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Well, thanks again!
About the cooked food: I just assumed that is would be alot cheaper to cook my food by myself, as it was in Australia. By cooking for myself i managed to do with around 1500yen a day for food. But it seems that Japan has cheaper options for eating out, so it sounds also alright.
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You can manage to cut off a lot of food costs by cooking your own, but if you are sensible with your eating choices you can get by without much difference. It all depends on what you eat, of course. There are many occasions where you can pick up ready made meals (usually cooked fresh that day in the store) for less than it would cost to make them yourself - because after they are so many hours old, they lower the price a lot.
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How about the 道の駅. Could i park there over night and sleep there?
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Yes. That is one of the biggest uses for them.
It is a big parking lot with 24 hour toilets, a lot of vending machines, and sometimes even 24 hour eating places. During the day, there are a lot of regional specialties sold as they are aimed toward people traveling long distances by car. I highly recommend them because you can get to eat things special to the region, where as if you just went to a restaurant it`s hard to know what is unique to the area.
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Would i have to pay anything?
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To park and sleep? No. The parking area is free, as are the bathrooms.
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My Japanese reading is not so good that i could find that information on the Page, but it is very helpful anyway and i will try to "cheat" my way through the site somehow.
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The page is good for getting maps listing their locations. We generally stop by them when we travel because, as I mentioned above, they`re good for finding products and foods unique to the region.