Laugh & Rough is a rental car you do not have to be careful with. That is the first half. The second is a day built to use up everything the place has.
№ 02HOW IT WORKS
Take the whole place
Handing you the keys is not the end of it. Three reasons why.
01
Every base has its own mountain
Nishiwaki has ridges that keep climbing and steep unsealed forest track. Nothing here was smoothed out for you. It is the clearest possible answer to what a Jimny is actually for.
02
The riddles live in the app
A mission belonging to this base and no other, on the phone we lend you. Map and compass in hand, you drive, and you collect the hints one at a time. Where to go next is yours to work out.
03
The road counts as much as the view
What you find at the end is the scenery this region keeps to itself. We never said the way there was gentle. The rough part is the best part.
№ 03THE MISSION
The Golden Rooster legend of Mt Saikōji
Nishiwaki has carried the legend of a golden rooster for as long as anyone can remember. Laugh & Rough built a mission on top of it. Treasure map in hand, you read the hints the mountain gives you and go after the gold.
№ 04ON THE DAY
How the day goes
01
Collect a map and a phone
We show you how it works there and then. Bring nothing.
02
Get in the Jimny
Automatic or manual, chosen when you booked. No settling-in lap. The mountain starts immediately.
03
Follow the hints up the mountain
Directions are on the phone too, and they work with no signal.
04
Solve it, then come back
What ends the day is the mission, not a clock.
№ 05THE PLAN
Puzzle Mission
Just here for the riddles
¥15,400(tax incl.)
Fuel included
What the price covers
A phone on loan
Riddles, directions and SOS. One device does all of it.
Cameras, inside and out
Front, sides and cabin recorded — and your Top 5 Screams film.
Fuel
There is no need to fill up before you return.
Car: Suzuki Jimny, automatic or manual — choose when you book. CDW (optional vehicle damage cover) ¥5,500 per day, tax incl. Clothes and shoes suited to forest tracks are recommended.
№ 06AFTER THE DAY
The day keeps
Afterwards the day comes back to you as a page of its own. The road you took is drawn onto the map, with the numbers and the film beside it.
The route you drove
Your actual line, traced onto the treasure map. Including the part where you got it wrong.
How the day went
Distance, top speed, average speed, time out. It is off-road, so a low number is the normal one.
The film
Yours to download. It is kept for a while, not forever, so take it while it is there.