Posted July 22nd, 2012 - 11:34 am by 
from Sasebo, Japan (Permalink)
from Sasebo, Japan (Permalink)hey brother!
well, i've hitched from Osaka to Kagoshima before and i tried near to a highway and was ok(i think i waited for an hour before i got a ride). It's quite difficult to hitch in the big city like Osaka but people'll help you anyway, you be ok. you can get a free road map(very good map) in a service area which is very useful for hitching.
Happy travel!
rika
well, i've hitched from Osaka to Kagoshima before and i tried near to a highway and was ok(i think i waited for an hour before i got a ride). It's quite difficult to hitch in the big city like Osaka but people'll help you anyway, you be ok. you can get a free road map(very good map) in a service area which is very useful for hitching.
Happy travel!
rika
Posted July 23rd, 2012 - 4:28 pm by 
from Aarhus, Denmark (Permalink)
from Aarhus, Denmark (Permalink)Yo!
Thanks for the tips! I had a similar tactic, but I was not prepared so well (no map), but people were very nice and helped me!
I made it to Tokyo, maybe not on the usual hitchhiker way, but I made it and explored some great japanese culture!
My tips:
get to a service area or highway entrance or gas station early.
dont write your end distination on the sign. Tokyo was too far, I should have started with Nagoya or something.
But was a very cool experience :)
Take care!
/Lars
Thanks for the tips! I had a similar tactic, but I was not prepared so well (no map), but people were very nice and helped me!
I made it to Tokyo, maybe not on the usual hitchhiker way, but I made it and explored some great japanese culture!
My tips:
get to a service area or highway entrance or gas station early.
dont write your end distination on the sign. Tokyo was too far, I should have started with Nagoya or something.
But was a very cool experience :)
Take care!
/Lars
Posted August 7th, 2012 - 7:12 am by 
from Valencia, Spain (Permalink)
from Valencia, Spain (Permalink)hey Lars,
Do you remenber me, we meet on a night in Osaka, Da CAndy Club, Where is the Candy club.
Happy to see you on Couchsurfer, I found your post and it's funny, how was your last day in Japan.
Do you hichhiking well to come back to Tokyo.
I want to the same and explore the country side.
See you and it will be fun to meet you
Marc
Do you remenber me, we meet on a night in Osaka, Da CAndy Club, Where is the Candy club.
Happy to see you on Couchsurfer, I found your post and it's funny, how was your last day in Japan.
Do you hichhiking well to come back to Tokyo.
I want to the same and explore the country side.
See you and it will be fun to meet you
Marc