one more thing that I feel it's a little
important to mention is that if you want
to rent a car in Japan you can do so on
an international driver's permit I've
done that before and probably should
cover that one when we were driving
other rental stuff but these views of
this
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right now we are at the base of Mount
Fuji I thought this would be a good
chance to share just a little bit with
you about how to do a road trip in Japan
kind of have a little fun and share what
I can with you so today we have a
decided excuse of the car to use back
roads only no highways just kind of in
the mountain roads as much as we can so
what's the first thing on our list I
think we drove so much yesterday that I
think we've only got like one bar left
on our little gas meter so so in order
to grab gas in Japan there's only really
two words you typically need to know and
that is regular regular gasoline and
monthon because most monta means full
tank because most japanese gas stations
will just fill it up for you but i've
actually come out to a self-serve they
usually have to pay in advance like
choosing a male
and the only thing that's really
different is when you're done in order
to get your change you grab this little
receipt and you bring it over to one of
these change machines where you can just
scan the barcode just like that and it
spits how you change
I'm totally really confusing if you've
never done it before so let's get on the
road
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so how hard was it to actually rent a
car the car rental itself is actually
not all that difficult you can do it
online and they show you right there
like the class breakdowns for different
sizes of cars and along with that the
price breakdowns that go along with it
but I like to just call up the shop or
visit the shop in person to make my
reservation it just makes things go so
much easier and they give you all the
costs upfront and as we come to a bit of
a stop here I will say one thing driving
Japan is not all that difficult but if
it's something you're apprehensive or
uncomfortable with don't do it there's a
lot of really narrow roads there's a lot
of cars and there's a lot of possibility
for mistakes not just on your part but
on somebody else's and if you're just
traveling or living here for a short
time and driving is something that
you're afraid of then don't push it like
normally I'd be like I'll push yourself
out of your comfort zone and go for it
but when lives are at stake that's not
something I really encourage so if
you're not comfortable don't do it if
you are in Japan for me at least has
been a really comfortable and easy place
to drive have you noticed how people
just let us in yeah for the life part I
could never even in Canada where people
are friendly they are sometimes people
don't let you in at the level that they
do here in Japan and
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alright something a tragic thing
if you're driving in the mountains in
Japan definitely watch out for animals
we just have like a little boy run out
in front of the car and I've had to deal
with things like monkeys and that in the
past so definitely be careful of animals
wow it's getting really really fun
I am not kidding yes it is really foggy
out here right now we are actually on
the base of Mount Fuji near the tsuba
shitty trail which Victor has never been
on this trail but he's climbed Mount
Fuji like a billion times that car is
noisy give me his second idling isn't
good for the environment and humane Wow
take a peek at how creepy these trees
are
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seriously the movie missed no don't do
that you can actually hit them doing
like military exercises in the
background that's something I'm used to
hearing in Japan anyway back on the road
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I'm actually really excited by these
like foggy mountain Mount Fuji roads
Viktor who climbed is pretty much every
single year not so much not so much I
see this for hours on that
so actually heading it back down for now
but that actually reminds me that one
more thing that you have to be careful
of if you're not used to driving
mountain roads it's more often than not
right off at this side there's a fairly
deep gutter that your tires can fall
into if you're not careful so watch out
for that and the fog is starting to
clear
now if you don't love them Kirby mount
Rose mate keep it smooth amore good
super-quick washroom break at Yamanaka
Co which is right near the base of Mount
Fuji usually you can get a gorgeous view
of the mountain today it's just a little
cloudy but it's still nice the lake
itself is also really beautiful I just
wanted to share this quick update with
you guys before we get back on the road
right now we are on the what is it 413
413 it's basically a small mountainous
road that connects us from that leg all
the way to Sagamihara and the west side
of Tokyo and I've chosen this road
specifically because it is pretty much
the opposite of a highway it's very
curvy and windy and that's actually
something that I wanted to cover that if
you are if you get motion sick or
carsick very easily I would not
recommend taking backside roads in Japan
yeah there's a lot of like I've driven
with friends who have been likely to get
pulled over I'm gonna be sick and that's
with us like driving slow because you
don't you don't want to zip through
