Hitchhiking from Shingū
Hitchhiking to Shingū
Recent reviews mentioning Shingū
33.86495, 130.87346
(ignore my first review below)Honestly, it's a great spot. Close to the onramp of the highway, enough space at the 7-eleven parking lot and lot's of traffic. I did not think it would be so easy but after 20min I got a ride all the way to Fukuoka. They did not take the highway but the slower, non toll road but whatever.
―GermanyToIndia
33.86495, 130.87346
Да, довольно легко поймать машину оказалось. Может потому что сегодня суббота. Напротив есть заправка. Хотел туда пойти если не получится на этой точке. Однако все успешно―Baristina
33.96352, 130.95405
La plej malfacila situacio survoje en Japanio, pro iu aŭ alia kialo, malgraŭ ke ĉi tiu benzinstacio estis plena, neniu haltis por almenaŭ komuniki. Post 30 minutoj iu proponis veturon de nur 4 km, ni rifuzis ĉar ni sciis, ke la potencialo de la benzinstacio estis alta, poste iu iris al Beppo, sed havis plenan aŭton, kio plifortigis nian atendadon, sed ĉar ni alvenis preskaŭ ĉe noktiĝo, la malfacilaĵo multiĝis dum la nokto kaj dum la pluvo. Ĝi estis vera batalo de rezisteco, preskaŭ je mia naskiĝtago. Ni preskaŭ rezignis kaj pensis pri dormado kiam iu proponis al ni veturon al Fukuoka, ni akceptis por vidi ĉu tio ŝanĝos ion. De tie ni petegis kelkajn homojn helpado por povi kapti buson ĉar la retkafejoj estis plenaj.―Jurobola
33.86495, 130.87346
7 eleven parking lot before entrance to urban highway. Fukuoka direction, got a ride for Koga SA from there directly. 40min walk from the station, bus or monorail also possible―Manero
33.68419, 130.45383
Gas station and a adjoining road to the highway. A couple pulled over after 10 mins and took me a long way north. Almost all traffic is going towards Kitakyushu.―AK1204
33.66857, 130.44679
―Bachus69
33.74397, 130.60961
―Bachus69
33.60053, 130.409
―Bachus69
33.66857, 130.44679
Near by there is a bus stop where car can safely stop. I waited only 10 minutes. (going in direction of Koga)―Anonymous
33.60053, 130.409
It's a bad place because the lane leading to the high way is far away from footpath. There is no chance for anypne to stop―Anonymous
34.36474, 132.31575
So I was going down do Kyushu, idk how the other people got to this station, maybe they got dropped off there, but I had to pass a trail full of spiders and webs and then jump a fence to enter 💀 the fence is rather easy to jump but you need a stick to clear all the spiders, kinda felt like some Indiana Jones type of shit, so be prepared. Unless you’re doing it on 8th of September 2024 then I cleared all the creatures on that trail.Speaking of the spot itself, I was holding a Fukuoka sign, Caucasian male slightly tanned wearing an Osaka cap and probably 3 spider families on my backpack. First car stopped (approx 10 seconds of hitchhiking) going all the way to Nagasaki, so a win is a win.
You can actually watch me getting to the SA on my yt channel Polyglot Abroad if you want to see what getting there is like.
―PolyglotAbroad
33.59086, 130.42813
Eneos gas station in front of highway enterence. A friendly old man took us to a service station near Kitakyushu.―Sieun
33.58694, 130.50142
See hitchwiki; best spot to go out of Fukuoka. Waited 5 minutes at the end with a sign for Kumamoto, and got a car dropping me there. Easily reachable by tram.―Abibi
33.78608, 130.55657
People were hesitant to pick me up, late afternoon-ish. Traffic turning onto the motorway don't have time to react, but you'll get a ride within an hour.A nice man couldn't take me, but stopped to give me an umbrella as it was raining.
―AK1204
33.58694, 130.50142
I was aiming for Oita, but a very kind lady took me most of the way to Kurume.―Anonymous