Car Rentals

General information about driving in Japan

• Driving is on the left
• Speed limits are set between 30 and 50 km/h in urban areas, 60km/h in the suburbs and main roads. On the motorway, it’s usually 100km/h, but allow for weather disruption as speeds may vary.
• Tolls are levied on motorways and on some major roads
• Have some cash at the ready for toll booths on motorways as foreign issued credit cards aren’t accepted
• At the entrance and exit of motorways, please go through the Green gate marked ‘一般’ rather than the Purple gate marked as ‘ETC’.
• We can arrange ETC(Electric Toll Collection system) card rental along wihth car rental for you.
• You will be required to refill the tank (unleaded) when you return the car. Ultimate unleaded: ハイオク(Ha-i-oku), Unleaded: レギュラー(regular), Diesel: 軽油(Ke-i-yu)
• Most of the major roads are signposted in English but this may not be the case in small towns and rural areas　
• The most of car we book for you to hire are with multilingual satelite navigation system.
• Drink-Driving is strictly prohibited

For further information, please go to the JAF official site
JAF (Japan Automobile Federation) http://www.jaf.or.jp/e/index.htm

Please refer to this site for Japanese traffic rules:
http://www.npa.go.jp/annai/license_renewal/english.pdf