Maze Kansha Day Drift & Grip Free-Run

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What you should know before you go

Kansha Day (感謝DAY) is the circuit’s monthly discount week. The November schedule marks this Wednesday as 4輪（ドリ・グリ）, drift and grip mixed. No club licence and no reservation are needed, but the schedule warns dates move when a private hire comes in, so ring 0256-85-2201 before travelling. The 23rd (a holiday) is grip only.

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

• Oct 26

  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 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

• Oct 30

  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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