桂浜 · KatsurahamaFrom JR Kochi Station to Katsurahama: stop locations, timetables and passes in one place. Free to use, with no app to install.
In our October 2026 checks, Google Maps searches for “JR Kochi Station” and “Harimayabashi” returned pins 150–280 m from the MY-YU Bus boarding points listed in the official data.
Harimayabashi has different outbound and return stops. At JR Kochi Station, buses usually leave from Kochi Tabi Hiroba on the south side; special-schedule departures use the north-side bus terminal. The last return bus on weekends and holidays also arrives at the north-side terminal.
Stop locations, timetables and ticket information in four languages, all in one place.
For hotels and tourist information centers
Help guests find MY-YU Bus stops and timetables with a QR card. Codes for listed hotels open a map and walking route from the hotel. Cards and posters are free to print, with your property’s name if you like.
Sakamoto Ryoma (1836–1867) was a samurai from Tosa — today’s Kochi — who played a major part in Japan’s modernization. He is still the symbol of Kochi.
About 13.5 m tall including its base. Built in 1928, it still looks out over the Pacific.
A museum on the hill above Katsurahama about Ryoma’s life and times. Show your 1-day pass for the group rate.
In Kamimachi, the neighborhood where Ryoma was born and raised — about 3 minutes’ walk from the tram stop. Show your 1-day pass and admission drops from ¥370 to ¥330.
With a MY-YU Bus 1-day pass (Katsurahama or Godaisan), trams within the Kochi city flat-fare zone are free too.
A MY-YU Bus 1-day pass (Katsurahama or Godaisan) also gives unlimited rides on trams within the Kochi city flat-fare zone. Bus to the sea and hills, tram to the castle town.
One of the few castles with its original keep and palace from the Edo period. Show your pass and admission to the keep drops from ¥500 to ¥400.
A street market below the castle, running for over 300 years. Every Sunday morning about 1.3 km of stalls line Otesuji avenue.
A food hall with over 60 stalls — buy from any stall and eat at shared tables. The specialty is straw-seared bonito (katsuo no tataki).
Partner facilities give discounts when you show your pass (valid on the day of travel and the next day).
The MY-YU Bus leaves JR Kochi Station and runs via Godaisan, the Makino Botanical Garden and Chikurin-ji to Katsurahama, linking 11 stops.
A hilltop deck overlooking Kochi city and Urado Bay — on a clear day, out to the Pacific.
Named after Tomitaro Makino, the “father of Japanese botany”. A large conservatory and seasonal flowers cover the hillside. Admission ¥850.
Temple No. 31 of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage. A vermilion five-story pagoda and a famous garden among quiet cedars.
Kochi’s small vermilion bridge and symbol. Also the tram transfer point — return buses stop at a different stop.
The map shows the boarding points exactly as published in the official data (GTFS) retrieved on 20 October 2026. We have not yet checked them on site.
At 3 of 14 boarding points, Google Maps was off by 50 m or more. The largest gap was 278 m at No.2.
See the full comparisonStop locations and timetables are adapted from GTFS open data (CC BY 4.0) published by the Kochi Visitors & Convention Association. When it is revised, we update with the same process.
See the source data (opens in a new tab)The standard QR code opens the homepage. Codes with a selected stop open that stop’s map; codes for listed hotels open a map and walking route from the hotel. Free to use, with no app or sign-up needed.
About QR cards & postersFor hotels and tourist information centers
QR cards help guests find MY-YU Bus stops and timetables on their phones. Print them free with your property’s name. Available in Japanese, English, Korean and Traditional Chinese.
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When the official data is revised, we update with the same process. — vs Google Maps
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