If you had a Noah, where would you park it?

I don't find the two-car parking lots all over this town to be unusual. Parking is scarce, and if you had a small chunk of land available, someone would be glad to pay you something to allow them to park there. 

The thing that does amuse me, is that even the two-car lots, such as this one, tend to have an electronic sign letting you know if they have a space available.

That character just below the large P at right is on an electronic display. This one means there is space available. There's a different one when the lot is full. Thing is, you often can't see this until you're about close enough to see the spaces, and yet, they've gone to the expense of providing the sign. (It's probably part of the overall parking lot package they bought somewhere. They're all remarkably similar. There's no attendant, obviously. You park and the gizmo locks until you pay the machine.)

This is in a residential area, not downtown or near a train station. These days a Yen is running pretty close to a penny, so this says the maximum charge is about $18 for a 12 hour period. Its about $2 for a half hour between 8 AM and 10 PM, and about $1 for two hours otherwise.