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Old 11 Jan 2023
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Europe to Japan or South Korea

Hello,
I live in France, I want to go to Japan at the end of March / beginning of April 2023 and travel there for about three months before continuing to Korea, Vietnam and more...
I am looking for a freight forwarder to package and ship my motorcycle to Japan or South Korea by air.
Has anyone done this before and/or know the name of a company?
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Gilles
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Have a look first if you are allowed to drive a vehicle with a foreign license plate in South Korea.
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And then maybe look into whether you'll be able to get your bike into Vietnam.
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Great plan, but both Japan and Korea are super-densely-populated countries with excellent public transport options, and Vietnam is very easy to buy or rent a local bike in. So, absolutely make the trip, but leave your bike at home and rent something locally when you want to go to a place where the bullet train won't reach.
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Merci

Merci pour vos réponses !
Je vais sans doute abandonner l'idée de transporter ma moto au Japon. Ça fait 15 jours que je rame, non seulement pour trouver un transitaire mais aussi pour obtenir des informations et des certitudes sur différents sujets, et c'est pareil pour les pays à suivre : Corée du Sud, Vietnam, etc ...
Je vais donc me tourner vers la location, et sans doute commencer par un tour organisé (à moto) sur l'île de Kyoshu, au sud du pays, pour me mettre le pied à l'étrier ... Dans ce cas, départ le 22 mars, juste le temps de potasser les guides et les cartes et de m'équiper !
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if i understand it right?you want to do an organised bike tour in kyoshu??
it is quite easy to rent a bike in japan and find accomodation.
i did it on a sr 400,more than enough power.
only thing you have to get a translation from japanese autombile club for your
international driver license.
the aerea around aso kuju national park very nice.
enjoy
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Oui, c'était l'idée : Commencer mon voyage au Japon par un circuit organisé, pour faciliter les formalités, la location de la moto, l'adaptation aux habitudes locales ... mais on arrive à un montant tel que je vais sans doute abandonner cette idée !
Mais.. je n'ai aucun doute sur la possibilité de louer une machine et de trouver des hébergements, je risque seulement d'être assez dérouté au début, cela épicera l'aventure !
Combien de temps as-tu passé au Japon ? Tu t'y trouvais en touriste ou pour le travail ?
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i did a 4 weeks tour about 4 years ago
i did rent in okinawa and went by ferry to kyushi.
okinawa is not very interesting bikewise.
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Japan is a great place to start a trip out of your comfort zone. It is very safe and civilized. You will feel confused, but will not be in any real danger.
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penses à faire ton permis japonais en arrivant, l'international n'est pas reconnu
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Tout ça ce n'est pas vrai./Not true. We are here with our French driving licences. We also have the IDP from France and no one has asked.

On est actuellement au Japon avec nos motos. Faut pas laisser tomber, un des meilleurs expérience deja des nos voyages./ We are currently in Japan driving our 2 motorcycles...we arrived in Aug 2019, went home for the winter, was COVID locked iut if Japan until we returned 15 days ago

https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hu...a-budget-98867

https://www.madornomad.com/the-south...d-ferry-guide/

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https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/j...-2022.1552199/

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https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hu...-2022-a-102840

On espère d'aller au Korea dans les semaines suivant. On passera en Ferry./in the next 3 weeks or so we will be taking the ferry to Busan Korea.

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