Find a car with driver by day or hour
search_chauffeur_servicesUse this when the user wants a private car with a driver in Japan by the day or by the hour, for example a chauffeured Toyota Alphard, Lexus LM, Lexus LS, Lexus LX, Lexus ES, Toyota Crown or Mercedes V-Class for city sightseeing, business meetings, shopping or a day trip with a driver who waits. Returns each vehicle with passenger and suitcase capacity, the day-hire price per car for the chosen prefecture or the hourly reference rate for Tokyo, whether the price is confirmed or a class-tier estimate, and how booking and payment work. Read-only. Do not use it for a one-way ride between an airport and a city or resort (use search_private_transfers), for more than six passengers or for buses and coaches (use search_charter_vehicles), for self-drive car rental (use list_olachill_services), or for taxis.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| date | No | Pickup date as YYYY-MM-DD (Japan time). Used to apply the short-notice surcharge to the day-hire total. | |
| days | No | Daily hire only: number of hire days (1–7). Default 1. | |
| hours | No | Hourly hire only: hours needed, 2 to 12 in half-hour steps. Default 2. | |
| locale | No | Language for product names and page links (en, ja, ko, zh = Simplified Chinese, tw = Traditional Chinese, es, fr, de, it, th, id, vi). Default en. | |
| hire_type | No | daily = flat price per car per day; hourly = hourly reference rate (Tokyo, quoted on request); any = both. Default any. | |
| large_bags | No | Number of large suitcases carried in the car. Default 0. | |
| passengers | No | Number of travellers in the car (children count as passengers). | |
| prefecture | No | Japanese prefecture or major city of the pickup, in English, e.g. Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hokkaido, Kanagawa, Yokohama, Nagoya. Day-hire prices differ by prefecture. Omit for Tokyo prices. |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| hint | No | What to try next. | |
| error | No | Present only when the call failed; a short reason the user can act on. | |
| results | Yes | ||
| prefecture | No | Prefecture the day-hire prices were computed for. | |
| group_too_large | No | True when no car fits the party and luggage; use search_charter_vehicles instead. | |
| earliest_bookable_date | No | First pickup date (Japan time) that can be booked today. |