Driver guide

Reservation

Reservation here!

Road sign

  • Road closed
    Road closed
  • Closed to motor vehicles
    Closed to motor vehicles
  • No entry
    No entry
  • No U-turn
    No U-turn
  • Stop line
    Stop line
  • Parking
    Parking
  • Designated lane
    Designated lane
  • Can stop
    Can stop
  • Slippery
    Slippery
  • Lane ends ahead
    Lane ends ahead
  • Right bend ahead
    Right bend ahead
  • Rotary ahead
    Rotary ahead

reservation

  1. step1 Please check the availability from the reservation form.
    Please check the availability from the reservation form.
  2. step2 You will receive our confirmation on the availability and price by return.
    You will receive our confirmation on the availability and price by return.
  3. step3 Your reservation will be fixed upon your confirmation by return
    Your reservation will be fixed upon your confirmation by return
  4. step4 You will receive a URL to access the payment site through SNS several days before the service commencement date.
    You will receive a URL to access the payment site through SNS several days before the service commencement date.
  5. step5 Please subtmit your payment information.
    Please subtmit your payment information.

receiving

  1. step1 Please come to the location specified for handover on the specified date and time.
    Please come to the location specified for handover on the specified date and time.
  2. step2 Our staff will explain the precautions and terms and conditions of use (with an interpreter on the phone).
    Our staff will explain the precautions and terms and conditions of use (with an interpreter on the phone).
  3. step3 Together with our staff, check the vehicle for any damages before departure.
    Together with our staff, check the vehicle for any damages before departure.
  4. step4 Handover completed!
    Handover completed!

Additional notes

For safe driving, we recommend you to get yourself familialize with the traffic rules in Japan and information on the rental car. Special rules are in place in Japan for traffic, signals, use of ETC system on the highway and driving a rental car. Please prepare yourself for driving a rental car in Japan.

return

  1. step1 Please park the car at the location you specified at the time of reservation.
    Please park the car at the location you specified at the time of reservation.
  2. step2 Please place the parking receipt in the case and put in on the passenger seat.
    Please place the parking receipt in the case and put in on the passenger seat.
  3. step3 Please lock the car, enclose the key in the Letter Pack, and put it in the postbox
    Please lock the car, enclose the key in the Letter Pack, and put it in the postbox
  4. step4 Please notify us that you have returned the car through SNS.
    Please notify us that you have returned the car through SNS.
  5. step5 Our staff will come pick the car up based on the notification and GPS data.
    Our staff will come pick the car up based on the notification and GPS data.

get a license

  1. step1 Please come to the location specified for handover on the specified date and time.
    Please come to the location specified for handover on the specified date and time.
  2. step2 Our staff will explain the precautions and terms and conditions of use (with an interpreter on the phone).
    Our staff will explain the precautions and terms and conditions of use (with an interpreter on the phone).

Additional notes

In addition to the above, the individuals with the driver's license issued by the following countries,can drive a car in Japan by carrying the Japanese translation of the license together with the original driver's license;
Swizerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Monaco, Taiwan
Translation fee: 4,000 yen
It will take about 2 weeks to prepare the translation.

Required documents:

  1. image data of the current valid driver's license issued by coutries other than Japan (front and reverse sides) The following driver's licenses may not be translated.
    1. Licenses with handwritten part that may be illegible (e.g. upper left part of the reverse side of a driver's license issued by Germany)
    2. Paper driver's licenses in particular, with illegible stamps or stamps overlapping the folds of the license, making them illegible (e.g. French driver's license).
  2. Or there may other comments or requests from JAF that are not covered above. Our company will make the application on behalf of the customers.
https://english.jaf.or.jp/

basic rule

Additional notes

Please see below for the additional information.