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Honmachi · Japan

Car hire and driving in Honmachi

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 KMJ means 44 km (27 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 Honmachi

Car rental from Honmachi: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Honmachi to KotōJapan33 km (21 mi)about 31 min
Honmachi to KumamotoJapan35 km (22 mi)about 32 min
Honmachi to ŌmutaJapan60 km (38 mi)about 55 min
Honmachi to IsahayaJapan64 km (40 mi)about 59 min
Honmachi to NagasakiJapan72 km (45 mi)about 1 h 6 min
Honmachi to SagaJapan86 km (53 mi)about 1 h 18 min
Honmachi to KirishimaJapan86 km (54 mi)about 1 h 19 min
Honmachi to KurumeJapan91 km (56 mi)about 1 h 23 min
Honmachi to MiyakonojōJapan96 km (60 mi)about 1 h 28 min
Honmachi to NobeokaJapan100 km (62 mi)about 1 h 32 min
Honmachi to MiyazakiJapan101 km (63 mi)about 1 h 32 min
Honmachi to KagoshimaJapan104 km (65 mi)about 1 h 36 min
Honmachi to TokyoJapan909 km (565 mi)about 13 h 51 min
Honmachi to YokohamaJapan895 km (556 mi)about 13 h 39 min
Honmachi to OsakaJapan515 km (320 mi)about 7 h 51 min
Honmachi to NagoyaJapan654 km (406 mi)about 9 h 58 min
Honmachi to SapporoJapan1,505 km (935 mi)about 22 h 57 min
Honmachi to FukuokaJapan123 km (76 mi)about 1 h 53 min
Honmachi to KawasakiJapan904 km (562 mi)about 13 h 47 min
Honmachi to KobeJapan489 km (304 mi)about 7 h 28 min

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 Honmachi?

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.