Comments on About Tochigi: Applying for a Drivers License in Tochigi

I'm all too familiar with horrors of the Kanuma Dr...

2010-01-12T11:34:33.877-08:00

I'm all too familiar with horrors of the Kanuma Driving Center. I failed 5 times (I had heard the average was around 4) and I had to take a day off from work every time and take the train from Sakura City and the Bus from Utsunomiya. Pretty much a whole day wasted every time. It was horrible. The first failure was because I "didn't look long enough when changing lanes." The

Thanks for the insight. Yes, I ended up doing 4 l...

2009-01-06T15:10:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the insight. Yes, I ended up doing 4 lessons. My company couldn't find English lessons locally, so I did them in Tokyo which being a different prefecture had totally different test procedures. But they were still worthwhile.

The rules are tougher for the US because they have...

2009-01-02T01:04:00.000-08:00

The rules are tougher for the US because they have 50 different licenses and not a national license. I recommend taking a few hours of driving lessons (not the whole course). The only people who passed at Tochigi the day I was there (4 out of 33) took the lessons.

Hi Anwer,It was a big shock for me to see somebody...

2008-07-07T10:34:00.000-07:00

Hi Anwer,

It was a big shock for me to see somebody from work posting to my blog.

The whole driving test thing was horrible. But after 4 failures I passed. Perhaps my experience might help you to get past it. (I linked my passing the test post within this post.)

I'm in Brazil this week so you won't see me in the coffee room. But I'll be back late next week. See you

Hi david-san,I was supposed to apply for a Japanes...

2008-07-06T22:10:00.000-07:00

Hi david-san,

I was supposed to apply for a Japanese driving license. When I googled for some information about the JAF and Tochigi driving test centers, I directed to your blog. It was very surprising and I am very happy to have a person in my office itslef, who experienced the same thing what I was looking for. Anyway hope to see you some times in our pantry area during our tea break

Hi Maria,I'm glad to see your comment. We started...

2008-03-21T19:54:00.000-07:00

Hi Maria,

I'm glad to see your comment. We started this blog especially because when we were in your boat we couldn't find much about the place.

Low cost is relative. We pay about $900 per month for a good sized 2 bedroom house with a small garden. There are much alternatives. We had many choices.

There was a real estate guy who took us around, but he didn't speak

David, we are coming to be volunteers at the Asian...

2008-03-21T13:16:00.000-07:00

David, we are coming to be volunteers at the Asian Rural Institute in Nasushiobara this July and are very interested in your website.

One of the things we might be looking into is renting a place near the Asian Rural Institute. Is it difficult to find information about inexpensive accommodation for long term? We will be there till the middle of December.

Regards,

At first I thought it was because we drove on the ...

2008-02-11T15:01:00.000-08:00

At first I thought it was because we drove on the left hand side in Australia too. But then Canada has it easy too and they drive on the right just like in USA.

I'm hoping to expand my list a little and see if any pattern emerges. I didn't see any Europeans at the driving test. The UK embassy website says UK citizens may or may not have to take a test.

I wonder why the rules are tougher for those from ...

2008-02-11T07:34:00.000-08:00

I wonder why the rules are tougher for those from the US compared to Australia?