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Anonymous07/08/26, 09:15No.2894986Driving around Japan
I want to spend 3 weeks in Japan, rent a place west of Kobe and drive around the countryside.
Has anyone done this?
My idea is to rent a apartment for a month (around 800 quid), use it as a base where I can cook food myself. Needs to be small town so parking is free but big enough that it has a supermarket. Rent a car and do day trips all around the place, maybe staying overnight a couple of times for longer distances.
Best I can tell there are companies like livemax that rent monthly or weekly even to foreigners. I already drive around Japan last time so no problems there. I'd be really interested in hearing first hand experiences from people who've done something like this.
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Anon07/08/26, 12:02No.2894996
cringe
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Anon07/08/26, 15:47No.2895019
oh look another deranged weeb thread.
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Anon07/08/26, 21:40No.2895058
I think most people stick to the trains for Japanese travels.
I have driven in Japan for work, but mostly parked at the office and my house in the countryside. I didn't do it for very long, and really only drove into the mountains or to a hiking trail national park type places on my off days.
I am getting anxiety just thinking about trying to find a parking spot in a proper city.
You could try an airbnb or vrbo to find short term accommodation to cook at. Some sharehouses may allow for month-to-month and have kitchens as well.
Also I don't know why Kobe keeps being brought up here. It's a suburb of Osaka. Just go there. Is it fans of the Lakers or Wagyu that think it's a travel destination?
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Anon07/08/26, 22:12No.2895067
I've done this twice with a group of friends, very good times! First was just a few days with a car-accessible hotel on account of our weeb's demand for an Initial D pilgrimage but it ended up being a highlight of the trip. So we did it again, with a vacation rental for a couple weeks seeing Tohoku. From the twisting mountain roads and 5-star rest areas to neon expressway nights and kombini pit stops, it was an unforgettable roadtrip aesthetic.
If visiting in the summer like we had to, the ice-cold A/C proved to be a major saving grace over other forms of transit. Also, beware the high road tolls - plan around slow routes or regions that minimize how many you deal with, we racked up like $150/day driving around Kanto the first time.
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Anon07/08/26, 22:41No.2895069
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Anon07/09/26, 20:32No.2895217
The random roadside finds are always a delight, too.
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Anon07/18/26, 16:47No.2897187
We don't really go to museums much but the Takenaka Carpentry Tools museum was an exception, best museum except the some of the British onesAnyway, decided to split the stay across two places, one in Mihara, one past Hiroshima within Driving distance of Kyushu. works out at 50 quid on that vrbo per night which is acceptable.Any recs for such a place past Hiroshima? Needs to have decent supermarkets within a 15 min drive, parking and quiet. The second criteria is good position for day trips - nature, vernacular architecture, small towns with festivals.
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Anon07/18/26, 17:11No.2897190
given enough opportunities you can just randomly bump into some flower arrangement competition or other random activities, my language is so poor but we'd somehow manage get round and people were nice enough to have some bumble through things, presumably screaming inside gaijin go home
