Japan Car Hire Guide

Japan Car Hire

Japan has a very efficient transport system. It consists of extremely well-developed roads, airports and railways. In this piece of writing, we will focus upon all of these in a brief detail.

There are more than hundred airports and bases in Japan but in total, there are five international airports present over there. Kansai Airport and Narita International Airport are the most important airports of Japan. In Japan, these airports are all divided as first, second and third class airports. First Class Airports handle inter-continental flights, second class handle regional and selected international flights while third class airports handle domestic flights.

Japan has now developed a very high tech railway system. Japan Railways (JR) is the company that handles 70% of the Railway business. You can find many types of trains in Japan but the most famous train over here is the ‘Shinkansen’, which is the Japanese high speed bullet train. It was inaugurated in 1964 and ran at a speed of 200 km/h at that time but now they easily exceed 300 km/h. The trains are famous for connecting Tokyo with most of the islands.

Road are also a famous method of transportation all over Japan. They are divided into streets, Expressways, National Highways and Toll Roads in Japan. Asian Highway Network is a very famous road which stretches 20,557 Km and runs from Tokyo to Korea, China, South-east Asia, India, Pakistan and to Iran.

You can also travel by hiring a car for yourself if you want. Car hire Japan can give you the most affordable prices of renting a car but you need to keep the following details in mind:

SPEED LIMIT ON JAPANESE ROADS:

Speed limit on motorways: 120kph Speed limit on National Highways = 100 kph,

Non-national roads = 80 kph

Speed limit on built up areas: 60kph

Speed limit on urban areas = 40kph.

ALCOHOL LIMIT: The legal blood alcohol limit is 0.03% and random breath testing is carried out.

To conclude, these are the major routes of transport systems in Japan. If you are visiting Japan, you should have thorough information about all the transport systems there so that you find no difficulty in travelling. You are also advised to go online and get finer details about all these transport systems and then choose the best one for yourself.

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