Drifting in Okayama
Yes: drift running you can buy
Yes: drift running you can buy. Bihoku Highland Circuit: No licence of any kind needed and open every day but New Year’s Day; two English-speaking operators rent drift cars here. The circuit itself takes bookings by phone or FAX only.
Where you can drift in Okayama
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FREE-RUN
No licence of any kind needed and open every day but New Year’s Day; two English-speaking operators rent drift cars here. The circuit itself takes bookings by phone or FAX only.
A course ¥5,000 / B course ¥6,500 + gate ¥500
Foreigners Yes · Rental Yes · English TBC
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SPECTATE
Full-scale GP circuit that hosts Formula Drift Japan Rd.6 2026 as a spectator event. Its own four-wheel product is grip running; there is nothing to drift.
Grip run days only; fee varies by date
Foreigners TBC · Rental TBC · English TBC
Without your own car
Yes. k-dori from ¥350,000. Details, licence rules and who pays for a crash are on our drift car rental directory.
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Coming up in Okayama
Confirmed dates from our drift calendar, each checked against the organiser’s own page.
- Fri 2 – Sun 4 October 2026 Formula Drift Japan Rd.6 & FDJ2 Rd.6 — Okayama International (season finale) · Competition · Okayama International Circuit
- Sun 4 October 2026 S-roku King Drift & Grip Day · Drift track day · Bihoku Highland Circuit
- Sat 10 October 2026 Koubashi-sou 2026 — Drift & Grip Day · Drift track day · Bihoku Highland Circuit
- Sun 11 October 2026 AAF (All Altezza Festival) Drift Day · Drift track day · Bihoku Highland Circuit
- Tue 13 October 2026 Drift Practice Day · Drift track day · Bihoku Highland Circuit
- Sat 17 October 2026 Cockpit Zoom Circuit Track Day — Grip & Drift · Drift track day · Bihoku Highland Circuit
- Sun 18 October 2026 Okayama SONIC 2026 — 86/GR86/BRZ Meet & Drift Day · Drift track day · Bihoku Highland Circuit
- Mon 19 October 2026 Namba Shokai Grip & Drift Practice · Drift track day · Bihoku Highland Circuit
Getting there
- Bihoku Highland Circuit: Hokubo IC +7 km
- Okayama International Circuit: Full-scale GP circuit in Mimasaka
Read before you go
Want to be on one of these days rather than read about it?
We book the slot or the organiser day, do the paperwork in Japanese, sort a car if you need one, and send someone who has driven the track. Send us your dates.
Questions visitors ask
Can you drift in Okayama?
Yes: drift running you can buy. Bihoku Highland Circuit: No licence of any kind needed and open every day but New Year’s Day; two English-speaking operators rent drift cars here. The circuit itself takes bookings by phone or FAX only.
Can you drift in Okayama without your own car?
Yes. k-dori from ¥350,000. Details, licence rules and who pays for a crash are on our drift car rental directory.
When is the next drift event in Okayama?
Formula Drift Japan Rd.6 & FDJ2 Rd.6 — Okayama International (season finale) at Okayama International Circuit, Fri 2 – Sun 4 October 2026, on our confirmed calendar, with 7 more dated after it.
Neighbouring prefectures with a drift venue: Hyogo · Yamaguchi
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