Why Are Visitors Afraid to Drive in Japan?

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  @YellowProductions · 2 years ago · pinned

  ✅ You might enjoy watching more my Japan travel series: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL14F9F774CE8798C3">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL14F9F774CE8798C3</a>

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  @bump_draft · 3 months ago

  You mentioned how the lights can be confusing then offered no explanation, so now I&apos;m even more confused.

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  @Mustrum_Ridcully · 2 years ago

  Maybe a word of advice from a newbie on your channel: When commenting on the traffic lights and how they have the potential to confuse: Perhaps throw in an explanation. Because now, I AM confused. It would be good to have a closer look at something you have specifically selected to be &quot;scary&quot; - just my two cents

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  @creasetoepur · 1 year ago

  Love the information. Just wished you explained what the traffic lights meant.

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  @squall1822 · 1 year ago

  After coming back from Japan and driving for two weeks the bottom green lights thing makes perfect sense. If the top light is red but there is a green arrow underneath lit up that means stop, unless your doing the green arrow. So example is the top light is red, underneath is a green right arrow. You cannot turn left or go forward, only turn right. Sometimes it was red on top with two green like the forward arrow and right arrow. So you cant turn left, but you can go forward or right. This is usual done by the traffic system to help you get through and out of an intersection. Like an example is turning right on a green light and traffic doesn&apos;t stop in the oncoming lane. It will give every light a red, and then it will illuminate the green arrow pointing to the right underneath so everyone can get through the intersection safely. I live in Canada and the way the Japanese lights help you get through an intersection is literally the best.

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  @sharoncrawford01 · 9 months ago

  I&apos;m from the UK and we drive on the left, have narrow roads etc, so I am incredibly relieved that they also drive in the left in Japan. 😊

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  @vasilileung2204 · 2 years ago

  Coming from Australia driving is a breeze in Japan. So much so that the two days we rented a car to go to Mount Fuji is the best part of the trip for me. Shopping and walking around and navigating Tokyo metro stations is so tiring that when I jumped in the rental car at Shinjuku it was like heaven. <br>What took me a bit of getting used to is nobody stick to the speed limits. Just speed 10+ km/h. It’s okay. <br>My first time driving in Japan or indeed anywhere outside Australia and I’ve gotten lost in the narrowest streets in Kamakura, a traffic jam in a tunnel in Tokyo and circling around Shinjuku station a few times to find the car park entrance to return the car. <br>People in downtown Tokyo drive so gently it feels like they’re P platers back home. People on freeways however are a bit more aggressive. <br>Anyone thinking of driving in Japan I say give it a go. You’ll get to see so much more than if you’re just taking rail and bus.

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  @gyakuto777 · 11 months ago

  It’s difficult for AMERICANS, but if you’re European, it’s very easy-peasy because we’re used to these types of roads.

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  @scottman895 · 2 years ago

  These are great things to keep in mind for when I end up visiting Japan someday. Fortunately I&apos;ve had experience with driving on the left and on narrow roads when I&apos;ve rented a car twice in the UK. I found that after the first hour (less than that during the second trip) that it became more natural.

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  @DonYang73 · 1 month ago

  Japan is one of the best places to drive. &nbsp;Especially for me since i drive on the same side.

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  @adityaarun2086 · 4 months ago

  I am from India we drive on the left hand And our roads are notoriously narrow and filled with surprise, &nbsp;I see driving in japan an absolute breeze compared to india as both india and japan drives on the left

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  @eliantonietti7233 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m from Australia going to drive in my first trip to make the best of it and i feel like apart from navigation i will feel pretty at home

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