Lessons for
Gaimen Kirikae
Converting foreign driver’s license to Japanese license
Lessons for
Gaimen Kirikae Overview
We provide driving lessons for the test to convert your foreign driver’s license to Japanese one at a license center test circuit and a practice circuit.
You need to attain the driving skills required in actual test in Japan such as how to prepare for driving before moving off, how to turn the steering wheel properly, how to brake properly, how to turn properly, proper safety check, signaling, maneuvering and so on.
Lesson Fees
Application Steps for Gaimen Kirikae
1. Document check
2. Interview
3. Written test (10 questions)
4. Driving test (in a test circuit at a license test center)
5. Obtain a Japanese driver’s license
Steps from 1 to 3 above vary depending on your country.
For further information, please ask the license center in a prefecture you live.
JYC driving school supports step 4.
This service requires the following driver's license :
Foreign driver's license which can convert to Japanese license.
*Please confirm with a license center in your prefecture if your foreign driver's license can convert to Japanese license.
Contents of Lesson for Gaimen Kirikae
●Procedure from getting in a vehicle until pulling out.
●Proper driving posture
●Proper safety check and signaling
●Proper right turn and left turn, changing lanes
●Driving following the Japanese rule of the road
●Actual test route (Osaka and Shiga)
Application Steps for Lesson
STEP 1
Send an email to JYC driving school.
Let us know the followings.
●Your name.
●Prefectures you live in.
●Date of the test (if it’s already scheduled)
●Lessons you would like to take.
STEP 2
Arrange the lesson day and time .
STEP 3
Make the payment
●Bank transfer or PayPal
(If you make the payment using PayPal, 6% handling fee will be added to the lesson fee.）
STEP 4
Confirmation
We will send a confirmation of the lesson detail after the payment is completed.
STEP 5
Day of the lesson
What Must I Bring To My Lesson?
Necessaries
●Glasses or contact lenses (If you need)
●Only light sunglasses are allowed if you need to wear them.
●Suitable footwear for driving (Refer sample pictures)
Frequently Asked Questions
-Question- I would like to obtain a driver’s license for manual transmission vehicles. Can I practice with a manual car? -Answer- Lessons for a manual transmission car is available only in Nara. Other than Nara practice circuit, we provide lessons only with an automatic transmission car. A person who are trying to take the test in a prefecture other than Nara can also practice in Nara.
-Question- Can I drive a manual transmission car after I obtain a license for automatic cars? -Answer- No you cannot drive a manual car if you obtain a driver’s license for automatic transmission car only. If you would like to drive a manual transmission car on the public road, you need to take and pass the test with a manual transmission car. If you pass the test with a manual car, you can drive both manual and automatic car on the public road.
-Question- Is it possible to upgrade may automatic license to manual one after obtaining an automatic car license? -Answer- It’s possible to upgrade your automatic car license to a manual car license. You need to take and pass the test with a manual car at a license censer again. Or, take a manual transmission training course and pass the test at an approved driving school.
-Question- I have experience of driving outside of Japan over 10 years. I know how to drive very well. Can I practice a couple of lessons only in Kadoma license center? -Answer- Just having experience of driving is not enough to pass the driving test in Japan. JYC driving school requires students to practice detailed skills required in the test at a practice circuit in Nara (such as proper driving posture, maneuvering, turning, signaling, safety check with mirrors, right of way rules, following rules of the road and so on). After that, we practice actual test route under the test condition in Kadoma license test circuit. Practice slots in Kadoma are always booked fully quickly, and slots that one person can take are strictly limited by license center office .In addition, days the circuit is released are only Saturdays. Therefore, we provide lessons in advance at a practice circuit in Nara so students can efficiently learn driving under the test condition in Kadoma actual driving test circuit.