Buying a Car in Japan on a Tourist Visa | Our Real Experience!

We recently bought a car in Japan while on a tourist visa, an experience we're excited to share with you. This video covers the car dealership process and offers practical car buying tips for navigating this unique situation. Join us as we show you our new car and our life in rural Japan. Buying a Car in Japan on a Tourist Visa — Yes, It’s Actually Possible Most people believe that you cannot buy a car in Japan without residency. We believed it too. No residency card. No long-term visa. Just a tourist visa, a traditional Japanese house in rural Japan, and a lot of unanswered questions. But it turns out that owning a car in Japan on a tourist visa isn’t as impossible as everyone says — and in this video, we share what actually happened when we tried to do it ourselves. This isn’t a step-by-step guide or advice. It’s simply our real experience buying and registering a car in Japan without residency, something we were told repeatedly couldn’t be done.