Getting a driver's license without going to a driving school

• Visit Okinawa Prefectural Police Driver's License Center by 11:00^{(No prior reservation required)}

What to bring

• Pick up the following forms at window#2 and fill them out

List of the documents

• Take all the above 8 documents to window#2 to have them checked
• Proceed to window#6 with the documents to make the payment by 11:30 ^{(application fee:2,900JPY in cash)}
• Take all the documents to "Examination room A" on the upper floor of the Center by 12:50 and wait until the room is opened

• Submit all the documents to the examiner standing in front of the room and then enter the room
• Take the 50-question theoretical exam starting at 13:00
• The result of the exam will be announced in 30 min after the exam on the screen in the waiting room

^{*your registration number for the exam will be displayed if passed)}

• Once passed the theoretical exam, take the "Aptitude exam(eye test)" on the ground floor

^{Photo: "Aptitude test" booth on the ground floor}

• After the "Aptitude exam", proceed to window#2 to make a reservation for a driving exam for another day and get a "reservation slip" for the driving exam

Day2

• Visit Okinawa Prefectural Police Driver's License Center on the driving exam reservation day with the "reservation slip" for the driving exam
• Go to window#2, show the "reservation slip", receive required documents from them
• Proceed to window#6, present the required documents to make the payment ^{(vehicle usage fee:1,450JPY in cash if this is your first driving exam)}
• Once passed the driving exam, pay the permit issuance fee at window#6 ^{(1,150JPY in cash)}
• Receive the learner's permit and "road practice log sheet" from window#11

[Fees]:

Application fee(includes the first theoretical test): 2,900JPY

First-time practical test:1,450JPY. 4,350JPY from the second time

Issuance fee for a learner's permit:1,150JPY

Day1

• Visit Okinawa Prefectural Police Driver's License Center by 11:00
• Submit required items at window#2 ^{(No prior reservation required)}

Required items

• Proceed to window#6 to make the payment ^{(application fee:2,550JPY in cash)}
• Take all the documents to "Examination room A" on the upper floor by 12:50 and wait until the room is opened

• Submit all the documents to the examiner standing in front of the room and go inside the room
• Take the theoretical exam (100 questions) starting at 13:00 ^{*you need to get 90/100 to pass}
• The result of the exam will be announced on the screen in the waiting room about 30 minutes after the exam ^{*your registration# for the exam will be displayed if passed}

• Once passed the theoretical exam, proceed to the ground floor to take an "Aptitude exam" (eye exam)

^{Photo: "Aptitude test" booth on the ground floor}

• Proceed to window#2 to make a reservation for a driving exam, and receive a "reservation slip" for the exam

Day2

• Visit Okinawa Prefectural Police Driver's License Center on the driving exam day

^{*Visit the Center either by 8:00 or 12:50 depending on your reservation time slot}

^{**Make sure to take the "reservation slip" for the driving exam}

• Go directly to window#2 and show the "reservation slip", and receive documents from them
• Proceed to window#6 to make the payment ^{(vehicle usage fee:800JPY in cash if this is your first driving exam)}

^{*If you fail your first driving exam, the amount you will pay will be 3,350JPY(application fee: 2,550JPY+vehicle usage fee:800JPY) from the second exam}

• Once passed the driving exam, go to window#2 to inform them you have passed the exam
• Proceed to window#6 to pay the license issuance fee ^{(2,050JPY in cash)}
• Make a reservation at the Driving School Association located near the entrance at the Center to take a one-day lecture at a driving school