2026年4月3日
-
Thank you for always using Nippon Rent-A-Car.
When driving in areas with icy or snowy roads, be sure to equip your vehicle with winter tires. Even if you pick up your vehicle in an area without snow, you will still need to equip it with winter tires when driving in snowy areas.
What are winter tires?
Winter tires are made of a special rubber that does not harden even at temperatures below 0°C, and are designed to transmit driving and braking power to the road surface better than regular summer tires.
When driving to areas with icy or snowy roads, be sure to put winter tires on your car.
Even if you pick up your rental car in a snowless area, you will still need to put on winter tires when driving to snowy areas.
*Except for areas and sections equipped with standard winter tires, if you do not book a winter tires in advance, we will prepare a car with normal tires. Be sure to book winter tires.Driving precautions
For information on driving on snowy or icy roads, please refer to the following URL.
*This will take you to an external website.
URL: https://english.jaf.or.jp/safe-driving/disaster/snow-covered-and-icy-roads
Regions and periods where winter tires are standard equipment.
●In some regions and periods, all vehicles come standard with winter tires (free of charge), so you do not need to apply for winter tires. If you specify winter tires outside of the standard equipment period, an additional fee will be charged.
● An additional fee will be charged if you specify winter tires outside of the standard equipment period.
How to reserve winter tires options
You can instantly apply for winter tires at the same time as booking your rental car through our official website.
Please see below for instructions on how to make a reservation on the official website.
On our official website, winter tires option is only available for reservations scheduled to pick-up between October and May of the following year.(1) Select "Specify winter tires (winter only) and 4WD" or "Set/Change search conditions" on the vehicle type/class selection screen.
*If winter tires are standard equipment, "winter tires standard equipment" will be displayed (no application is required if standard equipment is required).
For standard equipment regions and periods, click here
(2) Check “winter tires” on the pop-up screen.
(3) Select “Search with these conditions.”
(4) winter tires will be added to the "Current search conditions" list.
A list of classes of winter tires available for reservation for the selected vehicle type will be displayed.
*If a class is not displayed, there are no vehicles equipped with winter tires available or no winter tires are available.
[Popular snowy areas]
Tohoku, Hokuriku, Zao, Yuzawa, Kinugawa, Nikko, Kusatsu, Karuizawa, Manza, Alpine Route, Shirakawa-go, Lake Kawaguchi, Hakuba, Shiga Kogen, Nozawa Onsen, Tottori, Aso, etc. Please refer to the link above for more details.
[Where you need winter tires during one-way drop-off]
If you pick it up from December 1 to March 31 in a snowless area and return it at the specific location listed below, all vehicles must be equipped with winter tires. If not, this service will not be accepted for safety reasons.
Restrictions include:
Aomori, Akita, Iwate, Yamagata, Miyagi, Fukushima, Nagano, Niigata, Yamanashi, Tochigi (Kinugawa, Nikko), Fukui, Toyama, Ishikawa, Shimane, Tottori, Kyoto (Amanohashidate, Fukuchiyama), Shiga (Kusatsu, Maibara, Omihachiman, Lake Biwa)
*Limits are subject to change. Please check the updated information before renting.
*In consideration of the safety of our customers, if you go to a snowy area without wearing a winter tires, you may be refused to use a rental car in accordance with the Enforcement Regulations of the Road Traffic Act of each prefecture or the relevant provisions of the Road Traffic Regulations.