Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!gcd.org!vda-gw!news.moat.net!news2.euro.net!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Ryan Ginstrom" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: teaching friend how to drive Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:08:56 +0900 Lines: 21 Message-ID: <38n9tkF5pp9k2U1@individual.net> References: <1109666764.254748.295350@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <7icVd.31$mh4.11@news1.dion.ne.jp> <38l296F5mo457U1@individual.net> <42263545.47A57512@ht.sakura.ne.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net ai7DjqLS47n+35utozjsqwKphZaL8QqRPCGnq2Hcn/MA4kfikX X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:25861 "IIJIMA Hiromitsu" wrote in message news:42263545.47A57512@ht.sakura.ne.jp... > > You can pay around 2,000 yen to practice at the actual courses on Sundays, > > but you must be accompanied by a licensed driver. I don't know about the > > three-year bit -- I understand that you just have to have your "shoshinsha" > > mark off, which would be 1 year from being licensed. > > That depends on where you practice. > Fuchu/Samezu center in Tokyo and Futamatagawa center in Kanagawa requires > three-year career. Since the testing centers seem to be standardized nationwide, this is probably true for all of them, then. -- Regards, Ryan Ginstrom ryang@gol.com