NEWS RELEASE
2025.01.23
Bus stop SNS web app "Bus Kame Fan!" released
Participating in the Public Transportation Open Data Challenge 2024/City development through revitalization of public transportation
Mitsubishi Jisho Design Inc. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Junichi Tanisawa, hereinafter referred to as Mitsubishi Jisho Design) and Pacific Spatial Solutions Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Yutaka Yasojima, hereinafter referred to as PSS) have jointly developed a community bus and demand-responsive transportation system in Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture. *1 Aiming to promote utilization and revitalize the surrounding area, Bus stop SNS web app "Bus Kame Fan!" We are pleased to announce that we have begun trial operation of the following service.
"Bus Kame Fan!" is a project that was launched as part of the "Public Transportation Open Data Challenge 2024" sponsored by the Public Transportation Open Data Council and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. ※2 This is an entry submitted by .

"Grow Kamemaru and become a fan of the town."
A new bus stop information platform
Bus Kame Fan! is a web app with game elements that allows users to have fun with buses and expand the circle of Marugame fans. Users can raise Kamemaru, a character that lives at each bus stop, by posting and liking requests about bus stops in Marugame City and information about nearby spots that they would like to share.
Bus Kame Fan! not only displays the location and timetables of each bus stop, but also has highly convenient functions such as collecting opinions about the surrounding area. This makes it a platform that connects various stakeholders such as local residents, transportation operators, government, and tourists, and uncovers the appeal of buses and the area. It is part of a new urban development initiative that aims to revitalize the area by promoting the use of public transportation.
An attempt to promote the use of public transportation and revitalize the local area
Mitsubishi Jisho Design, which has been involved in urban development in Japan and abroad for many years, is working to establish new urban development methods that make full use of digital technology as part of its "Urban Development DX Project," including the release of a "Volume Fulfillment Rate Map"*3 in October 2024 that uses data obtained through satellite remote sensing technology.
Mitsubishi Jisho Design and PSS, a company that seeks to solve problems using geospatial data analysis and digital twin technology, have come together from the perspectives of urban development and transportation to share a common concern: the decline in public transportation users in regional cities. They developed Bus Kame Fan! as the first step in an effort to get more people to use public transportation, thereby revitalizing the surrounding areas.
We aim to provide a service that is user-friendly for everyone, and during development we hold interviews with bus operators and city governments to ensure that a variety of needs are reflected.

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By posting "good" information about your favorite bus stops, surrounding spots, and tourist attractions, and by clicking "likes," you can share information widely and strengthen the community. You can also "announce" things you want many people to know, or post requests for facility maintenance or repairs. These opinions can be collected by transportation operators and used in government transportation policies.
In order to revitalize lifestyles and tourism that involve bus use, the app has been designed with a game element in which everyone can raise "Kamemaru," a character that lives at a bus stop. It can be enjoyed by people of all ages, from children to adults, and will help to expand the base of bus users and foster a sense of attachment to bus stops and the surrounding towns.



"Bus Kame Fan!" will be trial-operated during the "Public Transportation Open Data Challenge 2024" (scheduled to run until March 14, 2025). Anyone can use it during that period. Please access it from the URL or QR code below.
https://buskame.jp/
For the latest information on the event, please visit the official website of the Public Transportation Open Data Challenge 2024.

Regarding full-scale operation after the trial operation is completed, we will decide on a policy after further consideration.
1 Demand-based transportation is a type of local public transportation that determines routes and schedules and operates based on reservations made by users.
2 The Public Transportation Open Data Challenge 2024 is a call for submissions of new application services that utilize various domestic public transportation open data and contribute to solving social issues and revitalizing local areas (implementation period: July 16, 2024 to March 14, 2025). In developing this app, operation data from Kotosan Bus, which operates a community bus service in Marugame City (released by the Social Infrastructure Information Distribution Promotion Council), and operation data from Kotohira Bus, which operates a demand-responsive transportation service (provided by the same company), were used.
3 The "Floor Space Fill Rate Map" was jointly developed by Mitsubishi Jisho Design and the Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan.
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