Car Hire in Karuizawa - Mini guide to Karuizawa

Karuizawa is a town in Japan with an area measuring approximately a hundred and fifty six square kilometres or around sixty square miles. Karuizawa town has a population that is approximated to be around eighteen thousand people. The population density is thus around a hundred and fifteen people per square kilometre.

For many Japanese Karuizawa is a popular tourist destination especially in summer when many people head there to escape the busy city life. While some use their personal vehicles a good number also utilise the various car hire companies available in the town to get around.

Besides being a tourist attraction, Karuizawa is also renowned for hosting big sports events. In the summer Olympics of 1964 Karuizawa hosted the horse racing events. And in the winter Olympics of 1998 the town hosted curling events. As a result the town now holds the world record for being the only town on the planet to have hosted both winter Olympic events and summer Olympic events.

The town is situated at an altitude of approximately nine hundred and thirty four metres above sea level or three thousand and sixty four feet above sea level. However there are high points in the town that reach an altitude of two thousand five hundred and sixty eight metres above sea level or eight thousand four hundred and twenty five feet above sea level. There are also low points in the town where the altitude goes as low as seven hundred and ninety eighty metres above sea level or two thousand six hundred and twenty feet above sea level.

One of the factors contributing to the growth of Karuizawa town is the construction of high speed highways and roads such as the Nagano Shinkansen and the Joetsu Motor Road. This makes the road travel a convenient way of getting around Karuizawa town. The car hire companies operating in the town also help matters.

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