Road clue guides · Asia
How to recognise Japan from the road
Drives on the left
Tidy streets, dense overhead wires and tiny cars. Japan is one of the most recognisable countries at street level.
What to look for
1
Traffic on the left
Japan drives on the left.
2
Japanese script
Signs mix kanji with the rounder kana scripts, sometimes with English underneath.
3
Kei cars
Small, boxy kei cars and tiny white kei trucks are everywhere.
4
Wires and mirrors
Overhead cables are dense, and round convex mirrors stand at blind corners.
Try it for real
Placivago can drop you in Japan, or anywhere else across its 195 countries. Three real street-level places a day, no landmarks, no names. Free, and about six minutes.
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