Niigata to Matsudo runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:11 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €14.48 and €23.28, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 33m over 288 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€14.48 to €23.28
- 182%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Niigata
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:11First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
日本中央バス株式会社 runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Niigata to Matsudo on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €39.23Wed16
- about €43.08Thu17
- about €37.03Fri18
- about €29.88Sat19
- about €27.68Sun20
- about €27.68Mon21
- about €26.58Tue22
- about €24.93Wed23
- about €25.48Thu24
- about €27.13Fri25
- about €24.38Sat26
- about €26.58Sun27
- about €23.83Mon28
- about €23.28Tue29
- about €18.33Wed30
- about €18.88Thu1
- about €18.88Fri2
- about €20.53Sat3
- about €18.88Sun4
- about €15.03Mon5
- about €14.48Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Matsudo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Matsudo for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Matsudo Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Niigata to Matsudo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.2390 days
- €13.9360 days
- €17.2345 days
- €21.6330 days
- €14.4821 days
- €23.2814 days
- €26.587 days
- €37.033 days
- €39.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 182 percent. The dearest point is €39.23, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Niigata to Matsudo and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
288 km
250 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
797,591 → 498,575
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 288 km against 250 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Hachiōji, Utsunomiya, Kawagoe, Suginami. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Matsudo Station
Most of the points near Matsudo Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Niigata to Matsudo
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Niigata to Matsudo?
The fastest journey from Niigata to Matsudo takes 4h 33m door to door, of which 4h 18m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 4h 53m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Niigata to Matsudo?
The cheapest fare from Niigata to Matsudo is €14.48, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €24.93. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Niigata to Matsudo?
The cheapest way from Niigata to Matsudo is by coach, at €23.28 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 2m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Niigata to Matsudo?
Fares from Niigata to Matsudo bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €13.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 182 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Niigata to Matsudo?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Niigata to Matsudo, at €23.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Niigata to Matsudo?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Niigata to Matsudo, at €13.93 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Niigata to Matsudo?
1 operators sell services from Niigata to Matsudo across 1 mode: 日本中央バス株式会社. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Niigata to Matsudo?
20 percent of the services we sell from Niigata to Matsudo are direct. The rest connect at Hachiōji, Utsunomiya, Kawagoe, Suginami, with about 59 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Niigata to Matsudo use?
Services from Niigata to Matsudo by coach leave from Niigata Kotsu Bandai City Bus center and arrive at 野菊野団地集会所. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Niigata to Matsudo?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Niigata to Matsudo allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Niigata to Matsudo on 15 September 2026: 288 km of route against 250 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €14.48, and 4h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Matsudo is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Matsudo and across Japan
Day trips that leave Matsudo in the morning and cover a good part of Japan by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Niigata reaches 54 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 44 to 1,770 km. Matsudo reaches 22 places in 1 countries, from 40 to 417 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Niigata
- 54Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 10Operators
Arriving in Matsudo
Leaving Matsudo
- 22Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 5Operators