Japanese License Plates Finally Explained
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- Опубліковано 9 кві 2021
- In this episode, we go over each and every stylus, grade, and class of License Plates in Japan!
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Everything from Private vehicles to Commercial plates, we go about an easy-to-understand explanation.
Check it out and let us know if you have any questions!
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From what I know you can't add zero's on the beginning of the plate if you only have 3 to 2 nor 1 numbers let's say if you have the " 00-15 "plate you can't do that you need to end up using the dots like " • • 15 " but this time you can't use a dash line even if it's 3 to 1 numbers in particular...
Sorry for broken English
U.S. Government plates are for the military "white fleet" (read; regular non-militarized vehicles) and those used by civilian agencies, same as at home.
"Y-for-Yankee" plates are for U.S. Forces members' personally-owned vehicles.
Awesome! Cheers!
Greatly informative video ! I actually imported a 1996 Mitsubishi Delica into Canada and started looking for a genuine Japanese license plate that match my van. I know I could have a custom one made for me online with the correct series but I'd rather get a genuine one. Thanks to your video, I now know exactly what to look for in my search for a genuine Japanese license plate !
That's awesome news. I really appreciate your comment
Great video. But, there are still some れ plates for rental cars in Hokkaido too. Originally, Hokkaido is the first place that used れ for rental cars before Okinawa.
holy crap, are you serious?! We thought it was Okinawa only ! Thank you for the info Alpina!
Nice video!
Hi it's very informative! More people should know more about you ❤️
oh wow, thank you so much !
i see you are in japan, let us know if we missed anything !
Good info!
Glad you think so!
Fabulous video :) I was surprised with the information about the last two digits of the vehicle class, never knew that the "0-0" was for government-issued digits and other than "0-0" were customized :D
@@sushi_cars will do! appreciate the added knowledge! :D
thanks so much !
and white with red stripe?
That's a "KARI-NAMBAA"
Which is a temp-plate or temporary plate
It is used to transport the vehicle to and from an inspection facility or repair shop
You can only have it for 5 days
We did an entire video about it on our channel. Check it out :-) thanks so much
Greatt videoo, u are great tutor bro👌🏽
thank yuo so much !
Thanks for the video - really helped me out as I'm trying to source my original plate from a JDM import!
I was wondering though, Is that information about exported cars available upon request in Japan, if you have the VIN to identify it, for example?
Legally speaking.. it is 100% impossible to ever acquire Japanese plates outside of Japan
In order to export your car, you need to kill the registration, if you want to keep the car and cancel your insurance, you still need plates on the car until your inspection runs out.
After your inspection runs out, you must return the plates.
So unless someone "steals" damn, which is not the right thing to do, there is no way to get plates unfortunately.
@@sushi_cars Oh sorry if I wasn't clear; I didn't mean to get official plates, just to get a replica made as an ornament to hang up in the garage, etc. It would be nice to know what the car started life on and thus, see how far it's come rather than picking random characters for a replica
Thanks for more info on this though and the super quick reply, I really appreciate it!
Is the text always green for normal 300 series cars? What about black text?
The text on normal 300 cars will only be green or white. Black only exists on kei vehicles.
Thank you so much !
I watched a video where an abandoned Honda NSX-R was shown sitting in a parking bay. The plate on the front has the cool prefecture with the number 34 next to it. What does that mean?
34 would be into the double digits which means the car would be significantly older but still having held the same plates for a great deal of time
Also because the second digit is a four, likely he customized the plate.
Anything purchased now would have been a three digit plate
Thanks so much for the comment
How do you change the license plate frame on the rear if you can't take that bolt off?
It slides over the left side where the bolt is.
So the right side would have a regular hole with a perimeter of plastic, and the left side would just have this kind of open-ended clip that slides behind it
Was looking into this for my Toyota Tacoma (V6). I’m fairly certain it would be a 100 series. If I’m just making up a fake plate for decoration, the second 2 numbers can be whatever I want?
