Yamanashi Kōtsū (山梨交通) is a bus company in west of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
Outline
This company established in 1May 1945, as merged into many bus, taxi and railway companies.
Kanemaru Family, which Shin Kanemaru came from, established Yamanashi Kotsu in 1950. Kenji Osano, who was a chief executive operator in Kokusai Kogyo Group, invested into Yamanashi Kotsu and became a parent company of that. He helped Yamanashi Kotsu, which was in difficult to operate a lot of deficit routes because he was born in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Yamako Department Store was established by Kokusai Kogyo, and, from the first of establishment until bankruptcy, it connected with Tokyu Group and their department stores.
In 2009, Kokusai Kogyo transferred all their owned shares to Yamanashi Kotsu employee because Kokusai Kogyo got acquired by Cerberus Capital Management from Osano Family.
History
Establishment in the first time
Railway business was established in 1897 as Yamanashi Horse Tram opened between Kofu, Yamanashi