By entering a driving school

Obtain a license by entering a designated driving school and taking the lessons needed to acquire driving skills and accumulate driving knowledge.
There are no instructors who can speak English in our school.

1. Enter a designated driving school

Please bring

(1) Alien registration card or residence card
(2) JUMINHYO( 住民票 ) , which includes your nationality, residence card number,and expiration date of the period of stay.
(3) Your personal seal(signatures are also accepted)
(4) Necessary fee for registration.
(5) Wear glasses or contact lenses if necessary,for the eyesight check.

To obtain a regular motor vehicle license Entry conditions

Must have passed the school’s aptitude test(eyesight,color recognition)
You can choose between the limited automatic-only license or the manual license.
If you obtain the limited automatic-only license,you cannot drive manual-transmisson Vehicles.

2 Receive a diploma

Once you pass the graduation test,a diploma will be issued. The diploma is valid for One year from the date of issue.

3 Take your diploma and go to the license center

Take your diploma and go to the license center of the designate prefecture in which your JUMINHYO address is currently registered.

(1) Aptitude test…Take the eyesight,color recognition and hearing tests
(2) Written test.…The test is 95 questions.You need to score over 90 out of 100 points (true or false test)

※ Necessary fee for registration(AT&MT) is ¥119.664Total(necessary fee for graduation)

■AT ¥291.000 (daytime) or ¥314.281 (night)

■MT ¥306.213 (daytime) or ¥331.747 (night)

(including necessary fee for registration ¥119.664)

Curriculum

License already obtained		1st step Lectures	Skills	2st step Lectures	Skills
none	AT	Aptitude test & 10 lessons	12h	16 lessons	19h
none	MT	Aptitude test & 10 lessons	12h	16 lessons	19h

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おしえてくれて　ありがとう

SHOWA自動車学校　いってよかった。　Thank You

先生たち　やさしい　と　おもしろい

みんな　いっしょ　に　がんばって　くれました。。。

ありがとうございました！

THANK　YOU

good school to study if you are gaijin ･･･ I recommend

I LOVE SHOWA

thank you FOR giving us chance

FOR giving us privilege to drive here in Japan

I LOVE SHOWA

THANKS SHOWA

I’VE LEARN A LOT HERE IN SHOWA .

ABOUT RULES OF THE ROAD . OF COURSE DRIVING TOO .

I LOVE SHOWA

I GOT MY LICENSE IN LESS THAN ４ months

I did not regret coming here in showa driving school .

The staff an nice and friendly .

I LOVE SHOWA

THANKS SHOWA ! WE LOVE SHOWA !!

SHOWA FAN

SHOWA FAN【20231114普通車】

ありがとうございました

SHOWA FAN【20150630普通車】

THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME THE RULES AND REGULATIONS IN THE ROAD.

SHOWA FAN【20150613普通車】

・THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME ON HOW TO DRIVE.THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SHOWA FAN【20150609普通車】

AT SHOWA DRIVING SCHOOL , to all my teacher's thank you so much For giving me a knowledge on now to drive in a proper way , and also to the front office teacher's thank you for your kind and understanding to the Bus Driver thank you ...

SHOWA FAN【20150609普通車】

FINALLY , THANK YOU SO MUCH SHOWA DRIVING SCHOOL

SHOWA FAN【20141216普通車】

SHOWA PORTRAYS a BIG PART OF THIS ACHIEMENT.THEY TEACH US ON HOW TO DRIVE SAFELY AND IMPART PROPER SKILLS ON DRIVING,DESPITE THE LANGUAGE BARRIER.MINNASAN ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!

SHOWA FAN【20141118普通車】

・THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE SENSEI WHO GAVE THEIR KNOW LEDGE AND PATIENCE FOR THACHING.VS
・I’ｍ very happy that I enrolled in this school because I have learnes a lot in terms of driving safely.I salute all the teachers who taught me how to become a good driver.

SHOWA FAN【20141111普通車】

・Thanks to all Sensie in Showa Driving School for what they done, I learned a lot
・MiNNA YASASHI KATTAYO!
・IT IS NICE TO BE IN THIS SCHOOL ,I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT DRIVING AND IMPROVED My DRIVING SKIllS THANKS TO ALL NICE TEACHERS.

SHOWA FAN【20141101普通車】

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL THE STAFF HERE IN SHOWA.MINA SAN YASASHI DESU.MARAMING SALAMAT TALAGA.GOD BLESS.

SHOWA FAN【20141030普通車】

I would like to thank Showa Driving school For teaching us well and safety and to all teachers who teach us patientry eventhough we have difficulties in communication, perhaps thanks to the staffs who are very kind and approachable to us. I have so much fun in learning, once again thank you so much.

SHOWA FAN【20141025普通車】

・MY THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO SHOWA JIDOUSHA GAKKOU FOR THE KNOWLEDGE YOU IMPART AT ME AND TO ALL THE PERSONNEL AND SENSEI'S WHO TEACHES ME VERY WELL DESPITE OF LANGUAGE BARRIER "DOUMO ARIGATOU GOZAIMASHITA"

SHOWA FAN【20141023普通車】

THANK YOU SHOWA FOR TEACHING ME THE RULES AND REGULATION OF JAPAN'S ROADS & HIGH WAYS

SHOWA FAN【20141011普通車】

I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF OF SHOWA . YOU ARE ALL PATIENT AND KIND . IT WAS FUN AND I LEARNED A LOT . I HOPE YOU GET TO TEACH MORE PEOPLE HOW TO DRIVE SAFELY . THANK YOU SO MUCH SHOWA .

SHOWA FAN【20141002普通車】

・Being of showa driving school.makes my driving skills more accurate.Secure and safer.I am also being thankful even though I have difficulties understanding Japanese language.but it's ok.

SHOWA FAN【20141002普通車】

・THANK'S TO ALL PEOPLE FROM SHOWA.ESPECiALLy TEACHERS WHO WERE PATiENT AND CAREFUL.EVEN WiTH THE LANGUAGE PROBLEMS.

SHOWA FAN【20140918普通車】

IT WAS A VERY NICE EXPERIENCE STUDYING HERE IN SHOWA THE
TEACHERS AND THE REST OF STAFF ARE SO GOOD THEY TREAT
THEIR STUDENTS VERY WELL ･･･ I LEARNED A LOT THANK YOU FOR
TEACHING ME GONNA INTRODUCE YOUR SCHOOL TO MY FRIENDS

SHOWA FAN【20140918普通車】

SINCE WHEN I START I OBSERVE SOME TEACHING ARE DIFFER
FROM TEACHER TO THE OTHER . BUT I UNDERSTAND THEM AND
I THANK ALL THE TEACHER`S HAVE I MEET GOD BLESS US ALL .
THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE SCHOOL THAT YOU GIVE ME A CHANCE .

SHOWA FAN【20140801普通車】

IT'S VERY NICE TO BE BELONG IN THIS DRIVING SCHOOL.
ALL OF THE TEACHER ARE VERY KIND AND RESPECTFUL AND IF MY FRIENDS WILL TAKE A DRIVING LESSON I WILL RECOMMEND THIS SCHOOL.

SHOWA FAN 【20140801普通車】

Watashi Ha gumbateimasu!

SHOWA FAN【20140723普通車】

So Glad I choose the right school for teaching me how to drive･･･ So happy !
thank you so much for teaching me a lot of things about driving . I learned a lot .

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