> You can't get a car in Tokyo unless you can prove that you have a place to park it. An important second part is that over-night street parking is also very,

> You can't get a car in Tokyo unless you can prove that you have a place to park it. An important second part is that over-night street parking is also very, very limited and towing heavily enforced. It's important to have both parts, otherwise you just end up with people getting parking permits through corrupt bureaucrats/etc and just leaving them overnight and the problem doesn't get any better.