Everything worth knowing first

Written because riders get turned away at the counter over a document nobody told them about. The licence pages are the ones to read; the rest is here because people ask.

Read this one first

The permit you need to drive in Japan

Four documents let you drive. Your home licence on its own is not one of them. The permit Japan accepts says 1949 on the cover — a 1968 permit will not get you on a kart.

The permit rules
Riders in yellow and orange cosplay driving through downtown Naha traffic

By country

Seven countries with their own page, because the rule genuinely differs and three of these do not need a permit at all. Not listed?The full rulebook covers every country we can confirm.

Before you choose

The route, in three parts

Both Tours run the first two. The third is what the extra half hour on the 90 buys.

The things people ask

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