Tag: Japan rental Car
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Surviving a Tire Blowout in Rural Japan
September 15, 2025. Akan, Japan. When you’re driving in the middle of nowhere, the last thing you want is for disaster to strike. Yet, that’s exactly what happened when a rear tire on our rental car exploded, leaving a gaping hole in its side. The country road was eerily quiet, with no cars in sight.…
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Road Trip from Minakami to Matsumoto: Tips and Insights
August 10, 2025. Matsumoto, Japan. Day 4 Today we drove from Minakami, Gunma to Matsumoto, Nagano. There are several ways to get to Matsumoto: you can travel on local roads through the mountains or head south to Takasaki and then east until reaching Matsumoto. This is the route we chose, and it proved to be…