> 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.

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