Maze Kansha Day Drift & Grip Free-Run (AM)

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What you should know before you go

Kansha Day (感謝DAY) is the circuit’s monthly discount week. This is an ordinary four-wheel session marked 4輪（ドリ・グリ）, drift and grip mixed, 09:00–12:00 on a Monday. No club licence and no reservation are needed — pay at the gate from 08:00 and enter at the office — but the schedule warns dates move when a private hire comes in, so ring 0256-85-2201 before travelling. Maze also runs drift/grip on most other weekdays at the standard ¥9,500 visitor rate; only this week is discounted. Saturdays and Sundays are marked grip.

Entry, booking and the official page

• Official source we checked (mazecircuit.jp)

About Nihonkai Maze Circuit

Getting there: At 610 Mase, Nishikan Ward, Niigata City, on the Sea of Japan coast. Reachable without a car on a weekday: West Kanko Bus runs the Maze line from Maki Stn on the JR Echigo Line via Iwamuro to Mase, 15.9 km, fares ¥160–620, and under the timetable in force from 1 Apr 2026 the 07:32 from Maki arrives 08:15, in time for the 09:00 start, with returns from Mase at 13:25, 14:52 and 17:13. At weekends and public holidays every bus in both directions is reservation-only (three each way), booked on a separate line that answers 09:00–17:00 weekdays only and closes the day before travel — a Monday seat has to be requested by the preceding Friday. A minshuku one minute from the gate does ¥4,000 room-only

Circuit fees: Three-hour four-wheel session 09:00–12:00 or 13:00–16:00: ¥9,500 visitor weekday / ¥11,500 weekend and public holiday; MAZE licence holders ¥8,000 / ¥10,000. Entry ¥1,500 weekday / ¥2,000 weekend, free for licence holders and for middle-school age and under. Drift-only 25-minute slots at 08:00–09:00 and 12:00–13:00 ¥4,500 / ¥5,500, reservation required by telephone. Trial run (体験走行) for circuit first-timers ¥4,000 weekday / ¥5,500 weekend, 25 minutes plus instruction, entry included, helmet and gloves lent free to four-wheel drivers, phone booking. MAZE licence ¥33,000 first year including ¥3,000 sports safety insurance, ¥28,000 renewal, with ¥20,000 of running vouchers. One week a month is a Kansha Day (感謝DAY) discount week on which the same three-hour session drops to ¥8,000 visitor / ¥6,000 member on a weekday and ¥10,000 / ¥8,000 at a weekend

Full circuit guide: Drifting in Hokuriku & Niigata (2026): Two Tracks in Five Prefectures · Nihonkai Maze Circuit in the Track Directory · See it on the map

More drift days at Nihonkai Maze Circuit

• Sep 17

  Maze Kansha Day Drift & Grip Free-Run (PM)

  Drift track day · Entry ¥8,000 visitor / ¥6,000 member for the three-hour session — the Kansha Day rate, ¥1,500 under the usual weekday visitor price of ¥9,500 — plus ¥1,500 gate for non-members

• Sep 18

  Maze Kansha Day Drift & Grip Free-Run (PM)

  Drift track day · Entry ¥8,000 visitor / ¥6,000 member for the three-hour session — the Kansha Day rate, ¥1,500 under the usual weekday visitor price of ¥9,500 — plus ¥1,500 gate for non-members

• Oct 27

  Maze Kansha Day Drift & Grip Free-Run (AM)

  Drift track day · Entry ¥8,000 visitor / ¥6,000 member for the three-hour session — the Kansha Day rate, ¥1,500 under the usual weekday visitor price of ¥9,500 — plus ¥1,500 gate for non-members

• Oct 28

  Maze Kansha Day Drift & Grip Free-Run (AM)

  Drift track day · Entry ¥8,000 visitor / ¥6,000 member for the three-hour session — the Kansha Day rate, ¥1,500 under the usual weekday visitor price of ¥9,500 — plus ¥1,500 gate for non-members

• Oct 29

  Maze Kansha Day Drift & Grip Free-Run (AM)

  Drift track day · Entry ¥8,000 visitor / ¥6,000 member for the three-hour session — the Kansha Day rate, ¥1,500 under the usual weekday visitor price of ¥9,500 — plus ¥1,500 gate for non-members

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