Drifting in Tochigi
Yes: drift running you can buy
Yes: drift running you can buy. Tsukuruma Circuit Nasu: No reservation for sport running: check the calendar shows a drift day rather than a grip day, sit the first-timer briefing, run. Fees are published only in the regulations document. Nikko Circuit: Sport runs need the circuit’s own licence: a 30-minute briefing, a photo and a hanko stamp, all in Japanese. Most drift days are organiser events; overseas crews have run here.
Where you can drift in Tochigi
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FREE-RUN (DRIFT DAYS)
No reservation for sport running: check the calendar shows a drift day rather than a grip day, sit the first-timer briefing, run. Fees are published only in the regulations document.
TBC — the fee table is in a separate regulations document
Foreigners TBC · Rental TBC · English No
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LICENCE · ORGANISER DAYS
Sport runs need the circuit’s own licence: a 30-minute briefing, a photo and a hanko stamp, all in Japanese. Most drift days are organiser events; overseas crews have run here.
Licence ¥10,000 new / ¥5,000 renewal
Foreigners Yes · Rental TBC · English No
Without your own car
As a passenger, yes: Tsukuruma Circuit Nasu passenger ride from ¥500; HYPER DRIVE SCHOOL from ¥500. Nobody here puts a visitor at the wheel of their car.
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Coming up in Tochigi
Confirmed dates from our drift calendar, each checked against the organiser’s own page.
- Sat 3 October 2026 SSRA (Spirits) Drift & Time-Attack Track Day · Drift track day · Nikko Circuit
- Sat 10 – Sun 11 October 2026 D1 Lights Rd.9 & 10 — Tsukuruma Nasu · Competition · Tsukuruma Circuit Nasu
- Wed 14 October 2026 YMS Grip & Drift Track Day · Drift track day · Nikko Circuit
- Fri 16 October 2026 FLUKE Weekday Drift Free-Run Day · Drift track day · Nikko Circuit
- Sat 17 October 2026 D1 NEXT Series Central Rd.4 — Nikko · Competition · Nikko Circuit
- Sun 18 October 2026 TK Club Drift & Grip Track Day · Drift track day · Nikko Circuit
- Mon 19 October 2026 Kics Unlimited-Run Drift Day · Drift track day · Nikko Circuit
- Sat 24 October 2026 Aki Hagesou 2026 — Drift Track Day & Drift Contest · Drift track day · Nikko Circuit
Getting there
- Tsukuruma Circuit Nasu: 259-1 Takabayashi, Nasushiobara, Tochigi. Tel 080-7823-6773
- Nikko Circuit: Utsunomiya IC via Route 293. c. 2 h drive from Tokyo
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 Tochigi?
Yes: drift running you can buy. Tsukuruma Circuit Nasu: No reservation for sport running: check the calendar shows a drift day rather than a grip day, sit the first-timer briefing, run. Fees are published only in the regulations document. Nikko Circuit: Sport runs need the circuit’s own licence: a 30-minute briefing, a photo and a hanko stamp, all in Japanese. Most drift days are organiser events; overseas crews have run here.
Can you drift in Tochigi without your own car?
As a passenger, yes: Tsukuruma Circuit Nasu passenger ride from ¥500; HYPER DRIVE SCHOOL from ¥500. Nobody here puts a visitor at the wheel of their car.
When is the next drift event in Tochigi?
SSRA (Spirits) Drift & Time-Attack Track Day at Nikko Circuit, Sat 3 October 2026, on our confirmed calendar, with 7 more dated after it.
Neighbouring prefectures with a drift venue: Gunma · Saitama · Chiba · Fukushima
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