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Tōkai · Japan

Car hire and driving in Tōkai

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 NGO means 21 km (13 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 Tōkai

Car rental from Tōkai: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Tōkai to KasugaiJapan26 km (16 mi)about 23 min
Tōkai to YokkaichiJapan27 km (17 mi)about 25 min
Tōkai to InazawaJapan28 km (17 mi)about 25 min
Tōkai to KomakiJapan29 km (18 mi)about 27 min
Tōkai to SetoJapan29 km (18 mi)about 27 min
Tōkai to IchinomiyaJapan32 km (20 mi)about 30 min
Tōkai to SuzukaJapan33 km (21 mi)about 31 min
Tōkai to TajimiJapan39 km (24 mi)about 35 min
Tōkai to KakamigaharaJapan44 km (27 mi)about 40 min
Tōkai to KaniJapan44 km (28 mi)about 41 min
Tōkai to ŌgakiJapan45 km (28 mi)about 41 min
Tōkai to GifuJapan47 km (29 mi)about 43 min
Tōkai to TokyoJapan263 km (163 mi)about 4 h 1 min
Tōkai to YokohamaJapan253 km (157 mi)about 3 h 52 min
Tōkai to OsakaJapan134 km (83 mi)about 2 h 2 min
Tōkai to SapporoJapan973 km (604 mi)about 14 h 50 min
Tōkai to FukuokaJapan617 km (383 mi)about 9 h 24 min
Tōkai to KawasakiJapan261 km (162 mi)about 3 h 59 min
Tōkai to KobeJapan162 km (100 mi)about 2 h 28 min
Tōkai to KyotoJapan105 km (65 mi)about 1 h 36 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 Tōkai?

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.