Yeah for sure, if it is a import into Japan from a usdm heavy... Then yeah, it's going to be a 100
Or if there's something particularly special about it that requires more constant appearance, it's going to be an 800 plate which would result in yearly inspections
@@sushi_cars Awesome! Thanks! Video helped way more than the websites I’ve been browsing.
aren't 800 for tuned car too ? like a car with race parts ?
it falls under specially modified yes. Technically speaking, anything that is not stock should have these
Yes , you're right
How is the anime at 2:51 called?
Shakotan Boogie
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@@sushi_cars thx :)
What does actually hiragana symbol mean? Can I choose or randomly selected?
Just a random identifier.
For example, if you wanted your plate to be ね10-00, but somebody had it, then you'll have to choose a different hiragana like と10-00
What is JAF? What is the best car insurance that support English and cost effective.?
Jaf is the Japan automobile federation. They are involved in licensing, road test information, etc. Kind of like the DMV in the states.
ACE insurance has a lot of English. Otherwise you can go to Japan insurance.net they can point you in the right direction.
It's all going to come down to what color is on your driver's license, gold, green, etc and then what you are insuring and where you live, etc.
Also, keep in mind, for a full size car, you will need a police officer to verify the parking spot. But if you have a kei car, you don't need to verify it and you can just launch your car on the street if there is space
@@sushi_cars thanks a lot 🤗
Hello there I have a question. I saw a Mercedes with a classification code of 32k. What does that mean? Normally it's all numbers.
The top three numbers are either 0, 00, or 000
Like 300, 480, 598 for eg
However when they start to run out of combinations for the bottom LARGER numbers, then sometimes the top three numbers will turn into letters
For eg. If the big characters on the bottom/bottom right are 11-11 but your top three characters are 300.... Then as the popular "11-11" get all taken up, you'll have to change the top character to something like a letter
30K
11-11
Like that :)
@@sushi_cars woah you responded quickly. Thanks for explaining
@@blobba5442 yeah for sure, we very much appreciate your guys' support, so we want to be here for you anyway we can. If you have any other questions let us know
@@sushi_cars sorry I have a few more queries; so if you do get a customised plate, are you allowed to change your hiragana? And I think seen estate cars/ station wagons with 500 code even though they're shorter than a probox so are there other requirements.And do kei vans and cars start at 480/580?
@@blobba5442 as for the first question, it is a random identifier hiragana.
And as for the second question, there are so many variables that go into what the top three numbers are
You can have a Toyota Noah van, with or without a lip / side skirts/rear lip, and one will be 500 plate, and the other one will be a 300 plate
Same with the Nissan serena. If you have an e-power with side skirts, a 300 plate. But if you have a base model Serena with no kit from factory, then you are a 500 plate
And yes, some Vans like the Suzuki every, and the Subaru dias will be 400 plate, like kei trucks as well, however regular cars in the kei series will be 500
What about the license place they have 5 digits numbers ?
as far as i know, there are not any plates you can get with 5 numbers like " 13 2 75 " you would need a dash, dot, or space, like " 13 - 75 "
@@sushi_cars thanks for the response, what about the 13-973 of the ae86 from initial d or it's that a fake plate?
@@MrNextMx 5 digits plates from initial D are all fake.
横浜 330
ひ ·1 00
Would it be a legit plate?
Also, what does actually hiragana symbol mean?
And top right number 3xx I know first digit 3 means vehicles with more than 2000cc, but what do the other 3 and 0 mean? Are these two digits given randomly or you can choose them?
@@sushi_cars thank you for the answer! Makes perfect sense now
no problem !
@@jzxdrift What was his answer lol its gone
What do the last two digits of the 300s mean?
if the last number is anything but "0", then that means the plate was customized
@@sushi_cars Thanks for the reply! So this means any plate that simply says "300" was randomly issued by the government? Which is more common, "300" or "3XX"?
do 3 number plates exsist? as an example 53-681
No, too many digits
What about the white plates with black lettering? Does that even exist in japan?
What about electric?
Surprisingly you don't necessarily get placed into a cheaper class just because you are electric. They still go by weight and dimensions
For example, the Tesla gets a 300 plate because it is very big and heavy regardless of how efficient it is.
There are many exceptions to the license plate rules. Another example is the 1.3 l rotary actually doesn't get recognized as a small engine, they double it to 2.6 l
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