Drifting in Tokyo
Watch only
There is no drift circuit in Tokyo, and none in Kanagawa either. The only drifting inside the capital is the D1 Grand Prix finale on a temporary course at Odaiba, which you watch. The nearest real drifting is Minami Chiba or Mobara in Chiba, about 1.5 hours away; every “Tokyo drift experience” sold online is a pickup to one of them, a night cruise with no drifting, or a radio-controlled car.
What Tokyo actually has
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Not a circuit: a temporary course for the D1 Grand Prix finale, the only D1GP round you can reach from central Tokyo by train. Nothing to drive outside the event.
Per-round ticket from the series
Foreigners TBC · Rental TBC · English TBC
Without your own car
Nothing in Tokyo. 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.
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Coming up in Tokyo
Confirmed dates from our drift calendar, each checked against the organiser’s own page.
- Sat 14 – Sun 15 November 2026 D1 Grand Prix Rd.9 & 10 — Tokyo Drift Final, Odaiba · Competition · Odaiba (D1GP Tokyo Drift)
Getting there
- Odaiba (D1GP Tokyo Drift): Tokyo’s waterfront. The exact site and gates are published with each year’s event — D1GP builds a temporary course here rather than using a permanent circuit
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Questions visitors ask
Can you drift in Tokyo?
There is no drift circuit in Tokyo, and none in Kanagawa either. The only drifting inside the capital is the D1 Grand Prix finale on a temporary course at Odaiba, which you watch. The nearest real drifting is Minami Chiba or Mobara in Chiba, about 1.5 hours away; every “Tokyo drift experience” sold online is a pickup to one of them, a night cruise with no drifting, or a radio-controlled car.
Can you drift in Tokyo without your own car?
Nothing in Tokyo. 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 Tokyo?
D1 Grand Prix Rd.9 & 10 — Tokyo Drift Final, Odaiba at Odaiba (D1GP Tokyo Drift), Sat 14 – Sun 15 November 2026, on our confirmed calendar.
Neighbouring prefectures with a drift venue: Chiba · Saitama · Yamanashi · Shizuoka
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