Japan Private Drivers: TokudAw's wholly-owned vehicle fleet.

TokudAw tours are entirely resourced using our own fleet of Hiace 14 seater vans under Japan Private Drivers. We do not rely on third party vehicle lessors to provide vehicles or agencies to provide drivers. This means that we are able to organise and maintain our fleet to the highest possible standard of quality and performance, and ensure that our drivers are fully qualified and trained to meet our high standards of customer satisfaction.

Owning our fleet means we do not have to pay excessive rental and insurance fees to third parties, and can pass the savings on to our clients.

More about our vehicles:

Our vehicles undergo inspections every three months, and any issues are immediately repaired before they return to service. Vehicles also undergo a more stringent annual inspection.

A vehicle inspection officer completes a final check on all vehicles before they depart to collect clients.

All vehicles are fully insured.

More about our drivers:

We employ highly-trained, multilingual drivers who have extensive experience working with guests from many different countries and backgrounds, including guests with health conditions and disabilities. They are extremely knowledgeable, having spent years guiding guests through some of Japan's most famous and some of its lesser known regions.

All drivers undergo a physical examination at the start of the day to ensure they are in a good condition to drive.

Our drivers also undergo 20 hours of on-the-road training to make sure that they are familiar with the vehicle.

All of our drivers have the professional Class 2 licence required to drive a mid-sized bus.

All vehicles are equipped with front and interior drive recorders to monitor driver behaviour, so we can always allow them to improve. 

All vehicles are also equipped with a digital tachograph, to monitor erratic driving. If dangerous driving has been detected, the main office gets notified immediately. The digital tachograph also has GPS embedded so we can check where the driver has been.

We hold monthly seminars for our drivers ranging from how to maintain top vehicle condition, to things to take note of while driving under snowy or rainy conditions.

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