{"id":3386,"date":"2023-02-26T12:15:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T12:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expeditiontokyo.com\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2023-09-03T02:23:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T02:23:01","slug":"are-cars-used-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expeditiontokyo.com\/are-cars-used-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Cars Used In Japan & Should You Use Them Over Trains?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When people think of transportation in Japan, mainly Tokyo, they usually think of busy trains travelling at super-fast speeds. After all, this is the primary method of transportation around Japan\u2019s capital city. However<\/strong>, everyone knows Japan is home to some of the world’s largest car brands, think Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Subaru Suzuki and so much more. With so many successful car brands in the country\u2019s history, you would think that Japan would use these amazing & more importantly, reliable vehicles. So, are cars used in japan?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Japan is one of the top countries for having ‘Vehicles In-Use.’ In 2019, it came third on a list of countries with the highest number of used vehicles, with approximately 77 million. Despite Tokyo having a small number of cars in-use, a popular misconception is that this applies to Japan as a whole.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With that being said, we now know that cars are used in Japan, but not so much<\/em><\/strong> in Tokyo. In this article we are going to take a look at why cars aren\u2019t used as much in Tokyo and if you should even consider using cars as a transportation method in Japan.  <\/p>\n\n\n