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Every county, one map.

Your state sets the road rule for each kind of kei truck and your county and town set the routes. Pick a lane, then point at a county for its rule. A click opens its page. On a phone, tap a state to see its counties.

Drawing 3,143 counties.

The county

Point at a county

Each county has its own page with its state's rules for both kinds of kei truck and the way to ask about one there.

A truck under 25 can come in only as governed off road equipment, and only if its engine family held an EPA nonroad certificate for that model year. No kei engine family was certified for mini trucks before model year 2010, so a truck built after 30 October 2001 and before model year 2010 has no federal door until its 25th birthday.

The routes

From Japan to every state.

Sailings from Japan land on both coasts and a road line runs on to every state. Touch a state to see where its truck comes from.

Houston hubLos AngelesOaklandSeattle, Tacoma and EverettSavannahJacksonvilleFrom JapanFrom Japan

The state

Pick a state

Every state has its own page with its road, title and land rules for both kinds of kei truck.

Road miles are an estimate, the straight line times 1.2.

All states
The main lane, Japan to Los Angeles by seaA sailing from Japan on recordA Japan service mentioned, not confirmedHouston, the road hub for Texas and the central statesBy sea
The newer lane lands at Tacoma, or at Houston by transhipment. Never through California.A sailing from Japan on recordA Japan service mentioned, not confirmedHouston, the road hub for Texas and the central statesBy sea

The ports

Where they come ashore.

Read from each port's own pages on 28 October 2026. A sailing counts when Japan comes before the US port on the ship's rotation. Each card opens the port's own page.

A sailing from Japan on record

Port of Los Angeles

Los Angeles is the California door. Three container services sail from Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo and Yokohama to San Pedro, and from there I-10 runs east to Phoenix and Texas, I-15 climbs north to Las Vegas and Utah and I-40 leaves Barstow for the middle of the country.

San Pedro, Los AngelesI-5I-10I-15I-40

A sailing from Japan on record

Port of Oakland

Oakland is the Bay Area door, the next call after Los Angeles for ships from Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo and Yokohama, with I-80 running east over the Sierra.

OaklandI-80

A sailing from Japan on record

Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor

Tacoma is the Northwest door, eleven days from Tokyo on a weekly sailing, with autos rolling off at East Blair One and I-5 at the gate.

TacomaI-5

A sailing from Japan on record

Port of Seattle, The Northwest Seaport Alliance North Harbor

Seattle takes a weekly sailing that calls up to six Japanese ports on the way, and I-90 leaves the city for Montana and the northern plains.

SeattleI-5I-90

A sailing from Japan on record

Port of Everett

Everett has kept a direct service with Japan for twenty years, on I-5 north of Seattle.

EverettI-5

A sailing from Japan on record

Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority

Savannah takes a weekly sailing from Yokohama, and I-16 and I-95 carry it into Georgia and up and down the coast.

SavannahI-16I-95

A sailing from Japan on record

JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority

Jacksonville is served by a car carrier service from Japan and Asia and moved more than half a million vehicles in 2025, with I-10 west across the South and I-95 up the coast.

JacksonvilleI-10I-95

The road hub, no direct sailing from Japan

Port Houston

Houston is the Gulf door. Port Houston's published schedules show no direct sailing from Japan and its Asia services call Busan and Shanghai. From the Houston docks I-10 runs east and west, I-45 north to Dallas and I-69 northeast through Humble.

HoustonI-10I-45I-69

A Japan service mentioned, not confirmed

Port of Long Beach

Long Beach shares San Pedro Bay with Los Angeles and the same roads out, I-10 east, I-15 north and I-40 from Barstow.

Long BeachI-5I-10I-15I-40

A Japan service mentioned, not confirmed

Port of Hueneme, Oxnard Harbor District

Hueneme is the car port up the coast from Los Angeles, where vehicles from Kawasaki and Yokohama come ashore.

Port HuenemeI-5I-10I-15I-40

A Japan service mentioned, not confirmed

Port of Baltimore, Maryland Port Administration

Baltimore counts itself the No. 1 automobile port in the US, with I-95 along the seaboard and I-70 west through Ohio.

BaltimoreI-70I-83I-95

A Japan service mentioned, not confirmed

Port of Virginia, Norfolk

Norfolk is on a weekly sailing from Yokohama, and I-64 runs west to Richmond.

NorfolkI-64

A Japan service mentioned, not confirmed

Port Freeport

Freeport is a RoRo port south of Houston that handled 162,239 vehicles in fiscal 2024.

FreeportI-10I-45I-69

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