Requirement
Please provide following all documents without fail when you order and assign to a travel to TOURINX JAPAN.
●Your country issued valid rider’s permit for the motorcycles over 250cc.
●International driving permit which is valid in Japan (with a valid date and a stamp in the category “A”).
●Valid passport (necessary to rent a motorcycle and hotel check in)
●Valid travel insurance. (Please purchase valid travel insurance on your own before you leave your country)
【About driving permit】
<When you ride in Japan>
When you ride in Japan you must carry either of following rider’s permit.
●Japanese rider’s permit for those who reside in Japan.
●International rider’s (driver’s) permit issued by the countries which ratified Contracting States of Geneva Treaty in the official format.
●Non Japanese driving permit with the Japanese translation documents of Switzerland, Germany, France, Taiwan, Belgium, Estonia and Monaco.
Reference (Outside link)
■Police Department
http://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/multilingual/english/traffic_safety/drivers_licenses/index.html
http://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/menkyo/menkyo/kokugai/gaikokumenkyo.html
■Japan Automobile Federation (JAF)
http://www.jaf.or.jp/e/translation/with.htm
【About non-Japanese driver’s permit （translation document in Japanese）】
For those posse driving permit of Switzerland, Germany, France, Taiwan, Belgium, Estonia and Monaco, please obtain a “Translated documents into Japanese” based on your original permit.
Driving permit for non Japanese (Japanese translated documents) can be obtained in the following organization.
●The organization who issued the original permit, or the embassy/consular office of the issuing country located in Japan
●Taiwan Japan Relations Association for those Taiwan permits.
●Japan Automobile Federation(JAF)
Driver’s permit for non Japanese (Japanese translated documents) itself alone is not valid in Japan. Please make sure that you carry your original driving permit with you together. Without either of these two permits, you can NOT rent a motorcycle NOR ride as a driver in Japan. In case you have to cancel your reservation due to the lack of insufficient documentation, you may result in paying cancellation penalty, so please keep it in your mind.
<Driving permit translation agency>
We, TOURINX JAPAN can be your agent to get your driving permit translated into Japanese by JAF with extra cost. Please inquire us for this service.