Category: Driving Routes
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Only in Japan: The Tokyo Car Superstore With a Starbucks, a Bookshop and a Kids’ Play Area
One of the more unusual free things to do in Tokyo: walk into a three-floor car shop that also contains a cafe, a bookshop and a children’s play area. A look at what Japanese car retail says about the country.
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Japan Itinerary for Car Enthusiasts: The Perfect 7-Day JDM Golden Route (2026)
The exact 7-day Japan itinerary we use with visiting car enthusiasts: Tokyo shops, Mooneyes, Daikoku PA at night, Fuji Speedway, Hakone Turnpike, Suzuka, Kyoto and Osaka — plus the timing traps that ruin most car-focused trips.
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Best Driving Roads in Japan: Top Routes for Car Enthusiasts (2026)
Japan’s best driving roads for tourists and car enthusiasts — Iroha-zaka, Hakone Turnpike, Mt. Haruna (Initial D), Hokkaido, and more. Where to drive and what car to rent.
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Meiji Shrine Car Meet Tokyo: Sunday Morning JDM Guide (2026)
Every Sunday morning in Tokyo, something magical happens near Meiji Shrine. Before the tourists arrive — Tokyo’s car community gathers on the streets of Harajuku and Omotesando for one of the most authentic car culture experiences in Japan. No tickets. No entry fee. No official organization. Just enthusiasts who love cars, meeting in the same…
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7 Best Car Meet Spots Near Tokyo: JDM Meets, PA Nights & More (2026)
Japan has a car culture unlike anywhere else in the world — and nowhere is this more alive than in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Every week, thousands of enthusiasts gather at iconic spots to show off JDM legends, exotics, and modified machines. Whether you arrive at midnight for the highway PA meets or wake up…
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Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama: Make Your Own Instant Ramen in Japan
There is a museum in Japan dedicated entirely to instant noodles — and it is one of the most hands-on, interactive, and genuinely fun attractions you can visit in the entire country. The Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama is not a quiet, glass-case exhibition. It is a place where you get your hands dirty (quite literally),…
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Zazen Meditation in Japan: How to Experience Zen at a Real Temple
Japan moves fast. The bullet train blurs the countryside into streaks of green. City crossings throb with a thousand simultaneous footsteps. Engines rev, screens flicker, schedules pull you forward before you can catch your breath. And then, behind a wooden gate tucked down a quiet lane, everything stops. Zazen — seated Zen meditation — is…
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Watch Sumo Morning Practice in Tokyo: The Ultimate Insider Experience
Forget the sold-out tournament tickets. Forget the crowded arena, the plastic seats, and the scoreboard you can barely read from row 40. The real sumo experience — the raw, unfiltered, goosebump-inducing one — happens at 6 o’clock in the morning inside a sumo stable, when the training hall floor shakes under 150-kilogram giants and the…
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Tokyo’s Underground Temple: Inside Japan’s Massive G-Cans Flood System
Deep beneath the suburban streets of Saitama Prefecture, hidden 50 meters underground, lies one of the most extraordinary feats of modern engineering ever built — and one of Japan’s best-kept travel secrets. The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, known locally as Shutoken Gaikaku Housui-ro and nicknamed G-Cans, is the world’s largest underground flood-water management…
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Maiko Makeover in Kyoto: Dress as a Geisha for a Day
What Is a Maiko Makeover Experience? Imagine walking through the ancient stone lanes of Kyoto’s Gion district, dressed in a stunning silk kimono, your face painted in the iconic white oshiroi makeup of a maiko, with elaborate kanzashi hairpins adorning your styled wig. This is exactly what a maiko makeover experience offers — a deeply…