# Japan Drive Dojo — Keep Left, Rules, Snow & Ice

> Keep Left, Rules, Snow & Ice (iPhone/iPad app by YUNG KANG LIU.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/japan-drive-dojo/id6823452470 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [YUNG KANG LIU](https://appshunter.io/developer/6820335494)
- Category: Education, Travel
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2026-10-30
- Data updated: 2026-11-06

## What is Japan Drive Dojo?

First time driving in Japan? Japan Drive Dojo lets you practice keeping left, Japanese traffic rules, and real road situations in 3D before you go. Heading to snow country? Try snowy and icy roads before you pick up the car.

Made for drivers from Taiwan and useful to anyone new to driving in Japan: rule notes compare Japan with Taiwan, and the license checklist covers a Taiwanese license with its Japanese translation. Pick your season for suggested levels and tires.

FREE TO DOWNLOAD. ONE PURCHASE UNLOCKS EVERYTHING
Free: the warm-up, 5 Basics levels, the snowy hill start, the Okinawa route (Naha Airport to Motobu), the general driving quiz, the sign guide, the pre-trip checklist, and 7 of 13 handbook chapters.
"Unlock Full Version" (one-time in-app purchase) adds all snow levels, the other routes, endless snow road, skid pad, free practice, the other quizzes, all handbook chapters, and the certificates. Updates included. New phone? Use "Restore Purchases." Apple offer codes can be redeemed on the purchase page.

THE BASICS
• 30-second warm-up: steering, gas, and brake
• Traffic rules: driving on the left, stopping at 止まれ (STOP) signs and railroad crossings, yielding on turns
• Expressways: merging, exiting, ETC toll gates, rest areas
• City intersections and pedestrians, parking and refueling, rain and night driving

SNOW BASICS AND SNOW EXPERT
• 8 technique levels: snowy hill start, ABS braking, low gear downhill, glare ice at intersections, understeer, skid recovery, a black-ice bridge, a ground blizzard
• 2 heavy-snow levels: city streets at dusk and a mountain road
• Skid pad and endless snow road: unlimited practice

POPULAR ROUTES
6 condensed, illustrative routes: Narita to Karuizawa, New Chitose to Sapporo, Asahikawa to Biei and Furano, Nagoya to Shirakawa-go (winter); Naha Airport to Motobu and Churaumi (summer); Fukuoka to Yufuin and Beppu (fall).

LEARNING TOOLS
• 3 quiz sets (winter, traffic rules, general driving) with explanations
• Road sign guide and driving handbook for quick review
• Pre-trip checklist: license papers, insurance, rental pickup checks
• Coach demo: watch the coach drive it, then retry from the same spot
• Replay the last 45 seconds
• 3-star grades and two practice certificates to share (not an official license)

GRAPHICS AND SOUND (most visuals need High or Ultra)
• Graphics: Auto, Standard, High, or Ultra. Auto steps down if it gets choppy or the system throttles the phone (e.g. overheating)
• Clouds and local streets (Karuizawa villas, Sapporo snow homes, Okinawa flat-roof concrete homes)
• Snow on the roof, raindrops and wipers, a new dashboard; Ultra adds real-time reflections and anti-aliasing
• Night: headlights on the road, streetlight glow, snow tire tracks, light reflections on wet roads
• Each of the 12 cars has its own engine sound

CONTROLS
• Portrait or landscape; touch wheel and pedals, tilt steering, or a game controller
• Adjustable steering, graphics, smoothness, power saver, text size, volume, haptics
• English and Traditional Chinese

PRIVACY
No account, no ads, no personal data collected. Apple handles payment; we never see your payment details. Settings and scores stay on your device. Practice works offline; buying, restoring, or redeeming a code needs a connection.

PLEASE NOTE
• Not a driving course or certification; no substitute for real lessons.
• Simplified physics; friction is estimated from published data, and real ice may be more slippery.
• Rules and signs are current as of October 2026; the latest local notices take precedence.
• Not affiliated with or endorsed by any carmaker, automobile association, or road authority.
• Do not use this app while driving or in a moving vehicle.
• "Unlock Full Version" is digital content delivered right after purchase with your consent, so Taiwan's 7-day cancellation right does not apply. Refunds follow App Store rules.
• Take regular breaks.

Support: starlight.kids.app@gmail.com
Japan Drive Dojo | Starlight Studio

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unlock Full Version | $5.99 | one-time |


## Is Japan Drive Dojo safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Japan Drive Dojo.

## Is Japan Drive Dojo legit?

Japan Drive Dojo appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Japan Drive Dojo is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-11-05

What's new in 1.1

NEW GRAPHICS SETTING
- Settings > Display > Graphics: Auto, Standard, High, or Ultra
- Auto picks a level for your phone and steps down one level if driving gets choppy or the system slows the phone down (for example, when it overheats)

Most visual upgrades below need High or Ultra graphics.

HIGH-QUALITY STREETS
- Clouds in the sky, and layered distant hills and scenery
- More house styles, with a local look: wooden villas in Karuizawa, snow-country homes in Sapporo, flat-roofed concrete houses in Okinawa
- Garden walls, plus roadside convenience stores and gas stations (fictional signs)
- Textured walls and road surfaces

MORE DETAILED CARS
- Side mirrors, lights, and wheels
- Snow builds up on the roof and slush sticks to the body; in rain, drops bead on the windshield and the wipers clear them
- Redesigned dashboard and steering wheel
- Ultra: real-time reflections on the car body and smoother edges (anti-aliasing)

NIGHT DRIVING
- Headlights light up the road ahead, with pools of light under streetlights
- Tire tracks in the snow; puddles reflect the lights on rainy nights

ENGINE SOUNDS
- All 12 cars sound different: a three-cylinder kei car, a hybrid running on electric power at low speed, a turbo diesel van, and more

PURCHASE PAGE
- New "Redeem offer code" button (Apple offer codes, iOS 16.3 or later)
- The Free vs. Full Version table now comes first, so you can compare before you buy

FIXES
- Tunnel walls too bright at night
- Utility and light poles glowing white at night
- Rain streaks showing through the roof in the cockpit view
- Other visual fixes

### 1.0 — 2026-10-30

No release notes.

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All apps by YUNG KANG LIU: https://appshunter.io/developer/6820335494

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