DORIYOKA DRIFT FESTIVAL

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What you should know before you go

Lakeside course. Listed on the circuit’s lakeside schedule PDF; no organiser details are published there yet.

Entry, booking and the official page

• Official source we checked (autopolis.jp)

About Autopolis

Getting there: Mountain GP circuit in Kamitsue, Hita, Oita. The official FAQ is explicit: shuttle buses run from Kumamoto city and Hita city only when a big event is on, and at all other times you come by car or taxi (no station, no route bus, no timetable published). Nearest interchanges per the FAQ: Ueki, Kumamoto and Kikusui (Kyushu Expressway), Hita (Oita Expressway). There IS a petrol station inside the grounds; the nearest one outside the gate is 14 km away

Circuit fees: Sports running (grip, 4,674 m racing course, Autopolis course-licence holders only): ¥4,600 weekday / ¥5,600 Sat-Sun-holiday per 30-min slot (23 min green, no pace car, no advance booking — sign up at reception on the day). Okayama International / Sportsland SUGO licence holders pay a ¥1,100 guest fee per slot. Trial run (体験走行) ¥2,200 per car for 2 laps behind a pace car in your own road-registered car, reception closes 30 min before. Course licence, four wheels, first year: ¥33,000 (Apr–Jun) / ¥26,400 (Jul–Sep) / ¥19,800 (Oct–Dec) / ¥13,200 (Jan–Mar), briefing included, expires 31 Mar; renewal ¥27,500. HOLIDAY DRIVING SCHOOL (Lakeside, no licence, road-registered car, grip tuition): ¥20,000 weekday / ¥25,000 weekend for a non-member plus ¥2,200 insurance. Admission ¥1,000 on an ordinary day, free for junior-high age and under, event days priced separately. Drift is not sold by the circuit: it happens on organiser days on the Lakeside course, and the organiser sets the entry fee

Covered in our regional guide: Drifting in Kyushu (2026): Where You Can Actually Get On Track · Autopolis in the Track Directory · See it on the map

More drift days at Autopolis

• Oct 22

  Jikkuri Circuit Lesson at Autopolis

  Drift school / lesson · Entry TBC — an organiser day: Hokkoringo sets the price, and the circuit’s schedule PDF lists no fee

• Oct 24–Oct 25

  D1 Grand Prix Rd.7 & 8 — Autopolis

  Competition · Entry TBC — D1GP is a licensed professional series, so there is no open entry

• Nov 8

  JZ FESTIVAL 2026 — Garage D-Like

  Drift track day · Entry TBC — an organiser day: Garage D-Like sets the price, and the circuit’s schedule PDF lists no fee

• Nov 16

  HOLIDAY DRIVING SCHOOL (ホリドラ) — Autopolis

  Drift school / lesson · Entry ¥20,000 weekday / ¥25,000 weekend for a non-member, plus ¥2,200 sports insurance (member ¥15,000 / ¥20,000). Pre-paid online or at a konbini; entries open 3 weeks and close 1 week before the date

• Nov 20

  Full Spec Car Make SAM Track Day (66th)

  Drift track day · Entry TBC — an organiser day: Full Spec Car Make SAM sets the price, and the circuit’s schedule PDF lists no fee

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