How to rent a car in Japan Renting
a car in Japan is very easy. A rental car is called "Renta
Ka-" (レンタカー）.
What do you need to rent a car?
In order to rent a car, you must have an International
Drivers License or a Japanese License. You do not need a credit
card to rent a car. You will pay for the car when you take the car,
and when you return the car if there are any additional charges.
Where can I find rental car company?
There are rental car companies near practically all
train stations and along big routes (highways.) Even Japan Rail
(JR) operates their own car rental company as a convenience to train
riders. Car rental companies are often run by the car's manufacturer.
For example, you can rent only Nissan cars from a Nissan car rental
company. Hertz Rental Car has a partnership with Toyota Rental Car.
Renting a car isn't expensive.
The price depends on where you are renting from, size
of the car and the rental car company.
An average rental car price for the first 24 hours
for a compact car is around 6,000 yen. In places like Okinawa where
there is a lot of competition, rental car prices of a compact car
can be 4,000 yen for the first 24 hours.
Additional Costs
The rental car has unlimited mileage. The only additional
thing you would pay for is insurance which is around 1500 yen per
day and fees for returning a rental car late.
Example
Here's an exa mple of a Toyota rental car brochure
with prices and sizes of cars.
Here's an example of the price of renting a standard
P3 class car for 50 hours (2 nights, 3 days) with a 10% discount
for using a discount card.
First day (￥9,000) + Second day (￥7,500) + 2 hours
(￥2,400) = ￥18,900
Minus 10% + Insurance (￥1,000/day) + Navigation System (￥500/day)
+ Tax (5%)
Total = ￥21,535 or ￥5,383/person if there are 4 people.
Links
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Club
Tocoo - Hotels, ryokan and car rental reservation. English
site. |
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Nippon
Rental Car - Japanese site |
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Nissan
Rental Car - Japanese site |
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Hertz
Rental Car
- Japanese site |
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Toyota
Rental Car
- Japanese site |
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Mazda
Rental Car
- Japanese site |
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Eki
Rental Car - Eki rental is run by Japan Rail (JR). They
have rental cars avaliable at many train stations. There are
also discounts if you are taking the Bullet train (shinkansen.)
- Japanese site |
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