Drifting in Shiga
Yes: drift running you can buy
Yes: drift running you can buy. Gransnow Okuibuki / Okuibuki Motorpark: Four ski-resort car parks that Formula Drift Japan races on. A visitor can buy a weekday individual run (¥15,000, from three days out, capped near ten people) or hire a whole lot. Japanese web booking.
Where you can drift in Shiga
-
FREE-RUN (WEEKDAYS) · HIRE
Gransnow Okuibuki / Okuibuki Motorpark
Four ski-resort car parks that Formula Drift Japan races on. A visitor can buy a weekday individual run (¥15,000, from three days out, capped near ten people) or hire a whole lot. Japanese web booking.
Individual run ¥15,000 weekday · lot hire from ¥60,000
Foreigners TBC · Rental TBC · English No
Without your own car
Nothing in Shiga. The neighbouring prefectures listed below have venues that do, and every operator in Japan that puts a visitor in a drift car is on our rental directory.
Every operator in Japan compared: prices, licence rules, English booking, crash liability →
Coming up in Shiga
Confirmed dates from our drift calendar, each checked against the organiser’s own page.
- Sun 1 November 2026 Babe run & Babe mtg #11 — drift session plus car meet · Drift track day · Gransnow Okuibuki / Okuibuki Motorpark
Getting there
- Gransnow Okuibuki / Okuibuki Motorpark: Ski resort in Maibara, northern Shiga. Nearest station Ōmi-Nagaoka; the Maichan Bus (¥800, weekdays only, three a day) and the book-by-phone Maichan-go shared taxi both stop at Kōzuhara, about 3 km short of the gate — a regular taxi from the station closes the gap
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 Shiga?
Yes: drift running you can buy. Gransnow Okuibuki / Okuibuki Motorpark: Four ski-resort car parks that Formula Drift Japan races on. A visitor can buy a weekday individual run (¥15,000, from three days out, capped near ten people) or hire a whole lot. Japanese web booking.
Can you drift in Shiga without your own car?
Nothing in Shiga. The neighbouring prefectures listed below have venues that do, and every operator in Japan that puts a visitor in a drift car is on our rental directory.
When is the next drift event in Shiga?
Babe run & Babe mtg #11 — drift session plus car meet at Gransnow Okuibuki / Okuibuki Motorpark, Sun 1 November 2026, on our confirmed calendar.
Neighbouring prefectures with a drift venue: Gifu · Mie · Nara · Hyogo
Every prefecture with a drift venue · every drift track in Japan · the event calendar · drift car rental