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Hachinohe · Japan

Car hire and driving in Hachinohe

Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.

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In Japan traffic drives on the left. Picking up at AOJ means 73 km (45 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11185210 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648823 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2807090.

Drives from Hachinohe

Car rental from Hachinohe: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Hachinohe to AomoriJapan74 km (46 mi)about 1 h 7 min
Hachinohe to HirosakiJapan87 km (54 mi)about 1 h 20 min
Hachinohe to MoriokaJapan94 km (58 mi)about 1 h 26 min
Hachinohe to AkitaJapan146 km (91 mi)about 2 h 14 min
Hachinohe to ŌshūJapan154 km (96 mi)about 2 h 21 min
Hachinohe to HakodateJapan156 km (97 mi)about 2 h 22 min
Hachinohe to IchinosekiJapan179 km (111 mi)about 2 h 44 min
Hachinohe to ŌsakiJapan217 km (135 mi)about 3 h 19 min
Hachinohe to SakataJapan225 km (140 mi)about 3 h 26 min
Hachinohe to IshinomakiJapan232 km (144 mi)about 3 h 33 min
Hachinohe to TomakomaiJapan238 km (148 mi)about 3 h 38 min
Hachinohe to TsuruokaJapan244 km (152 mi)about 3 h 44 min
Hachinohe to TokyoJapan558 km (347 mi)about 8 h 30 min
Hachinohe to YokohamaJapan586 km (364 mi)about 8 h 56 min
Hachinohe to OsakaJapan834 km (518 mi)about 12 h 43 min
Hachinohe to NagoyaJapan716 km (445 mi)about 10 h 55 min
Hachinohe to SapporoJapan286 km (178 mi)about 4 h 21 min
Hachinohe to FukuokaJapan1,246 km (774 mi)about 19 h
Hachinohe to KawasakiJapan575 km (357 mi)about 8 h 46 min
Hachinohe to KobeJapan852 km (529 mi)about 13 h

Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.

Where to compare car hire

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Common questions

Which side of the road do they drive on in Hachinohe?

The left, as everywhere in Japan.

How are the journey times on this page worked out?

From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.

Where these facts come from

  • GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
  • Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
  • OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
  • Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines

Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.