Driving lesson to switch foreign driver’s license to Japanese one.

Your knowledge and practical driving skills will be examined when you exchange your foreign driver’s license for a Japanese one. The following 29 countries etc are exempt from the examination of knowledge and practical driving skills.

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Holland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Kingdom of Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United State of America (States of Virginia, Hawaii, Maryland and Washington only), and Taiwan

*If your foreign driver’s license does not contain the date you first obtained it, a document, such as your driving record with the said date, is required.

*If you have multiple licenses (e.g. an ordinary motor vehicle license and an ordinary motorcycle license), a document indicating the date you first obtained these licenses maybe required respectively.

*Required documents may vary depending on the country or license status. Please contact us in advance for details.

*The translation by the embassy of your country in Japan (or Taiwan-Japan Relations Association for Taiwanese license), or Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) must be attached.

*In case you are a medium-to-long-term resident in Japan under obligation of resident registration.

*The Jumin-hyo should not contain your My Number. Photocopies are not accepted.

*If you bring Jumin-hyo with My Number, you will be asked to black out the My Number with a pen.

*Passport or other form of official ID2 (In case you are a medium-to-long-term resident in Japan free from obligation of resident registration)

Please present any one of the following documents.
・ Passport
・ Official ID issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
・ ID document issued by a competent authority

*Please bring all of your passports, including expired ones.

*If you used the automated passport control at the immigration, please bring along a certificate issued to prove the aforesaid fact that you stay for the required period in the country or region where you obtained the license.

*The immigration record may be necessary even if your passport has not passed through the automated gate. Please contact us for more details.

Please contact us for more details.

Ordinary motor vehicle license
Automatic Transmission 77,000 yen（tax included）

NOTICE
We accompany you at Hirabari driver’s license center.  Applicants who do not understand Japanese must be accompanied by an interpreter. 

Following fees are included in the basic fee.
・Enrollment fee
・driving lessons fee（3 days）
・Guide skills test course fee（Once）

Following fees are not included in the basic fee.
・Textbooks fee（Only applicant）
・Classroom lessons fee（Only applicant）
・Interpreter fee
・Foreign license translation issue fee：3,500 yen
・Test fee：3,350 yen
・Extra driving lesson fee（If you take lessons on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays）：6,600 yen per day
・Extra driving lesson fee（If you fail the pre-test）：16,500 yen per day
・Extra driving lesson fee（If you fail the skill test）：19,800 yen per fail
・Japanese license issuance fee：2,050 yen

When you quit your lessons halfway, fees cannot be refunded.

*Applicants who do not understand Japanese must be accompanied by an interpreter. Those not accompanied by an interpreter may not be able to complete the application process.