial luggage capacity. Typical uses include corporate employee trips, school events and training camps, club activities, golf transfers, wedding and funeral transport, airport transfers to Nagoya Station and Centrair (Chubu Centrair International Airport), and custom sightseeing itineraries. As a travel agency, Green Travel goes beyond transport: it designs itineraries and arranges accommodation and lunch/banquet venues, positioning itself as a one-stop partner that reduces the administrative burden on trip organizers (幹事). It offers a "leave-it-all-to-us package" (幹事さん丸投げパック) that bundles bus fare, tolls, meals and lodging into a clear per-person budget starting from ¥7,800 for a day trip. The company is a Kinki Nippon Tourist (近畿日本ツーリスト) special contract store and accepts bookings through Club Tourism and JTB. Green Travel operates on a regional, community-focused model, serving groups departing from the Nagoya and Yokkaichi areas. Its pricing is based on the minimum fare standards set by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, with driver wages and fuel included and tolls, parking, crew meals/lodging and guide fees charged separately. The company remains a privately held, independent Japanese travel and bus operator.

Green Travel was founded in 1978 and formally incorporated in 1982, establishing itself as a travel agency based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, with a second operational base in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture. From its early years, the company pursued an unusual strategy for a Japanese travel agency: rather than merely brokering bus services from third-party operators, it acquired and maintained its own fleet of chartered buses and ran them directly. This vertically integrated model — being both a travel agency and a bus operator — is described by the company as rare nationwide and forms the basis of its "zero intermediary fees" pricing promise. Over the decades, Green Travel built out a fleet covering the full range of group sizes, from 12-seat minibuses to 53-passenger large salon buses, with amenities such as salon seating, refrigerators, TV/DVD and karaoke on the larger vehicles. It developed two depots — one in Nagoya and one in Yokkaichi — to serve groups departing from the Chubu region. The company positioned itself not just as a transport provider but as a full-service travel agency capable of designing itineraries and arranging accommodation and meals, thereby reducing the workload of trip organizers. In the 2010s and 2020s, Green Travel continued to emphasize its direct-operation model and transparent pricing based on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's minimum fare standards. It introduced packaged offerings such as the "幹事さん丸投げパック" (leave-it-all-to-us package), which bundles bus fare, tolls, meals and lodging into a clear per-person budget. The company also became a Kinki Nippon Tourist special contract store and made its services bookable through Club Tourism and JTB, broadening its reach within Japan's travel distribution network. As of the 2020s, it remains a privately held, independent regional operator serving corporate, school and group leisure travel from its Nagoya and Yokkaichi bases.

• 1982

  Green Travel is formally incorporated (設立).

• 1978

  Green Travel is founded.

A regional travel agency that differentiates itself by directly owning and operating its own chartered bus fleet, offering no-intermediary-fee pricing and one-stop trip planning for group organizers.

• Large salon bus

  45 regular seats / up to 53 passengers, 8 auxiliary seats. Equipped with salon seating, refrigerator, TV/DVD, karaoke. Luggage capacity: approx. 30 suitcases or 35 golf bags. Reference price from ¥114,800 (8 hours, up to 200 km, tax excluded).

• Medium salon bus

  27 regular seats / 27 passengers. Equipped with salon seating, refrigerator, TV/DVD, karaoke. Luggage capacity: approx. 18 suitcases or 20 golf bags. Reference price from ¥97,700 (8 hours, up to 200 km, tax excluded).

• Small salon bus

  19 regular seats / up to 23 passengers, 4 auxiliary seats. Nagoya departure only. Equipped with salon seating, refrigerator, TV/DVD, karaoke. No trunk. Reference price from ¥89,700 (8 hours, up to 200 km, tax excluded).

• Microbus

  20 regular seats / up to 27–28 passengers, 7–8 auxiliary seats. No trunk (some vehicles have refrigerator and TV/DVD). Reference price from ¥84,700 (8 hours, up to 200 km, tax excluded).

• Minibus

  12 regular seats / 13 passengers. Yokkaichi departure only. No trunk (TV/DVD available). Reference price from ¥84,700 (8 hours, up to 200 km, tax excluded).

• 幹事さん丸投げパック (leave-it-all-to-us package)

  A package bundling bus fare, tolls, meals and lodging into a clear per-person budget, starting from ¥7,800 for a day trip.

1. 1グリーントラベル公式｜名古屋・四日市の貸切バス運行・旅行手配greentravel.co.jp
2. 2Green Travel - Wikidatawikidata.org