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Japan’s ultracompact kei car taxis are now ready for travelers to ride, if you know where to find them
- Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2026 - Tweet
Shift in government policy allows Japan’s smallest cars to address a big problem for the taxi industy.
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- (cabs • cars • Japan travel • kei cars • kei jidosha • taxis • tourism • travel • video)
Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to the best Turkish rice restaurant in Nagasaki!
- Elliot Hale
Dec 1, 2025
It’s not Turkish, and even the rice plays a minor role, but it’s a meal beloved by locals that always sees a clean plate at the end of the meal.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hey Taxi Driver • Nagasaki • restaurants • SNJO • taxis • tourism • travel • Turkish rice)
Bone-chilling taxi tours of Japan’s most haunted places now include all-night course, livestreams
- Elliot Hale
Aug 8, 2025
Who needs air-conditioning when a simple taxi ride is enough to leave you frozen in fear for the rest of the summer?
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • ghost hunting • ghosts • haunted Japan • haunted places • Horror • Sanwa Kotsu • Sanwa Koutsu • scary • taxi tours • taxis)
Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to the best sakura site in Yamanashi Prefecture!
- Oona McGee
Apr 18, 2025
Local tip-off takes us to a hanami cherry blossom viewing site that’s yet to be discovered by overseas tourists.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • COK • flower viewing • hanami • Hey Japanese taxi driver • hidden gems • off the beaten path • off the beaten track • peach blossoms • sakura • SNJO • spring • taxi • taxis • tourist sites • travel • Yamanashi • Yamanashi Prefecture)
Sakura Ride Plan: A new way to see the best cherry blossom sites in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Apr 8, 2025
Hanami flower-viewing doesn’t get much better than this.
- Japan
- (beautiful • cars • cherry blossoms • hanami • sakura • SNJO • taxi tour • taxis • Tokyo • tourist sites)
Overseas Uber driver and anime fan gets the Cowboy Bebop surprise of a lifetime【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 11, 2025
I’ve heard you, space cowboy.
- Japan
- (anime • anime songs • anisongs • awesome • cool • Cowboy Bebop • Koichi Yamadera • music • taxis • Uber • video • voice actors • voice actresses)
Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to the best horror in Tokyo!
- Master Blaster
Oct 19, 2024
We treat ourselves to all-we-can-drink tears and sweat.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • Haunted attraction • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Horror • Obaken • P.K. Sanjun • scary • SNJO • Sony • taxis • Urban Legend Taxi • weird)
Ridesharing services legalized for Tokyo and Kyoto, but does this change anything?
- Casey Baseel
Mar 16, 2024
Law changes next month, but the way people get around Japan’s biggest cities might not.
- Japan
- (cars • driving • Kyoto • ridesharing • taxis • Tokyo • tourism • transportation • travel)
Cherry blossom taxi tours are a great way to save steps and see sakura in Tokyo and its neighbors
- Casey Baseel
Mar 8, 2024
Sakura season is short, and Sanwa Koutsu wants to help you see as much of it as you can.
- Japan
- (cars • cherry blossoms • cool • Kawagoe • Saitama • sakura • taxi tour • taxis • Tokyo • tourism • travel • Yokohama)
“The streets belong to the humans” asserts Tokyo taxi driver after arrest for running over pigeon
- Casey Baseel
Dec 8, 2023
And yes, you can get arrested for that.
Quick-thinking, compassionate Japanese cab driver prevents passenger suicide at dam
- Casey Baseel
Nov 6, 2023
That’s some dam fine work.
Moving to Japan as a foreigner to work as a taxi, bus or truck driver may be getting easier soon
- Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2023
Japanese government looking to open a path for immigration to Japan to work in transportation sector.
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- (buses • COK • foreigners in Japan • Living in Japan • society • Specified Skilled Worker • taxis • travel • working in Japan)
How to convert a cheap car into a Japanese taxi…with tape and a wild imagination
- Oona McGee
Sep 4, 2023
Like a really bad, cheapo episode of Pimp My Ride.
- Japan
- (cars • COK • country life • driving vehicles • Go Hatori • Japanese cars • Japanese countryside • Japanese house • Japanese taxis • Living in Japan • real estate • SNJO • SoraHouse • taxis • video)
“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Sano ramen in Sano!”
- Oona McGee
May 18, 2023
We discover an unforgettable dish in the city that boasts the highest number of ramen joints per 100,000 people in Japan.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • local specialties • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • Sano ramen • SNJO • taxis • Tochigi • Tochigi Prefecture • travel)
“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best chanpon noodles in Nagasaki!”
- Shannon
May 9, 2023
It also turned out to be the supposed birthplace of chanpon.
- Japan
- (chanpon • food • Japanese food • local specialties • Nagasaki • taxis • travel)
Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Thanks for taking us to one of the best rice omelet restaurants in Japan
- Casey Baseel
May 1, 2023
The Pakkan Omuraisu isn’t just a meal, it’s a performance too!
- Japan
- (Aichi Prefecture • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Okazaki • omuraisu • omurice • restaurants • rice omelet • taxis • travel)
“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best seafood restaurant in Noboribetsu!”
- Oona McGee
Dec 22, 2022
We’ve gotta say, there’s no way we would’ve thought this remote-looking location would turn out to be such a hidden gem.
- Japan
- (COK • donburi • fish • fishing town • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hey Taxi Driver • Hokkaido • Japanese food • Kojohama • Noboribetsu • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • seafood • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taxis • travel)
Tokyo taxis offer to let you take a ride with The Ring’s ghost girl, just in time for Halloween
- Casey Baseel
Oct 18, 2022
Sadako Taxis are a terrifying alternative to Tokyo’s train and subway networks.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • funny • movies • Sadako • scary • taxis • The Ring • transportation • travel • weird)
The Kyoto way: Sidewalk sign with a window is actually a manners warning
- Casey Baseel
Oct 17, 2022
City government is tired of an inconsiderate problem happening in downtown Kyoto.
“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Okinawan restaurant in Naha!”
- Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2022
A new adventure takes us to a local spot we never would’ve found ourselves.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Naha • Okinawa • restaurants • SNJO • taxis • travel)
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