Driving License and Traffic Accidents

In order to drive in Japan, you need either a Japanese driving license or an international driving license issued by a country that is a signatory to the Geneva Conventions (you must be at least 18 years old). If you wish to convert your overseas driver’s license into a Japanese driver’s license, you will need to apply at the Driver’s License Center (unten menkyo senta).

Canal Hamamatsu – Traffic

Link → https://www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp/hamaj/12traffic/12_4.html

Shizuoka Prefecture Driving License Center

Address: 3220 Komatsu, Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu-shi

Tel: 053-587-2000

Link → https://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/police/shinse/menkyo/menkyocenter.html

Japan Automobile Federation (JAF)

Japanese translations of foreign driving licenses are accepted and issued at JAF.

Click for English JAF Website

Foreign Language Driving Schools

Shizuoka Prefecture Seibu Driving School (Portuguese)

Link → https://www.kenseibu.co.jp/

Consultations on Traffic Accidents (Resident Service Center – Kurashi No Senta)

Address: 51-1 Ebizuka-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu-shi

Tel: 053-457-2233 from 9:00 – 16:30

Link → https://www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp/kurashi/info/index.html