Originally Posted by
Burton
A friend that moved to Japan wrote and said that before you can even buy a car there you need to demonstrate you own a place to park it.
So where can you park bikes legaly in Japan? I thought some peopke here had problems not being able to bring a bike into their apartment building but Japan looks worse!
Yes you must get a certificate from City Hall which states you have a parking space for your car before you buy it. There are exceptions for minicars though.
In Kyoto City, City Hall has started to instaul bike parking but you must pay 100 yen an hour to use most of them. You can find some which are free for the first two hours but they are rare. This one I use is free for the first two hours and then 150yen for 24 hours. Also, as ifold mentioned, many apartments do have bicycle parking for tenants.
