A couple hired a Honda Fit and drove from Tokyo to Tochigi to try sleeping in a car for the first time. In Utsunomiya they bought aluminium window covers and a light at DAISO, and by the time they reached the Motegi roadside station at about 23:30, six or seven other cars were already parked there. According to the official website, admission to the Beru Sakura-no-yu onsen is 900 yen on weekdays and 1,000 yen at weekends, with opening hours from 9:00 to 24:00. Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism permits short naps at roadside stations for driver fatigue but generally discourages overnight stays for accommodation purposes.
