Niseko Business Owners
Our service also includes sourcing vehicles for local businesses in the Niseko and surrounding area. Purchasing a vehicle in Japan can be a timely and expensive process, numerous documents have to be filled out, including forms to register your car and to verify ownership of a parking space. If you buy a used car, the process is further complicated by forms regulating the transfer of ownership.
Fortunately, if you buy a car through Niseko Auto, we will handle most of the paperwork for you, while your main task is signing the forms with your officially registered, personal stamp (inkan).

Vehicle related Taxes
A prefectural automobile tax is paid annually by individuals who own a car truck or bus. In case of passenger cars, the amount is calculated based on the engine displacement. A municipal light vehicle tax is paid annually by individuals who own motorbikes or other motorized light vehicles. A national motor vehicle tonnage tax is paid by vehicle owners at the time of the mandatory inscections (shaken). A prefectural automobile acquisition tax is paid by persons when they acquire a car.

Shaken is a compulsory safety inspection, which cars in Japan have to undergo every two years, except new cars, for which the first inspection is not due until three years after purchase. The shaken typically costs between 100,000 and 200,000 Yen, and besides the actual inspection includes a weight tax (typically 8,000 to 50,000 Yen) and a mandatory insurance (about 30,000 Yen).