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One Round of Kyushu Island, Japan – Self Drive with rental car 1. Why self drive in Kyushu? Kyushu Island is located at the southern Island of Japan, about the size of Taiwan. It is one of the best place to do self drive in Japan. Driving in Kyushu Island is similar to driving in …
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Kumamoto City – Mount Aso Mount Aso / 阿蘇山 is an active volcano which is only 1.5 hour drive from Kumamoto City. Japan lies on the “Ring of Fire”, there are 110 active volcano in Japan and among them 47 are still active. Pretty scary right, that is why there are so many earthquake in …
Kagoshima to Kumamoto – How far? From Kagoshima to Kumamoto is about 175 km, took us about 2.5 hours. Kumamoto /熊本 Kuma mean bear in English and Moto is origin, so Kumamoto is the origin of bear. It has another nickname called Hi no Kuni meaning Fire Country because of the nearby giant volcano Mt Aso …
Kirishima to Kagoshima City – How far? Kirishima to Kagoshima city took us about 1 hour drive, about 40km. Both places are located in Kagoshima Prefecture. Kagoshima/鹿児島 highlight Sand bath at Ibusuki When we talk about Kagoshima, people often relate to their warm beaches and sand bath. Too bad it was winter when I was …
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Miyazaki City to Kirishima – how far? It takes about 1.5 hour to reach Kirishima from Miyazaki. Kirishima (霧島) Kirishima (霧島) is an active volcanic mountain range that lies on the border between Miyazaki and Kagoshima Prefectures. It has lots of mountains, highlands, volcanic lakes and hot springs, if you love hiking through mountainous surroundings, …
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Beppu to Miyazaki From Beppu to Miyazaki is about 3 hour drive. We stopped in the rest area on the way. It was drizzling when we stopped for our early lunch break. Rest Area on highway to Miyazaki We bought the tickets from the vending machines and passed the tickets to the counter so that …
Why Self Drive in Kyushu? Kyushu is a great place to self drive, the driving seat is on the right which is same as most commonwealth countries. Driving in Kyushu is like driving in Australia, roads are wide and spacious, no hassle at all. Not everywhere in Japan is good for self driving. I won’t …
Self Drive in Kyushu Island Japan Kyushu 九州 is the most southern island in Japan, this island is most suitable for self drive because of it wide roads and less cars. There are total 7 prefectures in Kyushu and the capital is Fukuoka. The size of Kyushu is about the size of Taiwan. I am …
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Self Drive in Malaysia – Part 2 Taiping, Perak Our second part of self driving in Malaysia involve Taipeng as our first stop before reaching Penang Island. Lake Taiping Taipeng is a town located in Perak, this is one of the wettest town in Malaysia due to it’s heavy rainfall. The unusual rainfall has also …
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Self Drive Singapore to Cameron Highland Driving in Malaysia can be fun, it takes 7 hours to reach Cameron Highlands. We had few breaks along the Plus Expressway, we stopped at Air Keroh near Melaka, then made another stop at Tapah before going uphill. The uphill is manageable and compared to many years back, the new …