Getting a driving license costs an arm and a leg in Japan. If you want to get a driving license, it would cost around 350,000 yen in Japan. You need to go to a driving school and pay admission fee of about 30,000 yen first. Technically speaking, you can take driving tests at the driving licensing center without attending driving school but it’s rare to do so because tests are really difficult to pass. If you pass on the fist try, it would only cost about 30,000 yen. However, almost all the people believe they must go to driving school or it is more like a custom to do so. At driving school, they offer about 25 lessons to teach traffic rules and tips for driving in various conditions. Each lesson or class costs about 2,100 yen and they provide about 33 driving lessons at the special driving courses within their school which costs 5,500 yen for each lesson then you need to take a paper test and driving test to get a learner’s permit which costs another extra money. If you fail the tests you need to take extra lessons before taking retests and that would cost more money i,e, you need to pay for those lessons and retests. After obtaining learner”s permit, you can officially practice driving on the street with trainers or someone who has their license. Then you need to pass actual driving license tests both written and practical driving test which cost another extra money. The total costs would add up to around 350,000 yen and it takes time and energy to get a driving license!