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Originally Posted by MMM
Is it possible to drive to Hokkaido?
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Auto ferries are fairly cheap. I think it was something like 12000 to take your car over. Or at least that is how much it would be for us to take our car on the ferry. Much much cheaper than renting a car while in Hokkaido.
I believe that it`s only 20000 something to take your car from Nagoya to Hokkaido by ferry.
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Thanks alot for the information about the Gas stove thing, that is a very important thing to know, it kinda kills the "nomadic" plan i had ^^.
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I`ll be honest and say that there are VERY few places you would not be able to find something inexpensive to eat. There are no huge expanses of wilderness. If there are roads, you will be able to find plenty of food prepared and ready to eat. If you are worried, it isn`t hard to take a small cooler with food that does not need to be cooked. In other words, as long as you don`t feel it is a necessity to cook your own food at the side of the road, you will never be without options and can most likely sustain a nomadic lifestyle.
Sleeping, however, is a different story.
If you stick to
道の駅, you can manage though. They`re much like service areas on the highways, but are on regular roads. But it means that you`ll have to plan to be back on a larger road near one when night approaches. If you have a navi in your car though, it is within reason.
I don`t see any huge reason to discourage owning a car if there is a valid plan for it`s use. I`d laugh at anyone who wants a car for living in Tokyo or Osaka, but a year is a long time and it really does sound like this would be a completely viable plan as long as the ends are tied up.
Or perhaps I`m biased because I own a car and very much enjoy trips by road.