Japanese PLATE MEANING

hey vsc i been tryin to search to understand my japanese plate and all i got so far was the color meaning 
the best answer i got was on wikipedia but just didnt cut it lol:pat:
i know the numbers on top means the class of the car
and if mine is more for honda/acura i dont wanna use it

my top number is 35

can anyone please help me here?

thanks in advance

Depending on what car you have the number at the top go by the size car you have.

i have a 2nd gen gs300

If I remember correctly you need 300 or 500 numbers at the top not 35 but I'll have to dig that up.

I think that's what I seen but not sure
Any help appreciated
Thanks

i think some say what prefecture you are from.   I'm not sure if this is true.   Sometimes you get looked down upon depending on where you're from...   kind of like maybe when california plates are spotted in Texas.

Good point!

By far the best website for educating in english.

[url]http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/index.html[/url]

ok so the small numbers are the type of car class the letters are same as states

[QUOTE=Dajap;426152]By far the best website for educating in english.

[url]http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/index.html[/url][/QUOTE]

I been trying that website and it just doesn't work for me I'm guessing cuz I have a Mac and a iPhone not windows:(
I seen that site on many of my searches before this post but couldn't open it
If someone could copy and paste the part that would help me would be PERFECT:)

ill see what i can do

[U]Table 1: The Japanese islands and their original prefectural divisions[/U] 
[IMG]http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/prefecture/honshu.gif[/IMG] 
[IMG]http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/prefecture/shikoku.gif[/IMG] 
[IMG]http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/prefecture/kyushu.gif[/IMG] 
[IMG]http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/prefecture/hokkaido.gif[/IMG] 
[B]Some Geographical notes:[/B] 
[LIST]
[*]Kyoto, Tokyo and Osaka are technically metropolitan areas rather than prefectures, but the distinction doesn't matter here.
[*]Hokkaido, the 4th main island doesn't have any prefectures per-se, the divisions are based on the major cities.
[*]Okinawa is part of the [I]Ryukyu Islands[/I] chain; half of which belongs to Kagoshima.
[*]Okinawa was under US occupation from 1945-72 and during that time period issued American style plates.
[/LIST]
Characters in [COLOR=red]red[/COLOR] mean plates with this code are no longer issued, but may still be valid. This is because the prefecture created a branch office and the capital of the prefecture isn't the name of the prefecture itself. 
Characters in [COLOR=gray]gray[/COLOR] mean the prefectural code used to be abbreviated on older plates. Before 1988, the prefectural code was usually abbreviated to the first Kanji. There are some prefectures which begin with the same Kanji (for example Osaka and Oita), so some needed to be spelled out in full to avoid conflict. Usually the one with the largest population would take the abbreviation and the others would be spelled out in full (Osaka is abbreviated and Oita is spelled out in full). 
The prefecture name was always spelled out in full on the yellow (kei) plates issued since 1975. *Tokyo traditionally did not use the identifying Kanji characters on most their plates. A plate with just numbers was understood to be from Tokyo. 
[URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/pref_ext.html"][IMG]http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/buttons/forward.gif[/IMG][/URL]

[IMG]http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt330/WUTANGWilly/d06ad038.jpg[/IMG]

[B]Regular Green & White plates (165 x 330mm)[/B] 
[IMG]http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/plates/1_kochi.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/plates/1c_toyama.jpg[/IMG] [I]1962 - 71[/I][I]1967 - 99[/I][I]1998 -[/I][I]Description[/I][URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]1[/URL][URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]11,1x[/URL][URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]1xx[/URL]Truck (> 2000cc)2[URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]22,2x[/URL][URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]2xx[/URL]Small to medium Bus[URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]3[/URL][URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]33,3x[/URL][URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]3xx[/URL]Heavy Passenger Car (> 2000cc)[URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]4[/URL][URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]44-49[/URL][URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]4xx[/URL]Lorry, Van, Station Wagon (660 to 2000cc)[URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]5[/URL][URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]55,5x[/URL][URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]5xx[/URL]Passenger Car (660 to 2000cc)6[URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]66,6x[/URL]-3-wheeled truck (> 360cc ?)7--3-wheeled passenger car (360 to 2000cc ?)-[URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]77,7x[/URL]-Passenger Car (660 to 2000cc) overflow series8[URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]88,8x[/URL][URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]800[/URL]Special Vehicle requiring yearly inspection ( > 660cc)9[URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]99[/URL][URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]900[/URL]Tractor / Fork Lift[URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]0[/URL][URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]00[/URL][URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/dummy"]000[/URL]Construction Equipment[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]
[LIST]
[*]The various colors are explained [URL="http://www.tigerdude.com/japan/license/color.html"]here[/URL]. Class '3' and '5' vehicles with green plates are almost always taxis.
[*]Special vehicles fall under the '8' series. These include fire-trucks, ambulances, police cars and cement/garbage/fuel trucks. All vehicles with significant modifications from stock (such as a radio or TV truck) also fall under this class.
[/LIST][/SIZE][/FONT]

i hope this helps this is the best i could do.

[IMG]http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp265/dwightviator/IMG_2082.jpg[/IMG]

sorry for the big picture all i had

this is my plate
not sure if im understanding but am i right or wrong? 
3 series is heavy passenger vehicle? bigger than 2000cc
and 5 series is passenger vehicle less than 2000cc

and i think i read that the gs300 is near 3000cc
im not familiar with cc tho but i googled it and thats what i came up with
i just dont wanna throw on a japanese plate if its for a different class car i'll only do it if its legit ya know?

35 is a 3 series, >2000cc.

Right so my car is that class tho?
I read that 2nd gen gs 300 is 2997cc which would be 3 series right?
Or am I wrong about Ma car being 2997cc

1 liter = 1000cc
 
your gs is a 300, so a 3l, so 3000cc (approximate).

Thank you
Problem solved
I thought I needed a 5 series but sounds like my plate is good for my car

[QUOTE=DeeweezyGS;426176][IMG]http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp265/dwightviator/IMG_2082.jpg[/IMG]
 
sorry for the big picture all i had
 
this is my plate
not sure if im understanding but am i right or wrong? 
3 series is heavy passenger vehicle? bigger than 2000cc
and 5 series is passenger vehicle less than 2000cc[/QUOTE]
 nice plate

thanks bro yea i got it a while back been sittin in ma garage its a illuminated plate i found on hondamarketplace havent had the chance to use it yet

Yea I just got my illuminated plate off here a few days ago with the frame.