Motorland Suzuka
FREE-RUN (FIXED SLOTS)
Free to watch, and drift runs on ordinary free-run days — only the 10:00 and 14:00 sessions — plus dedicated Drift Days. Phone booking only, in Japanese, with a first-timer briefing.
What you pay
No gate fee at all — 入場料は不要です, so watching costs nothing. Four-wheel free-run ¥4,000 on weekdays and ¥5,000 at weekends and holidays, plus tax, with ¥500 off the tax-included price if booked ahead and a further ¥1,000 off second and later sessions at weekends. Drift Day is ¥5,000 plus tax for a half day of three hours, in and out as you like. Lucky Friday grip sessions are ¥2,000 plus tax for one 50-minute slot. Transponder ¥1,100 for the day
Getting there
3616 Miyake-chō, Suzuka, Mie 510-0265. Tel 059-372-3535 — the same Miyake-chō district as Suzuka Twin Circuit, so the two can be paired in a day
What to know before you go
The cheapest place in Japan to WATCH drifting that we have found: entry is free, and the calendar runs drift on ordinary free-run days as well as on dedicated Drift Days. On the four-wheel timetable only the 10:00 and 14:00 sessions are drift (45 minutes each; grip slots are 50), so arriving at 09:00 gets you grip. Thursdays are the designated drift-or-gymkhana day, Tuesdays are kart and bike, Fridays are all-grip Lucky Friday. Cars run road-registered as they are. Booking is by phone only — no email or fax — from one month ahead to 17:00 the day before, and they need every driver’s full name; 20 cars per session. First-timers must sit a briefing. Silencers must pass shaken, and open cars need a four-point roll bar. Private-hire days are marked 占有 on the calendar and can bar non-participants, so check the month before travelling.
Coming up here
Confirmed dates from our drift calendar, each checked against the organiser’s own page.
- Sat 24 October 2026 Himawari Track Day #3 — Grip & Drift · Drift track day
Regional guide
Want to drive here rather than read about it?
We arrange drift days by region — the booking, the paperwork in Japanese, the car if you need one, and someone who has driven the track. See what a day here looks like.
Official site · verified 2026-09-13 · back to every drift track in Japan · the event calendar