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Admin admin admin. Having had a personal hanko made a couple of weeks ago (a small stamp to use in place of a signature for important documents) I had to go to the city office to get an inkan shomei and an inkan shomei shou (a certificate of registration for the hanko). This is in order to use the hanko to buy a car. Before I can get the car, I have to obtain a jidosha no hokan basho shodaku shomei (basically permission to use a parking space and a detailed map showing the space, access to it, size etc.) - just got that from our new landlord today. Now I only have to fill in various forms about the car I will get (including details like exact size and weight of the car), take them to the police to get a certificate, and take that to another office to register the space to me and the car! So, almost there with that. Although I haven't mentioned the registration of the car itself, insurance, breakdown cover......