This has been a very helpful thread. We are going to Hokkaido in October and in my research, some of the best places to see in Hokkaido are only accessible by car. I’m not afraid of driving in a foreign country but what I am worried about is driving on the other side of the road, in a right-hand drive car. Unfortunately, there’s no way to know how comfortable one would be until you’re actually there doing it. Which leads me to wonder if there are any places in the states (I’m in San Francisco area) where you can get some training on this, kind of like a drivers training for driving in right hand drive countries.

My other plan is to just take 1-day or 2-3 day tours and let the tour bus driver deal with the driving