Foreign License Conversion
in Kyoto Prefecture

Police organization:

Kyoto Prefectural Police (京都府警察)

Test center:

Kyoto Prefectural Police Driving License Test Section (京都府警察 運転免許試験課)

City

Kyoto City, Fushimi Ward (京都市伏見区)

Access

647 Hazukashi Furukawacho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City (京都市伏見区羽束師古川町647), per the official foreign-license-conversion page. Nearest station/bus access not specified on the official pages reviewed.

Test languages:

20 languages (nationwide standard since June 2024)

How to reserve

The prefecture's internet reservation system covers ONLY license renewal (免許更新) and the written exam (学科試験) — it does NOT cover foreign license conversion (confirmed on the official online-reservation page). Whether a phone reservation/appointment is required before the conversion screening was NOT verifiable on the reviewed HTML pages (likely detailed in the official 御案内 PDF, which was not fetched). Test section contact phone: 075-631-5181.

Phone

075-631-5181

The official Kyoto Police foreign-license-conversion page publishes a country-specific required-documents list (外国免許切替 必要(国別)書類一覧, PDF) and a procedure guide (外国免許から日本の運転免許証への切替手続(御案内), PDF) — both confirmed present. The internet reservation system explicitly does not cover foreign license conversion. NOTE: the two-step '書類審査 then partial exam' process and the '京都自動車練習場' private practice course stated in the prior draft were NOT verifiable from the reviewed HTML sources (the screening procedure is likely in the unfetched 御案内 PDF) and have been removed/flagged.

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

• Whether a phone reservation/appointment is required for the conversion screening (not on reviewed HTML; likely in the 御案内 PDF, not fetched)
• The two-step document-screening-then-exam (書類審査→部分試験) process (not verifiable from reviewed HTML)
• Reception hours/days for foreign license conversion (9:00-17:00 not confirmed; not on reviewed pages)
• Conversion fees (application/exam/issuance amounts not stated on reviewed pages)
• Language/interpreter or English support availability (not stated on official sources)
• Reservation phone-line hours
• Detailed access/transport directions to the test center
• Existence of a '京都自動車練習場' private practice course (not found in any reviewed source)

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 source ↗ https://www.pref.kyoto.jp/fukei/menkyo/online/yoyaku.html
• Official source ↗ https://www.pref.kyoto.jp/fukei/menkyo/juken/index.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.