Tobu bus, the only bus I use frequently

With today being "Tobu Day", I was thinking about all the different Tobu Group services and facilities I use. I live in Saitama Prefecture, where the Tobu Group is huge and so Tobu is everywhere. However, in other parts of Japan there is a chance people aren't familiar with the Tobu Group at all. Or maybe they have just heard of Tobu Zoo, maybe even know about the Tobu railways, but may not know there are Tobu Department Stores or Tobu buses in the Kanto region. 

From what I can tell, what buses service your area in Japan varies greatly. Take for example the prefecture I have called home for the longest in Japan, reportedly there are 94 bus companies in Saitama Prefecture. But Tobu bus is the only one that services my neighborhood. Even in downtown Kawagoe, Tobu bus are the most common. The featured photo is of a Tobu Bus in Kawagoe with wind chime wrapping, as the city is famous for wind chimes. If you visit Kawagoe and jump on a bus to the tourist district, chances are that it is a Tobu bus. There are Seibu buses as well. But they are more common in the Tokorozawa area of Saitama Prefecture.

I was trying to recall what bus company I used when I lived in other areas of Japan, such as Ibaraki, Gunma and Kanagawa. My research indicated that most likely I used a municipal bus service, "Yokohama City Bus", when I lived in Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture. But the only one I could remember myself, is that I frequently used Asahi Buses when I lived in Ibaraki Prefecture. And much to my surprise I found out today, while researching this post, that Asahi is part of the Tobu Group!