Public transit in Japan is fantastic, and we have taken at least 10 trips to Japan without needing to drive. But on our trip to Kyushu, several of the places we wanted to visit were rural and did not have much public transit (bus or train) infrastructure. Reserving a car I tried to rent a car online directly from several of the major car rental companies. Toyota, Nissan and Times (formerly Mazda rent-a-car) all wanted Japanese addresses and/or ID numbers. So I ended up renti