Japanese consulate in Bakersfield: no office

Bakersfield is served from San Francisco, not from Los Angeles. California is divided by county, and Kern County is not one of the nine that Los Angeles covers.

Bakersfield has no Japanese consular office of its own.

Which Japanese consulate covers Bakersfield?

From Bakersfield to Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco is 281 miles, near enough 5 h 17 min without traffic.

California is divided by county: nine southern counties belong to Los Angeles and the rest of the state to San Francisco. Bakersfield is in Kern County, which is not one of the nine, so its office is the Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco.

Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco

There is an honorary consul in Fresno, closer than the consulate general. It can help in an emergency and with local matters, but it issues no passports and no visas.

What you can settle without going

You can get an apostille for a U.S. document from the Secretary of State of the issuing state, not from a Japanese consulate.
You can register your address abroad through ORR net instead of at the counter.
You can download and fill in the passport application form before your appointment.