Number plates in Tsuenakagi

The state of Tsuenakagi in Shumido requires residents to display the number plates (Japanese: ナンバープレート Nanbāpurēto, French: Plaque d'immatriculation).

Unencoded (1902-1906)
The very first number plates in the state of Tsuenakagi issued from 1902 had no regional coding. It featured one kana and three digits. The kana was either つ or み, but within the state, for example, つ152.

1st Regional series (1907-1920)
The first regional series came into place, which contained two kanji indicating registration place, one Western character and a serial number up to four digits. The Western character after two kanji was A for light vehicles, B for heavy vehicles (vehicles over 4.5 ton GVM) and G for agricultural vehicles. The following table of places are seen below: The system lasted until 25 December 1920, by that time the French completely exited the control of Tsuenakagi and the the traffic was switched from RHT to LHT.

2nd Regional series (1920-1963)
The second regional series took place, but this time it shows the Hepburn rendering of the registration place (in kanji) and a two to six-digit number. For example, Tsuenakagi 5.579 was issued to a Leyland in Tsuenakagi City.