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Minako Tanaka, camping car life is too fun! North! South! Peace of mind even in emergencies
Minako Tanaka traveling around the country in a camper van
“Because of the drama, I was completely attached to the image of a villain.
Actress Minako Tanaka (54) says: Ever since the 1991 broadcast of "Nobody Loves Me Anymore" (Fuji TV), she's actually been an outdoors person. My personal clothes were “T-shirts and jeans”, which is far from “bodycon”. Camping cars have been a passion of Tanaka for the past two years.
“When I was in elementary school, my uncle took me to Kawaguchiko in a towed camper during the summer vacation.
Currently, he is a couple with actor Taro Okada (47), who got married in 2007, and serves as the official "camping car ambassador" of the Japan RV Association. Together with her two children, her entire family travels all over Japan in a single camper van.
"I'm driving a Nuts RV 'Claire'. It's a camping car called a cabcon, with a capacity of 6 people. It has an air conditioner, a microwave oven, a refrigerator, etc., and the price is about 12 million yen. There are 2 gas stoves, It has three beds and is spacious enough for a family of four.”
Even if you lie down on the “double bed” that you actually use for sleeping in the car, it is wide enough for two adults to stretch out their legs.
In 2020, it will travel around Kyushu for about three weeks, and in 2021, it will travel around Hokkaido for a month, reaching Cape Soya, the "northernmost point of Japan."
"A family of four staying at a hotel costs 50,000 to 60,000 yen per night, but if you stay at the RV Park, a camper car accommodation facility attached to a roadside station, it costs around 2,000 to 5,000 yen per night. So it's about 1 in 10.
The fuel is light oil, which is cheaper than gasoline, and the fuel consumption is about 11km per liter. You can eat delicious local food, bathe in hot springs, buy souvenirs, and so on.
In Hokkaido, Shiretoko, where I encountered bears, red foxes, and deer along the way, left a deep impression on me. It's unique to car trips."
During the corona crisis, he also felt the “necessity” of things other than travel.
"You don't have to use public transportation, and a camper is like a 'moving house.' I can spend a month if I always have it on hand.
Why don't you put "night" on your car?
Minako Tanaka Born September 12, 1967 in Chiba Prefecture Debuted in the entertainment world in 1984. She has appeared in many trendy dramas. A talk show will be held on the 11th and 12th at the "Japan Camping Car Show 2022" held at Makuhari Messe from February 10th.
Photo by Yoshitsugu Fukuda Hair and Makeup by Hiromi Sasaki
