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So basically me and four of my friends have always wanted to go to Japan. But we also wanted to make a road trip out of it. Now we are thinking about getting a motorhome (nothing fancy something lowkey like a Laika X 580, but we'll install a solarpanel and starlink). We'd start by driving from Germany through the south of Russia until Irkutsk. Then driving vertically through Mongolia to the Zamiin-Uud Border Control Station and then to Shanghai. We would stay there for a couple of days, drive back up to Qingdao, take a ferry to South Korea, drive to the south of South Korea and then to Japan. Then we will stay in Japan for a couple of weeks and the last two weeks will be in Tokyo where we will sell the motorhome and fly back.

We want to drive through Russia since we figure it will be safer that way than driving south through Iran and India etc.... Also the roads in the south suck, so that's why we want to drive through Russia. The trip will be when the war is over, so we have some time to plan. What do you guys think of the idea and what are some aspects to keep in mind?

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    Selling a left-hand-drive vehicle in a right-hand-drive country is probably going to be difficult. There will probably be issues with other technical specs as well. But there are many other problems before that, see travel.stackexchange.com/questions/179531/… for the main stumbling blocks (China) on a similar route.
    – jcaron
    Commented Jul 9 at 11:57
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    Go to your automobile club and check what data they have on all country you will drive: you may need special insurances, some modification (maybe just tape) on some lights, etc. And ask to the other people which did it. (you are not the only one with such idea). To central Asia I saw German motorbikes, few EU cars, and various EU lorries.
    – Giacomo Catenazzi
    Commented Jul 9 at 12:43
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    IMHO: if you go in Russia, go to the end, and then ferry to Korea and Japan: reduce crossing borders.
    – Giacomo Catenazzi
    Commented Jul 9 at 12:45
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    'Tokyo where we will sell the motorhome': the motorhome would then be subject to some form of import tax (you are taking in goods that will remain in Japan), which should be taken into consideration.
    – Mark Johnson
    Commented Jul 9 at 14:04
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    @CMaster 'China which doesn't let foreign vehicles in': Expanding on that would be a good (partial) answer - before the question is closed. There may be future readers that would benifit from sich an answer.
    – Mark Johnson
    Commented Jul 9 at 14:13

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