Tsuruoka to Yamagata runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €10.07, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 54m over 83 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €10.07, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€10.07
- 38%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Tsuruoka
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.
- 06:26First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
山形交通 runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Tsuruoka to Yamagata 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 €12.83Tue15
- about €12.28Wed16
- about €13.93Thu17
- about €11.73Fri18
- about €10.63Sat19
- about €12.28Sun20
- about €10.07Mon21
- about €10.07Tue22
- about €10.07Wed23
- about €10.63Thu24
- about €10.08Fri25
- about €10.07Sat26
- about €10.07Sun27
- about €10.07Mon28
- about €10.07Tue29
- about €10.07Wed30
- about €10.07Thu1
- about €10.07Fri2
- about €10.07Sat3
- about €10.07Sun4
- about €10.07Mon5
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 bus gets you into Yamagata. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Yamagata for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Tsuruoka to Yamagata
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.077 days
- €13.933 days
- €12.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 38 percent. The most expensive point is €13.93, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Tsuruoka to Yamagata 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
83 km
72 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
125,389 → 248,772
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 83 km against 72 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 Yurihonjō, Sendai, Akita, Yonezawa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Yamagata Station
Most of the points near Yamagata Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Tsuruoka to Yamagata
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Tsuruoka to Yamagata?
The fastest journey from Tsuruoka to Yamagata takes 1h 54m door to door, of which 1h 20m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 2h 1m, 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 Tsuruoka to Yamagata?
The cheapest fare from Tsuruoka to Yamagata is €10.07, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €10.07. 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 Tsuruoka to Yamagata?
The cheapest way from Tsuruoka to Yamagata is by coach, at €10.07 for one passenger on September 21, 2026. That journey takes 2h 4m 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 Tsuruoka to Yamagata?
Fares from Tsuruoka to Yamagata bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 38 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Tsuruoka to Yamagata?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Tsuruoka to Yamagata, at €10.07. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Tsuruoka to Yamagata?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Tsuruoka to Yamagata, at €10.07 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 service from Tsuruoka to Yamagata?
1 operators sell services from Tsuruoka to Yamagata across 1 mode: 山形交通. 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 Tsuruoka to Yamagata?
20 percent of the services we sell from Tsuruoka to Yamagata are direct. The rest connect at Yurihonjō, Sendai, Akita, Yonezawa, with about 48 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 Tsuruoka to Yamagata use?
Services from Tsuruoka to Yamagata by coach leave from 観光物産館 and arrive at 山交ビルバスターミナル. 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 Tsuruoka to Yamagata?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Tsuruoka to Yamagata 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 Tsuruoka to Yamagata on September 14, 2026: 83 km of route against 72 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Yamagata is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Yamagata and across Japan
Day trips that leave Yamagata in the morning and cover a good part of Japan by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Tsuruoka reaches 9 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 62 to 119 km. Yamagata reaches 17 places in 1 countries, from 42 to 289 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Tsuruoka
- 9Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Yamagata
Leaving Yamagata
- 17Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators