Knowledge of business areas
Business zones are defined by law and are designated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism based on the location of the cab company or office. In addition, while taxis are basically required to operate within their business zone, there are exceptions. In some cases, operation beyond the business district may be allowed.
Fourpattern
Assume that a taxy company's business area is "A".
- (1) Place to get on: A → Place to get off: Outside business area = OK
- (2) Place to get on: Outside business area → Place to get off: A = OK
- (3) Place to get on: A → Place to get off: A = OK
- (4) Place to get on: out of business area → Place to get off: out of business area = NG
Ltd., the operator of JumboTaxi.com, operates cabs in the "Kenan Chuo Kotsu Area," which covers Kawaguchi City, Saitama City, Konosu City, Ageo City, Warabi City, Toda City, Okegawa City, Kitamoto City, and Ina Town.
This is the reason why you sometimes see cabs with Tokyo license plates in Saitama City.
For reference, the cab business areas of Tokyo and Saitama Prefectures are listed below.
| Tokyo Metropolitan area | Prefectural south central traffic circle | Southeastern prefectural traffic circle | Southwest Prefectural traffic circle | Northern traffic circle | Chichibu traffic circle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adachi-ku | Kawaguchi City | Kasukabe City | Kawagoe City | Kumagaya City | Chichibu City |
| Arakawa-ku | Saitama City | Soka City | Tokorozawa City | Gyoda City | Yokoze-machi |
| Itabashi-ku | Konosu City | Koshigaya City | Hanno City | Kazo City | Minano-machi |
| Edogawa-ku | Ageo City | Kuki City | Higashi-matsuyama City | Honjo City | Nagatoro-machi |
| Ota-ku | Warabi City | Yashio City | Sayama City | Hanyu City | Ogano-machi |
| Katsushika-ku | Toda City | Yoshikawa City | Iruma City | Fukaya City | |
| Kita-ku | Okegawa City | Shiraoka City | Asaka City | Misato-machi | |
| Koto-ku | Kitamoto City | Miyashiro-machi | Shiki City | Kamisato-machi | |
| Shinagawa-ku | Ina-machi | Sugito-machi | Wako City | Yorii-machi | |
| Shibuya-ku | Misato City | Matsubushi-machi | Niiza City | ||
| Shinjuku-ku | Hasuda City | Fujimi City | |||
| Suginami-ku | Satte City | Fujimino City | |||
| Sumida-ku | Sakado City | ||||
| Setagaya-ku | Tsurugashima City | ||||
| Taito-ku | Hidaka City | ||||
| Chuo-ku | Miyoshi-machi | ||||
| Chiyoda-ku | Moroyama-machi | ||||
| Toshima-ku | Ogose-machi | ||||
| Nakano-ku | Namegawa-machi | ||||
| Nerima-ku | Ranzan-machi | ||||
| Bunkyo-ku | Ogawa-machi | ||||
| Minato-ku | Tokigawa-machi | ||||
| Meguro-ku | Kawajima-machi | ||||
| Musashino City | Yoshimi-machi | ||||
| Mitaka City | Hatoyama-machi | ||||
| Higashi-Chichibu-mura |
