What Driving in Japan Without Toll Roads is Like | 48hrs Nonstop Vanlife

This is how the journey started.

Japan Van Life Ch 37 – Are we crazy?? After 4 months of van life, we might have finally lost it. We travelled nonstop from Tokyo to Osaka (without using toll roads) – pt 1.
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After 4 months of full time life on the road traveling around Japan in our van, we headed home to Tokyo for the holidays to get our MOT (road-worthiness inspection) done to make sure the van was roadworthy (a scary moment after all the unorthodox vanlife DIY renovations) and to grab my new Japan residence visa before hitting the road once more. To make up for all the lost time we spent doing van and visa admin work over the holidays, we decided to drive nonstop for 2 days from Tokyo to Osaka to continue our adventure. Using toll roads, the journey should take around 6 hours and around ¥12,000 ($120), but as van lifers on a budget, we wanted to see how cheap (and how long) the journey would take us without adding the toll routes!

We started our journey at Tokyo Station in Marunouchi, the heart of Tokyo, to see the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beats 2021 Tokyo Christmas illuminations (and many, many santas), eat what is apparently one of Japan’s best curry pan (curry-filled bread) and take in life back in Tokyo before setting off down country roads to our next prefecture and next big city; Osaka. After all, even after 20 years of magic, there’s no better exchange of cultures and nothing more festive than Harry Potter.. and food.

Come with us for a walking tour of Tokyo before we start our mammoth 48 hr drive and set off for more van life adventures to check off all of Japan’s 47 prefectures from our bucket list!
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📍 LOCATIONS:

Tokyo Station
http://www.tokyostationcity.com/en/

Harry Potter Illuminations at “Marunouchi Bright Christmas 2021” (MARUNOUCHI BRIGHT CHRISTMAS 2021 ハリー・ポッター 魔法ワールドからの贈り物):
Tree of Fantastic Beasts at Marunouchi Oazo
Tree of Owl Post at Tokyo Torch Park
Tree of Hogwarts Magic at Marunouchi Building 1F MARUCUBE
Tree of Hogwarts Letters at Marunouchi BRICK SQUARE

聖誕季到來！今年是“哈利波特”風格的燈光秀

https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/harry-potter-themed-christmas-illuminations-are-up-in-marunouchi-and-theyre-free-111221

Curry pan and other baked goods from LA BOUTIQUE de Joël Robuchon Marunouchi Brick Square (ラ ブティック ドゥ ジョエル・ロブション 丸の内ブリックスクエア店)
https://www.robuchon.jp/en/shop-list/laboutique-marunouchi-brick-square

Parking at Tokyo International Forum
https://www.t-i-forum.co.jp/en/
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Want to travel in Japan without a car?
Why not purchase a Japan Rail Pass (JR Pass) for discounted travel anywhere in Japan (that doesn’t take forever!)
https://click.jrpass.com/aff_c?offer_id=19&aff_id=191

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Looking for things to do around Marunouchi and Tokyo Station? Take a look at this Japan Guide article: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3037.html
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