Hands down the easiest country I’ve driven in. Very relaxing form me. The drivers have a very high standard of driving test and it shows with the consideration for other drivers. Traffic is low, cars leave you space, no tailgating, so no pressure. Messed up a couple of times with the solid lines so shouldn’t turn right, but all good other than that. Tokyo has wide roads for the most part, so tons of room and for a capital city, and comparing to others, it really isn’t that hard.
No, it's not easy and it's not simple. I have a Japanese license, I live in Japan. And I've encountered the most difficult and confusing intersections here in Japan. Bring your "A" game and you'll be OK. But Japan is not easy. PERIOD
Thanks for advice. I drove ladt week in Japan. The toll roads messed me up 😂. Next month i would rather hire a driver for half a day, know anyone or company that does that?
All good advice. A little known rule at rail crossings is that, not only must you come to a complete stop and look both ways, you must also roll down your window and listen too.
There are roundabouts in Japan, but they are incredibly rare. My town in America has 2. While I only saw 2 my whole time in Japan. 1 in Saga and 1 in Tottori
I am not sure, I know people rent campers that have toliets but they usually ask the customers to not use them. There are plenty of onsen bathhouses for showering however there isnt access to drain blacktanks like you would have in new zealand/ the states. (there are bags that can be put into toliets with powder chemicals so that the waste can be thrown into trash cans)
This feel more like for people who didn’t apply for basic driving in Japan (I have international license but still applied) all that is thought at school. So is more fore people who transfer license and don’t care to learn local rules . There’s lot more about parking/stoping in Japan, color of flags , cops arms, etc.
Additional: Some train tracks crossing has no stop signs, but regardless you have to FULL STOP and check... Most School Zone has no signs. The best way to identify you are in a certain area, if you saw a two diamond signs on the road it means student, children's or pedestrian crossing ahead. YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN...
This is just like driving in UK, hazards to thank and apologise, flick the fog lights to beckon someone and generally considerate driving resulting in low accident rates. Nice
O'm a 73 year old American man. I live my life pretending to be a 16 year old Japanese high school girl. Being a girl is so much fun that I just can't stand it. Being a Japanese girl is such tremendous thrill that it makes me delirious.
Hi, my name is Jarrod too lol A mate and I are travelling from Ireland to Japan and renting a camper for 2 weeks. Just clicked on your site to rent a camper but you are stopping rentals. We are flying into Osaka. Are there any rental companies you would recommend, we are looking at Van life rent a car, basically as they are very close to the airport. Thanks
We do not, but there is a Dream Drive campervan available to rent from another rental company, here is a link (need to translate from Japanese) ttps://carstay.jp/ja/cars/641ba563d88f8dfd43482495/
Some of the links are no longer working. Do you Know the maximum size for a vehicle to be able to park on a regular parking spot? Can i do it legally with a 6.9m Mercedes Sprinter conversion? Thank you.
Many thanks to the video, I'm visiting Hokkaido in May and will be driving by renting a car. I did it some ten years ago and so I do have a bit of knowledge in driving in Japan. I'm just a bit curious about refueling, as I've heard that some gas stations are now self-service, unlike the time I drove in Japan ten years ago. I'm wondering if there's anything I need to know to make sure that I can do the refueling properly by myself
I imagine a shortage of young workers who can be on their feet for long hours is a factor. Aging population and all that stuff everyone knows about already.@@vitocorleone8323
