In Japan you can’t buy a car unless you have somewhere to park it – the garage literally won’t sell you a car until you complete a form that officially proves you have somewhere to park a car within 2km of your registered home! Whilst that sounded kind of curious to our British ears it makes a lot of sense in Tokyo given the lack of space.
So having committed to our journey, and having decided to buy a car as soon as possible, the next stage was to find somewhere to park said car….
With a bit of help from Clare’s employer we eventually found a spot some 500m from our apartment.
It’s a very beautiful parking space, but bloody expensive!