Using Bicycles

Bicycles are an affordable and environment-friendly means of transportation. However, if left in front of the station, they can be an obstruction and interfere with the rescue activities of emergency vehicles. When using a bicycle, be sure to use a bicycle parking lot.

Bicycle Parking Lots

There are three types of bicycle parking lots: those that charge parking fees, those that are used on a registration basis and arranged parking areas and all the three need registrations in advance. Depending on the particular bicycle parking lot, you can use a parking space on a one-day basis or for motorcycles.

• Fee-Charging Bicycle Parking Lots
  There are one-day only fees or regular-use fees in monthly units.
• Registration Bicycle Parking Lots
  You can register to use a parking lot at 5,000yen for one year.
• Arranged Bicycle Parking Areas
  You can register to use a parking area at 5,000yen to 9,600 for one year.

Removal of Illegally Parked Bicycles

Nakano City designates areas around stations as no-parking zones and regularly removes bicycles left in these areas to bicycle storage lots. Removal is conducted regardless of the length of time, and if the bicycle is locked with a chain, the chain is cut off.

Nakano Station Area No-Parking AreasNakano Station(GIF)

Reclaiming Your Bicycle

To reclaim your bicycle at a bicycle storage lot, you must bring:

1. some form of personal identification (driver's license, foreign resident registration card, etc.);
2. your bicycle key;
3. a 5,000yen removal fee.

Bicycle Storage Lot

Nakano Bicycle Storage Lot

4-14 Nakano Tel: 3319-1449
Removal Areas: Nakano Station (west side of Nakano-dori Street), Higashi-Nakano Station (north side of Chuo Line), Ochiai, Nogata, Nakano-fujimicho, Nakano-shimbashi and Shin-Nakano Station areas.

Kamisagi Bicycle Storage Lot

5-6 Kami-Saginomiya Tel: 3825-7194
Removal Areas: Fujimidai, Toritsu Kasei, Shin-egota Station areas.

Saginomiya-higashi Bicycle Storage Lot

3-56 Wakamiya Tel: 3338-5644
Removal Area: Saginomiya Station area.

Miyazono Bicycle Storage Lot

2-18 Nakano Tel: 3382-4354
Removal Areas: Higashi-Nakano Station (south side of Chuo Line), Nakano-sakaue Station areas.

Nakano 5-chome Bicycle Storage Lot

5-3 Nakano Tel: 3388-4339
Removal Area: Nakano Station (east side of Nakano-dori Street), Arai Yakushi-mae Station areas.

Numabukuro Underground Bicycle Storage Lot

1-34-14 Numabukuro Tel: 3387-2178
Removal Area: Numabukuro Station area.

* Reception is open from Monday through Saturday and the second and fourth Sundays of the month, from 12 noon to 7:00 p.m. Closed: National holidays and during the year-end/New Year holidays.

Bicycle Storage Lot Comprehensive Information

As of April 2007, the Bicycle Storage Lot Comprehensive Information Center has been established, so please take advantage of its services. Please inquire at the contact number provided below for information on storage lots for bicycles that have been removed, information on reclaiming procedures and inquiries concerning bicycle removal.

Bicycle Storage Lot Comprehensive Information Center

• Tel: 3999-3003
• Hours: Monday through Saturday and the second and fourth Sundays of the month (excluding December 9 through January 3 and national holidays) 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Inquiries: Bicycle Control Desk, Civil Engineering & Traffic Section
Tel: 3228-5561

Bicycle Crime-Prevention Registration

To use a bicycle, Bicycle Crime-Prevention Registration is required by law. The objective of this system is to alleviate such problems in everyday life such as frequent bicycle theft and the obstruction of stolen bicycles that are left near the station. When you purchase a bicycle, registration is completed at the retail shop for a fee of 500yen.
When transferring ownership of a bicycle, you must resubmit the bicycle crime-prevention registration. The former owner must fill out a Transfer Certificate, and the new owner should bring this certificate along with some form of personal identification to the nearest bicycle shop to complete the bicycle crime-prevention registration.

Bicycle Crime-Prevention Registration Sticker