highways

The reasons why Japanese highway rest stops have angled parking

Clever design is a literal lifesaver. 

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Step back in time to the Edo period at this unusual highway rest stop in Japan

Both the setting and the unique meals here will whisk you away to traditional Japan.

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Staircase National Highway: the only highway in Japan that cars can’t enter

An unusual hidden tourist site for the intrepid traveller. 

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Huge cracks in Tohoku Expressway caused by earthquake fixed the same afternoon

High-speed infrastructure action!

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Man sees figure clinging to bus on highway in Japan, immediately calls police 【Video】

The vehicle was spotted travelling at speed and showed no signs of slowing down. 

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Japanese toilet thrills motorsports fans at Suzuka F1 racing circuit highway service area【Video】

Pull in and surround yourself with the sights and sounds of racing cars at this very unique pit stop. 

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Japan’s Top Twenty roadside service stops, destinations in their own right

All the more reason for a Japanese road-trip.

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Japan has some ridiculously confusing highway signs, funny manga shows us

No wonder so many people just take the train.

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Japan’s highway service stations get anthropomorphized in web novel

Just when you think you’ve seen everything get anthropomorphized into moe characters, something else comes along to prove otherwise.

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