JR Tohoku Bus operate a long distance bus Dream Akita/Yokohama Express from Tokyo and Yokohama. It leaves daily from Tokyo station southern Yaesu exit at 9:50PM (8:55PM from Yokohama station east bus terminal), and arrive Akita station at 6:35AM the following day. �9,100 single (�9,500 from Yokohama).
Odakyu Bus also run an overnight bus service, the Flora, from Shinjuku to Akita. Two departures each night (8-9 hours, �9,450 one-way).
Shuhoku runs a bus from the Tobu side of Ikebukuro at 10PM each evening arriving in Kazuno (6:20AM), Odate (7:05AM), Takanosu (7:35AM) and Noshiro (8:35AM).
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