[tasogare]

It's possible to enter Japan if you're Japanese or resident. The 3/6/10 days forced hotel quarantine is a PITA but the worst is that using public transportation is forbidden so one has either to pay huge amount of money to move with a private transportation (a friend paid 250 USD for a Osaka-Kyoto ride) or organize with a friend. I'm still in the organizing phase...

[3np]

If you have a driver's license, doing a one-way rental from one of the offices a the airport and dropping it off near your destination may be your best bet if you don't have anyone to pick you up. The big ones like Hertz have offices for drop-off even in the sticks. Just make sure to reserve it ahead of time so you know they'll be available when you arrive.

[tasogare]

> If you have a driver's license

Nop. But that would have been a solution I guess.

[3np]

Depending on when and where, if you arrive after ~mid-feb I might be able to have you picked up. Contact in bio.

[tasogare]

Thanks for the kind offer! I got it sorted out yesterday but it's really nice to give a hand to a stranger.

[glandium]

Other PITA: the PCR test before boarding the flight to Japan. Which has to be within 48 or 72 hours of departure and a specific form filled by a doctor about what type of test, the result, etc.

[EE84M3i]

Last I checked (November), in some countries, including the US, the doctors signature is not required.

[tasogare]

Ah yes, the specific form. Frankly given than in France test are valid only 24 hours for the "fuck your freedom pass" the 72 hours validity feels a long time and making an additional paper filled wasn't too much annoying. The highest ranking personal in the laboratory (not a doctor) signed and that was ok. I guess Japanese car more about the seal part.

[xdfgh1112]

Weird, I took a taxi from Osaka KIX to Kyoto all the time and the cost was like 30-40 USD. Maybe the price has gone up.

[glandium]

30-40 USD sounds incredibly cheap. I would expect a trip from one end of Kyoto to another to cost that much or close already.

[xdfgh1112]

I've made the trip about a dozen times. MK SkyGate Shuttle (formerly Yasaka)

[tasogare]

Normal taxi is forbidden. I've heard of someone's friend having to pay 30 man (yes, more than 3 times the plane ticket) to go from airport to home in a remote prefecture because of that countermeasure.