these roads because people just pop up
around any corner
one more thing that I feel it's a little
important to mention is that if you want
to rent a car in Japan you can do so on
an international driver's permit I've
done that before and probably should
cover that one when we were driving
other rental stuff but anyway look at
these views of the valley up there's no
tides River personal weapon we saw some
loggers working back here a conversation
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in terms of the two of them did all of
this just by themselves claims that the
older gentleman did the majority of the
work all in all it was definitely worth
a stop but uh time to get back on the
road now I've been really really
fortunate on this trip for people to be
willing to stop and speak to us and
that you notice one important thing is
that we're outside of Tokyo I mean
generally don't don't quote me on this
the people outside of Tokyo more in the
countryside or more welcoming and more
easy to approach I find that people
outside of Tokyo are typically not
always approachable and friendly right
it's there's so much to see outside of
Tokyo which is one of the reasons why go
through the videos and the podcast I try
and encourage people to explore the
areas outside of Tokyo as much as
possible because you're not gonna get
views like this in Tokyo
even back in Toyama having the
opportunity to interview that woman who
walks through the statue area every
morning all that being said if you
haven't been following the series of
Victor and i's road trip I'm gonna link
a playlist somewhere above Victor's head
that you can check out we've been
driving for like the last one four days
yes have you had a favorite moment out
of this whole thing yet oh gosh
honestly I think lucky shrine was pretty
worth it yeah we got weather do we
that's the only time in the trip we
wanted bad weather it was the only time
in the trip that we got Batman
how lucky have we been during this I was
really really partial to dough I station
okay what part of the why did you like
the most now I just love the atmosphere
of the entire place in general
one more thing that I totally forgot to
mention if somebody lets you in and
flash your four ways for a second just
to say thank you did you know that no I
did not
yeah we're still in the four thirteen
okay we we stopped paying attention to
where we were we're like are we lost
which is penny oh that's the point of
the adventure but at some point we do
have to return the rental car so we're
pretty much right into a city now and
it's gotten late enough that the Sun is
just about going down yes yeah it's way
too fast but at least we got a solid
night's sleep last night was actually
last night was actually the first night
that we get a full night of sleep every
other night we had existed on three to
four hours
and while we're stopped I'll mention
that Navi systems are good they give you
a pretty decent layout but I also tend
to use Google Maps quite a bit
usually with actually still use my
little Wi-Fi router from my video it's
been good to me
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so we're just about back in Tokyo now
and this Sun The Sun has set and we are
quickly and losing our light but I did
want to mention that we've used back
streets today but throughout the trip
we've used a lot of highways and I
didn't want to forget to let you know
that the highways in Japan do cost
mostly based on the distance all right
so it's time to drop off Viktor and then
go drop off the car I think for the most
part that's everything about doing a
road trip in Japan if I have missed
anything at all feel free to let me know
down below or if you just have any
questions or you just want it also just
a huge thank you to you Viktor for
helping plan all of this this is anytime
was definitely a good time if you were
planning your own road trip here in
Japan what would you be a the most
excited about or be the most nervous
though was there anything that you were
nervous about I think the only thing
that was probably nervous about is
probably like the small little streets
that we had to go through and there are
a lot of those yeah anyway Viktor is
running out of time and I gotta get the
car back so I'm gonna see him off for
now
anytime thank you all right you all and
I probably should have mentioned this
while Victor was here with us but he
also has a YouTube channel that will be
linked he's just kicking it off so go
show him some love
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we're finally back it has been a trip
I'll tell ya
I'm gonna have to readjust to Tokyo
people often ask if the crowds of Tokyo
give me anxiety and usually no but after
a nice relaxing trip like this maybe a
little the goal today was to give a
little bit of insight into how to do a
road trip in Japan and maybe along the
way have just a little bit of fun so I
really do hope that you enjoy it but
I've got to cut this one here because
the next adventure is literally just
around the corner like it's coming up
soon so for now it'd mean the world to
me if you would give that like button
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consider subscribing again thank you to
Victor for joining me on this crazy
adventure and you guys know I will see
you again real soon
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seriously every time I do have to run
back and get the camera like this it's
it's kind of a hit venture of its own