Question Can you stay in your car on the Okinawa to Kagoshima ferry?

[David]

I'm pricing out a potential trip to Yokosuka, Japan between flying there and renting a car or taking the ferry with a car.

I found a Japan Guide on ferry prices between Okinawa and the Mainland online. It looks like you can take 2nd class (without a bed) for 15,000 yen and also bring your car for 89,000 yen, which are probably both heavily discounted right now due to the pandemic.

My question is: Do you need to get both a passenger ticket (2nd class and above) and to pay for the vehicle for the 25-hour trip, or, can you pay just for the vehicle and stay in it the entire time?

Thanks in advance!

 

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[Ta-Noza]

The ferry car fee includes the cost of one person. Rooms are 2nd class, but there is an additional charge if you want a higher rank.
It takes 50 hours from Tokyo to Okinawa, so it is better to send only the vehicle. Unless you like boat trips.

 

[Ta-Noza]

Oops, it takes 25 hours from Kagoshima to Okinawa.

 

[David]

Oops, it takes 25 hours from Kagoshima to Okinawa.

Still quite a long trip. Just calculating rental vs. shipping it.

Do you know if the pricing there is a round trip or one-way only?