Scene & Culture
Inside Japan’s drift scene — people, teams, touge history and the unwritten rules
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Tsuiso, Dorisha, Matsuri: How to Speak Japanese DriftThe Japanese drift vocabulary you'll hear at every circuit — tsuiso, dorisha, matsuri, touge, sōkōkai and more — explained by people who use it weekly.
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Japan's Drift Media: What to Read & Watch Before Your TripA verified July 2026 guide to Japan's drift media — Option and Drift Tengoku in print, D1GP and Formula Drift Japan streams, and Noriyaro in English.
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Touge: Where Drifting Was Actually BornThe real history of touge — how 1970s–80s mountain pass racing, Keiichi Tsuchiya and Option magazine turned a street technique into D1 Grand Prix.