Can You Rent a 350Z in Japan? Prices, Licence, Track Rules (2026)

Yes, you can rent a 350Z in Japan and drive it yourself on the road. Omoshiro Rent-a-Car’s Noda branch in Chiba lists a Z33 Fairlady Z (Japan’s name for the 350Z) at ¥22,000 for 6 hours or ¥38,000 for 24 hours, and a Z34 Fairlady Z NISMO from ¥16,000. What you cannot do is take either one to a circuit: the rental rules forbid it. All prices and rules below were checked on the official pages on 11 October 2026.

If your search for “rent 350Z Japan” was really about drifting one, skip to the third section. The road car and the track car are two separate products.

Where can you rent a 350Z or Fairlady Z in Japan?

Two operators publish Fairlady Z prices on their own sites. A third markets a Z33 heavily but does not rent it out.

Omoshiro’s Z33 is the rare 380RS, a 3.8-litre, 350 PS limited model. Its page asks that only drivers used to manual gearboxes and rear-wheel drive book it, and it will not rent any manual car for gearbox practice. Its optional collision damage waiver is ¥2,200, and the non-operation charge after damage is ¥150,000 if the car can still be driven, or ¥300,000 plus towing if it cannot. The page does not say whether prices include tax.

Fun2Drive’s English site lists its unguided car rental as “currently unavailable”. For visitors from overseas, the Z is a guided tour behind a pace car on the Hakone and Mt. Fuji roads, with basic insurance, the guide and tax included and fuel and tolls extra. Its English FAQ puts the deductible at ¥200,000 for damage to the car, with an option to reduce it.

Other JDM cars. Omoshiro also lists an R34 Skyline GT-R at Noda from ¥43,000 and an R35 GT-R in Fukuoka from ¥92,000, plus GR86s and a GR Supra. Fun2Drive’s tour fleet includes the BNR32, BCNR33 and BNR34 GT-R, a JZA80 Supra, an FD3S RX-7 and an AE86 Trueno, priced per tour on each car’s page.

What licence do you need to drive one?

On a public road you need a licence Japan recognises. The National Police Agency accepts an International Driving Permit issued under the 1949 Geneva Convention. For licences from Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Monaco and Taiwan, it accepts the home licence with an approved Japanese translation instead (JAF is one of the approved issuers). Either way it is valid for up to one year from the day you land.

The full country-by-country detail, including the translation trap for German and French licence holders, is in our licence and IDP guide.

Can you take a rented 350Z to a circuit or a drift day?

No, and this is where most plans stall. Omoshiro Rent-a-Car’s car pages say it refuses hard driving on mountain passes, circuit driving, gymkhana and anything similar, and that its cars carry location tracking and a dashcam that record how they are driven. Fun2Drive’s Japanese FAQ answers “can I drive on a circuit?” with a flat no and points to clause 18 of its rental terms. So the 350Z you rent for the weekend cannot be the car you drift on Sunday.

Here is the price ladder from road Z to track car, as listed on 11 October 2026:

The Sideways Experience is the one place found that hires an actual 350Z for drifting. Circuit entry is extra, and driving touge, tandem or a matsuri needs a ¥200,000 refundable damage deposit, as covered in our guide to riding in and driving a drift car in Japan.

How do the drift-car options compare?

Track hire works differently from a road rental. Insurance for crash damage is rare, prices vary by a factor of ten between operators, and many listings are Japanese only. Our drift car rental directory lists every operator with price, licence rule and who pays for a crash, and the drift car rental guide explains why the insurance question should pick your operator before price does.

If you want to time a trip around a drift day or a pro event, the 2026 drift calendar shows which circuits are running each weekend.