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Shūnan · Japan

Car hire and driving in Shūnan

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 KKJ means 77 km (48 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 Shūnan

Car rental from Shūnan: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Shūnan to YamaguchiJapan35 km (22 mi)about 32 min
Shūnan to IwakuniJapan37 km (23 mi)about 34 min
Shūnan to UbeJapan55 km (34 mi)about 50 min
Shūnan to HatsukaichiJapan55 km (34 mi)about 51 min
Shūnan to HiroshimaJapan67 km (42 mi)about 1 h 2 min
Shūnan to KureJapan70 km (44 mi)about 1 h 4 min
Shūnan to ShimonosekiJapan83 km (52 mi)about 1 h 16 min
Shūnan to MatsuyamaJapan91 km (56 mi)about 1 h 23 min
Shūnan to HigashihiroshimaJapan91 km (57 mi)about 1 h 24 min
Shūnan to KitakyushuJapan93 km (58 mi)about 1 h 26 min
Shūnan to BeppuJapan94 km (58 mi)about 1 h 26 min
Shūnan to ŌitaJapan96 km (60 mi)about 1 h 28 min
Shūnan to TokyoJapan739 km (459 mi)about 11 h 16 min
Shūnan to YokohamaJapan730 km (454 mi)about 11 h 8 min
Shūnan to OsakaJapan344 km (214 mi)about 5 h 15 min
Shūnan to NagoyaJapan481 km (299 mi)about 7 h 20 min
Shūnan to SapporoJapan1,296 km (805 mi)about 19 h 46 min
Shūnan to FukuokaJapan141 km (87 mi)about 2 h 9 min
Shūnan to KawasakiJapan738 km (459 mi)about 11 h 15 min
Shūnan to KobeJapan315 km (196 mi)about 4 h 49 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 Shūnan?

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.