If you wish to ride anything higher than a 50cc scooter you have to obtain a motorcycle license.
With a regular driver's license you can drive a car or a 50cc motor scooter. This law is usually not strictly enforced, but if a policeman decides to call you on it, you could have a problem. An international license is sufficient only if you are a tourist.
Why get a Japanese driver's license? You must have one if you are living in Japan and want to drive. If you don't have a valid foreign license, I'm reliably informed it's imperative to do some lessons with a driving school or you'll never be passed on the road test.Įxperience of a US citizen holding a valid state of Connecticut license: If you go to Futamatagawa, go to Building 2, 2nd floor, window 12. What they're most interested in is how long you've had the licence. You have to take gaijin card and passport, 3 x 2.4 cm photo, your current valid foreign licence (which you must have had at least 3 months before leaving that country), a translation of that licence (the Japan Automobile Federation will do the translation, for a fee of course) and a driving record - we had to send to the Road & Traffic Authority in New South Wales requesting that, which of course also costs. Maybe because they saw from our Australian licences that we'd been driving for so long.Ĭosts about 4000 yen and the licence is valid until your third birthday after you get it, so it's not a good idea to go just before your birthday or you'll only get just over 2 years. One of those times it's better to keep quiet and not ask questions. There are of course various steps to the process - and I went into shock when I read on the window a notice that suggested we also had to take a road test - but after the eye test and the paying money and the taking photograph and several more steps and a lot of hanging about waiting, we were sent down to another floor to wait some more - and then picked up my licence. We studied it (fairly) diligently and I went in fear and trepidation with a Japanese speaking friend to get my licence. We were warned we'd have to take a written test, so I went there a couple of months ago and bought a copy of the road rules in sort-of-English. The usual hideous grey blob of suburban town, completely dominated by this enormous driving licence centre 10 mins walk from station, everyone knows it. Picture of some typical Japanese traffic signs on Musashino City's website.Įxperience of an Australian holding a valid Australian license:Īs we're Kanagawa residents we had to go to FUTAMATAGAWA on Soutetsu line from Yokohama (first stop on the rapid). Japan Automobile Association (like the AAA or the CAA in northern America)
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Find out Where, How, and How Much! And, finally, feel free to write up your own experience and mail it to us (see below for contact info). Read a couple of personal experiences chasing down a driver's license and maybe learn from someone else's booboos. ( Compiled by Cornelia who says: "I myself have not done it yet in Japan, so I sent out a request to various friends for an account of their experience, and have reproduced their responses below. Japan With Kids - How to Get a Driver's License
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