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update: Nov 25,2009
Removal of illegally-parked bicycles
- The designated no-bicycle-parking zones are areas within about 200 meters of the following railway stations:
JR Sobu Line : Ichikawa Station, Moto-Yawata Station
Keisei Line : Ichikawa-Mama Station, Keisei Yawata Station
JR Musashino Line : Ichikawa-Ono Station
Tokyo Metro Tozai Line : Myoten Station, Gyotoku Station, Minami-Gyotoku Station
(Check the detailed explanation of the area shown on the signboard, etc. set near the station.) - Bicycles, etc. that are left in the designated no-bicycle-parking zone are subject to removal.
- There is no preliminary (day before, etc.) warning about the implementation of the removal.
- In cases where bicycles, etc. are tied to a guardrail or any other structure, using chains, etc., the chains, etc. will be cut off and there will be no compensation for the damage.
Removal and storage fees
| Category | Removal and storage fees |
| Bicycle | 3,000yen |
| Small motorcycle | 6,000yen |
[When your bicycle is stolen]
- Recently there have been many cases of stolen bicycles. You are requested to make a crime prevention registration.
- If your bicycle is stolen, report the theft to the police immediately.
- Ichikawa City removes illegally-parked bicycles and it is not uncommon that stolen and abandoned bicycles are found among them. (In cases where a stolen bicycle is removed and stored, and the theft has been reported before the day of the removal, it is not necessary to pay the removal and storage fee.)
Storage yard
| Storage yard | Address | Phone |
| Shinden Storage Yard | 5-18, Shinden, Ichikawa City (Under the elevated track of the JR Sobu Line) |
047-324-4356 |
| Hirata Storage Yard | 2-19, Hirata, Ichikawa City (Under the elevated track of the JR Sobu Line) |
047-322-2661 |
| Ono Storage Yard | 4-2160-1, Onomachi, Ichikawa City | 047-338-5390 |
| Chidoricho Storage Yard | 3-2-7 Soto, Shiohama, Ichikawa City Under the Expressway Bayshore Line Overpass at Chidorich |
No phone available |
When to pick up stored bicycles, etc.
| Storage Yard | Open Days | Open Hours |
| Shinden Storage Yard Hirata Storage Yard Chidoricho Storage Yard |
Wednesdays-Fridays Saturdays (the first, third, and fifth Saturdays) Sundays (the second and fourth Sundays) |
From 2pm to 7pm |
| Ono Storage Yard | Fridays Saturdays (the first, third, and fifth Saturdays) Sundays (the second and fourth Sundays) |
Note:
·the storage yards are closed on national holidays and between December 29 and January 3.
·Bicycles stored in the storage yard are waiting to be picked up. Pick up your bicycle as soon as possible. Take good care of it and use it, obeying the applicable rules and regulations.
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●Information on this page is published by:
Publicity Affairs Section, Planning Department
Ichikawa City Hall
Yawata 1-1-1, Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture
電話:047-334-1106 FAX:047-336-2300
Publicity Affairs Section, Planning Department
Ichikawa City Hall
Yawata 1-1-1, Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture
電話:047-334-1106 FAX:047-336-2300











