Sado ferry: next boat to Ryotsu

Sado Kisen terminal at Bandai-jima, car ferry and jetfoil to Ryotsu

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Sado Kisen (car ferry), Niigata Port to Ryotsu, Sado: first 06:00, last 19:30, 5 sailings a day, about every 205 min, 150 min crossing.

Key facts (from the timetables and the live feeds, as of 2026-09-26)

Sado Kisen (car ferry), Niigata Port to Ryotsu, Sado: first 06:00, last 19:30, 5 sailings a day, about every 205 min, 150 min crossing.
Sado Kisen (jetfoil), Niigata Port to Ryotsu, Sado: first 07:55, last 16:20, 5 sailings a day, about every 110 min, 67 min crossing.
Sado Kisen (car ferry), Ryotsu, Sado to Niigata Port: first 05:30, last 19:30, 5 sailings a day, about every 210 min, 150 min crossing.
Sado Kisen (jetfoil), Ryotsu, Sado to Niigata Port: first 07:20, last 16:25, 5 sailings a day, about every 140 min, 67 min crossing.
No scheduled bus serves this place in the open data.
Live positions and delays are shown for buses that report; boats are timetable only.

Boats from here

Sado Kisen (car ferry) Niigata Port → Ryotsu, Sado · 150 min crossing

timetable 06:00 · 09:25 · 12:35 · 16:05 · 19:30

Last departure today 19:30

Sado Kisen (jetfoil) Niigata Port → Ryotsu, Sado · 67 min crossing

timetable 07:55 · 09:40 · 11:30 · 14:40 · 16:20

Last departure today 16:20

Boats back

Sado Kisen (car ferry) Ryotsu, Sado → Niigata Port · 150 min crossing

timetable 05:30 · 09:15 · 12:45 · 16:05 · 19:30

Last departure today 19:30

Sado Kisen (jetfoil) Ryotsu, Sado → Niigata Port · 67 min crossing

timetable 07:20 · 09:40 · 11:15 · 14:35 · 16:25

Last departure today 16:25

Buses from here

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Where the buses are now

Map: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan tiles. Dots are the reporting buses that serve this place; the ring is the stop.

Getting here and away

Sado Kisen sails from the Bandai-jima terminal, about 3 km north of Niigata Station (bus or taxi). The car ferry takes about 2 hours 30; the jetfoil takes about 1 hour 07 and should be reserved.

The times on this board are the operator's timetable for 14 September to 12 October; from 13 October the jetfoil times change, and extra boats run on Fridays, weekends and holidays. Check the operator's calendar before you plan around a sailing.

How to read this

live Live: the operator's own position and delay for that bus, updated every 15 seconds.

timetable Timetable: the published time. The bus or boat is not reporting a position, so the minutes are from the timetable, not from where it is.

Other places in Niigata and Sado

Niigata Station Bandai exit: Toki-Liner intercity buses to Nagaoka, Kashiwazaki and Joetsu
Bandai City and Furumachi Bandai City and Furumachi stops of the intercity buses
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Sources

Bus timetables, positions and delays come from the operators' open data, refreshed every 15 to 30 seconds by the operators. Each operator and its licence:

Boat times copied from the operators' published timetables on 2026-09-26. Boats do not publish live positions. On holidays and busy days the operators run extra or different timetables; check at the pier. Sado Kisen (car ferry) · Sado Kisen (jetfoil) · Sado Kisen (car ferry) · Sado Kisen (jetfoil)

KUON GEO NEXT shows, for one place, the next departure of everything that leaves from it. It is built from the open data that Japanese operators publish, and it says on every line whether the number is live or a timetable. It is made by KUON GEO, which measures position and the sky in Japan.

This board comes from one open endpoint: https://kuongeo.com/api/next/niigata/sado-ferry

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