Let’s Use the Roads Properly
Let’s Follow the Rules and Use Roads Safely and Sensibly
Placing items on the street such as standing billboards, merchandise and banners—as well as bicycles and motorcycles—obstructs traffic and can also cause traffic accidents. Please do not sell items on the street or do anything else that blocks traffic, and avoid the dumping of unwanted bicycles, motorcycles, furniture and electric appliances on the road, which is illegal.
| Inquiries (in Japanese) | Regulation and Compliance Section, Traffic Affairs Division (Shinjuku City Office Main Bldg. 7F), Tel: 03-5273-3847 Traffic Regulation Section of Traffic Division of the local police station Ushigome Police Station, Tel: 03-3269-0110 Shinjuku Police Station, Tel: 03-3346-0110 Totsuka Police Station, Tel: 03-3207-0110 Yotsuya Police Station, Tel: 03-3357-0110 |
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Placing Signs or Screens on the Street Requires a Private-Use Road Permit and a Fee
Signs or screens will have to be changed or removed if standards are not met, and require a private-use road permit. You must also pay a fee to the road administrator. In some cases, there are exemption and reduction programs related to these fees. After your private-use permit expires, you will have to renew it. Please ask the road administrator (see below) for more information.
| Inquiries (in Japanese) | Shinjuku City roads: Occupancy Section, Civil Engineering Management Division (Shinjuku City Office Main Bldg. 7F), Tel: 03-5273-3574 Metropolitan roads: Occupancy Section, Maintenance Division, 3rd Construction Office, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tel: 03-3387-5104 National roads: Yoyogi Branch Office, Tokyo National Roads Office, Tel: 03-3374-9451 |
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