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Japanese license plates use special font and require specific input to show in the
game properly.
This is a guide that you need to follow in order to correctly fill Japanese license
plate ingame.
The basic format:
KH??####
K - Kanji symbols that determine prefecture
input any one char to get one of 36 available prefectures, list below
H - hiragana
input any one char to get one of 36 available hiragana symbols
??
characters must be numbers
They specify vehicle class
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last 4 chars must be numbers
Letter "A" is a dash (dot) symbol
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PREFECTURE KANJI INPUT
Adachi 足立 0
Akita 秋田 1
Aomori 青森 2
Chiba 千葉 3
Fukushima 福島 4
Fukuyama 福山 5
Gunma 群馬 6
Hachiōji 八王子 7
Hiroshima 広島 8
Ishikawa 石川 9
Kagawa 香川 A
Kasukabe 春日部 B
Kawasaki 川崎 C
Kitami 北見 D
Kōbe 神戸 E
Kurume 久留米 F
Kyōto 京都 G
Matsumoto 松本 H
Mikawa 三河 I
Miyagi 宮城 J
Nagasaki 長崎 K
Nagoya 名古屋 L
Nerima 練馬 M
Okayama 岡山 N
Okinawa 沖縄 O
Ōsaka 大阪 P
Shinagawa 品川 Q
Shizuoka 静岡 R
Sodegaura 袖ヶ浦 S
Suzuka 鈴鹿 T
Tokushima 徳島 U
Toyama 富山 V
Toyohashi 豊橋 W
Toyota 豊田 X
Yamanashi 山梨 Y
Yokohama 横浜 Z
HIRAGANA:
さ 0
す 1
せ 2
そ 3
た 4
ち 5
つ 6
て 7
と 8
な 9
に A
ぬ B
ね C
の D
は E
ひ F
ふ G
ほ H
ま I
み J
む K
め L
も M
や N
ゆ O
よ P
ら Q
り R
る S
ろ T
あ U
い V
う W
え X
か Y
き Z
VEHICLE CLASS:
1 - Truck with dispalcement langer than 2000cc
2 - Small to medium bus
3 - Passenger car with engine dispalcement langer than 2000cc (it's usually this)
4 - Truck, van or station wagon with displacement from 660cc to 2000cc
5 - Passenger car with displacement from 660cc to 2000cc
6 - Three wheeled truck with displacement less than 360cc
7 - Passenger car with displacement from 660cc to 2000cc
8 - Special vehicle requiring yearly inspection with displacement greater than
660cc
9 - Tractor or forklift
0 - Construction equipment
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