Foreign License Conversion
in Hiroshima Prefecture

Police organization:

Hiroshima Prefectural Police (広島県警察)

Test center:

Hiroshima Prefecture Driver's License Center (広島県運転免許センター); applications also accepted at the Eastern Driver's License Center (広島県東部運転免許センター)

City

Hiroshima City, Saeki Ward (main center, 〒731-5198 Ishinai-minami 3-chome 1-1); Eastern center: Fukuyama City, Seto-cho Yamakita 54-2 (〒720-0838)

Access

Main center (Saeki Ward): by car ~10 min from Sanyo Expressway Itsukaichi IC with approx. 700 parking spaces. By transit: bus from Hiroshima Bus Center (40-55 min), bus from JR Itsukaichi (Goichi) Station north exit (~30 min), or Astram Line to Koiki-koen Station then bus (~20-25 min).

Test languages:

20 languages (nationwide standard since June 2024)

Reservation required

How to reserve

Phone only. Call Hiroshima Prefectural Police HQ representative number and ask to be transferred to the driver's license center to book an examination/screening date. No online reservation system. Same HQ number applies for both the main and Eastern centers (via extension).

Phone

082-228-0110

Reception hours

Reservation calls: Mon-Fri 14:00-16:00 (excluding public holidays, substitute holidays, and year-end/New Year 12/29-1/3). Booking window is approx. 1 week ahead up to the end of the following month.

Knowledge test (confirmation test) is available in 20 languages, all enumerated on the official page: English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Korean, Russian, Thai, Persian, Tagalog, Spanish, Indonesian, Khmer, Nepali, Burmese, Mongolian, Ukrainian, Sinhala, Urdu, Arabic, and Hindi. On-site interpreter availability is not stated.

The official Hiroshima Police foreign-license-conversion page does not list fee amounts (it refers to a separate fee schedule). Exact conversion fees could not be verified against an official source, so no figures are asserted here.

Reservation is mandatory and by phone only; the booking line operates a narrow daily window (Mon-Fri 14:00-16:00) and accepts bookings only from ~1 week ahead to the end of the next month. Applications are accepted at two centers (Saeki Ward main center and Fukuyama Eastern center). Eligibility requires a valid foreign license plus cumulative 3+ months of residence in the issuing country after license issuance. International Driving Permits are not eligible for conversion. Country-specific extra documents are required (e.g., Chinese ID, Philippine official receipt, Brazilian CPF). Note: from 1 October 2025 the knowledge test was changed (illustration questions removed; 50 written questions) and a resident registry copy is required.

We could not confirm the following from primary sources. Please check the official page before relying on them:

• Exact fee amounts (the previously cited 2,400 / 1,100 / 1,750 yen came from a third-party search summary and are not on the official fee/conversion page)
• On-site application reception hours (the previously claimed AM 8:30-9:00 / PM 13:00-13:30 window was not found on any fetched official source)
• Whether on-site interpreters are provided (only multilingual knowledge-test versions are confirmed)
• Specific access/transit details for the Eastern (Fukuyama) center
• Whether a separate reservation phone number applies to the Eastern center (confirmed only that the same HQ number 082-228-0110 is used via extension)

Always verify on the prefectural police's official page before you go — addresses, reservation methods, and document requirements change frequently.

• Official page (Japanese) ↗ — open via Google Translate / DeepL
• Official English content ↗
• Official source ↗ https://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/site/police1/list1192-4487.html
• Official source ↗ https://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/site/police1/mensemap.html
• Official source ↗ https://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/site/police/license.html

The 6-step process (eligibility → translation → appointment → document screening → 50-question test → practical test) is the same nationwide. See the main hub for the complete walkthrough, document checklist, and translation services.