Taxi Fares (Booking fee/ Base fare)

Tokyo / Kanagawa / Fukuyama

  • Currently in Tokyo / Kanagawa / Fukuyama, a booking fee will be charged and it won’t be included in your estimated fare when requesting a ride.
  • Please note that the booking fee may vary depending on the taxi company.

Osaka

  • Please note that a booking fee won’t be included in your estimated fare when requesting a ride and the booking fee may vary depending on the taxi company.

Reference:

  • [ Taxi (All Vehicles) ] … Some taxi companies may charge a booking fee. Please make sure of a booking fee with or without before requesting.

Kyoto

  • Currently in Kyoto, you can choose [ Taxi ] or [ MK Taxi ] on Uber App.
  • Please note that the booking fee may vary depending on the taxi company.

Reference:

  • [ Taxi ] … Some taxi companies may charge a booking fee. Please make sure of a booking fee with or without before requesting.
  • [ MK Taxi ] … Matching with MK Taxi doesn’t charge a booking fee.

Other Cities

The booking fee won’t be charged in cities other than the above cities.

NOTE:

  • Actual prices for rides may vary depending on traffic, weather or any other factors. The estimated price is estimated only and does not guarantee the price change due to the factors mentioned above.
  • Your trip fare may vary depending on a partner company’s base fare or other additional fees just like when using a taxi in general.
  • Taxi tickets are not issued by Uber and cannot be used for a trip with Uber.
  • A surcharge (travel business handling fee) will be charged in addition to the current Meter fee for the Uber Taxi from Tokyo 23 wards Please refer to this page for more details about the surcharge

For other fees, please refer to the following links:


Booking fee - FAQ:

QUESTION: What is a “booking fee”?

  • Booking fee means “pickup fee”, will be charged Rider who requested a ride and be paid to a taxi partner company.

QUESTION: Do I need to pay a booking fee even though I request from Uber app?

  • Booking fee will be charged in Tokyo / Osaka / Kanagawa / Kyoto / Fukuyama.
  • Booking fee will be added to the actual meter fare when you are at your drop-off location.
  • Please make sure to understand how the booking fee works. You may misunderstand some situations such as the fare estimate is different from the actual fare, or some extra yen was added to the actual meter fare when getting off at the drop-off location even though you checked the meter during your ride etc.

QUESTION: Is there any case of no booking fee?

  • Not all taxi companies (partner companies) in Japan adopt a booking fee. Some partner companies don’t charge a booking fee.
  • The booking fee amount varies since the amount is set for each partner company that adopts a booking fee.
  • Booking fees won’t be charged in cities other than Tokyo / Osaka / Kanagawa / Kyoto / Fukuyama.