It's hard to find a rental apartment in Japan where you can park your motorcycle. Japanese rental apartments do not normally allow parking for motorbikes due to their small footprint. This page describes my experience in finding a rental apartment in Tokyo where I can park my motorcycle.

Shinjuku is one of the most prosperous towns in Tokyo and it is difficult to find rental apartments. I negotiated with the rental apartment owner to get a motorcycle parking permit. As a result, I am able to obtain the permit for an additional cost of 3000 yen a month. In general, negotiate with the owner before moving in.

Fuchu City is a city located west of Tokyo. It is not so difficult to find an apartment for rent in this town because many business people living in Tokyo live there. At this time I was very lucky to find a rental apartment immediately where I could park my motorcycle. The real estate agent negotiated with the owner of the rental apartment and got permission to park the motorcycle. The important thing is negotiation.

Shinagawa, like Shinjuku, is one of the most prosperous towns in Tokyo. It is very difficult to find a rental apartment in this town. There are few rental apartments in this town where you can park your motorcycle. It took me about 3 weeks to find a rental apartment where I could park my motorcycle. The new rental apartment I found had a parking lot for motorbikes. Rental apartments with motorbike parking are very rare in Japan. It's a very nice apartment, but of course the rent is very expensive.

I moved to Fuchu City again. This time, as a result of negotiations with the owner of the rental apartment, we got permission to park the motorcycle in the building. In Japan, there are few rental apartments with an indoor parking lot. I think I was very lucky.