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<!-- [[Image:Bihoro_Pass.JPG|thumb|240px|[[Bihoro]] Pass and Highway 243, [[Akan National Park|Akan National Park]], [[Hokkaido]]]] -->
Hitchhiking in '''Hitchhiking in [[Japan]]''' is the key to true budget travel in the country and the way to escape the country's ruinously expensive domestic transport costs, where an hour on the Shinkansen can set you back ¥10,000. Coupled with [[Japan#Camping|camping]], you can effectively cut down your daily budget to food and admission fees alone — although it is wise to allow for the occasional (literal) rainy day.
Hitchhiking does present its own unique challenges, but the purpose of this article is to demonstrate that not only is hitching out possible, it's downright easy... once you know how.