Long drive! I have been to Osaka for a week with my younger brother by car. I came to Kanagawa after graduating university from Osaka(in Kansai area,in Honshu). Our parents still live in Osaka, so we visited them. Osaka is 565km away from Kanagawa, and it took almost 11hours by a car. When we left Kanagawa, it was 10:00pm and we had driven throughout the night. We arrived at the parents' house at 7:00am,without sleeping at all! Because it was night, we couldn't do anything but just talking all night. The day we arrived at Osaka, we jumped into the beds right after entering their house. At night, my sister living very near to our parents' house came with her little monsters(she has 4boys and it is very rare in Japan). Next day, it was very fine day, so I went out with my mother and brother. We went shopping and ate "Negiyaki",very famous food in Kansai area. The third day, I went to Kyoto, Historically famous place with a lot of temples and beautiful traditional houses. I met with my friend there, and we walked around some temples. The next day, I and my brother again got on the car, left Osaka back to Kanagawa. This time, we chose to drive in the daytime. We left Osaka at 10:00am, and arrived at Otsu service area( it's a stop of the highway, having restaurants and selling souvenirs) about 11:30. Otsu SA is in Shiga Prefecture which is famous for having "Biwako",a biggest lake in Japan. We ate lunch, took some pictures in front of the lake,and headed for our home just after an hour. We continued to drive with a lot of fun...talking, listening to music,and taking pictures! Then after few hours, we stopped at a S.A though I don't remember the name...and bought coffee at the SA. I was surprised to see Starbucks Coffee in almost every SA from Osaka to Tokyo! Then, we went to Hamanako SA in Shizuoka Prefecture. Shizuoka is very famous for Mt.Fuji and eel of Hamanako. So, we ate baked eel and took picture in front of the Hamanako lake. After that, we stopped at Fujikawa S.A.in Shizuoka at 5:30pm. We wanted to see Mt.Fuji, but there were a lot of clouds, and we couldn't see it...so sad... However, we ate dinner there, took some pictures again in front of Mt.Fuji( although we couldn't see it...) and continued to our drive. We left Fujikawa SA at 6:30pm. Then, my brother fell asleep in the passenger's seat! So I drove alont to his apartment, kicked him out (kidding!),and arrived my room at 9:00pm. It was 11hours drive including the rest. We were very tired, but we enjoyed our trip! If anyone wants to come to Japan, I recommend you to rent a car to go around!