Akai Kutsu Tour Bus

I’m interested in the Akai Kutsu Tour Bus. Is this a Hop On, Hop Off bus? Can I get on at any stop or must I go to their bus terminal in Sakuragicho Bus Terminal. If at any of their stops, do I pay the 100 yen fare when I get on the bus or when I exit the bus? There are 2 tour routes, Route C and Route M, is it best to change bus at Sakuragicho Bus Terminal?

Any information you can share with me will be very much appreciated. Thank you -Velma

For Akai kutsu bus, please look here.
http://www.yokohama-bus.jp/akaikutsu/en/index.html
Route map
http://www.baycitymap.jp/pdf/baycitymap_english.pdf#search='akaikutsu+route'

Akai Kutsu buses are sightseeing route buses offered by City of Yokohama; they are not chartered tour bus.

Like most other Yokohama City Bus routes, a flat fare applies to Akai Kutsu Bus Route (C) / (M); regardless of length of sections, the fare is 100 yen per ride.
- Transportation Bureau, City of Yokohama: How to use the buses
http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/koutuu/english/bus/how-to-use.html

You can take an Akai Kutsu bus from one stop to the other on the same route, but please note that buses run in one direction on most of the routes.
(On Route (C), you can choose a direction
between (C1 / C20) Sakuragicho eki-mae (station) and (C5 / C16) Aka Renga Soko (Red Brick Warehouse).)
You can tell the direction by a white arrow shown in the route map.
http://www.yokohama-bus.jp/common/files/akaikutsu_root_map.pdf

On Yokohama City Bus website, an English-language edition of this route map is not available; hopefully you can get one at a tourist information center.
- Yokohama Convention & Visitors Bureau: Tourist Information Centers
http://www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp/eng/travel/tips/

Akai Kutsu Bus: Route (M)
- Some stops:
(M1) Sakuragicho eki-mae (station), …,
(M5) Shintakashima eki-mae (station), …,
(M7) Exhibition Hall, (M8) Pacifico Yokohama, …,
(M10) Aka Renga Soko (Red Brick Warehouse), …,
(M13) Bashamichi eki (station),
(M14) Sakuragicho eki-mae (station).
- Timetable for weekdays:
http://www.yokohama-bus.jp/akaikutsu/en/timetable/weekday_m.html
- Timetable for weekends and holidays:
http://www.yokohama-bus.jp/akaikutsu/en/timetable/holiday_m.html

Akai Kutsu Bus: Route (C)
- Some stops:
(C1) Sakuragicho eki-mae (station),
(C2) Bashamichi eki (station), …,
(C5) Aka Renga Soko (Red Brick Warehouse), …,
(C8) Chinatown (Choyomon gate),
(C9) Motomachi Iriguchi,
(C10) Minatono Mieru Oka Koen-mae (France-Yama Harbor View Park),
(C11) Motomachi Iriguchi, …,
(C13) Yamashita Park-mae, …,
(C15) Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Terminal,
(C16) Aka Renga Soko (Red Brick Warehouse), …,
(C19) Bashamichi eki (station),
(C20) Sakuragicho eki-mae (station).
- Timetable for weekdays:
http://www.yokohama-bus.jp/akaikutsu/en/timetable/weekday_c.html
- Timetable for weekends and holidays:
http://www.yokohama-bus.jp/akaikutsu/en/timetable/holiday_c.html

Hello haro and omotenashi. Thank you very much for your helpful information. Omotenashi, thank you for all the time and effort you put into providing me with more helpful information than what I would have been able to find on my own. Again, thank you haro and omotenshi. Both of you enable travelers like us to enjoy our Japan destination a lot more. Keep up the good work. Velma