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Nikko Circuit 日光サーキット

LICENCE · ORGANISER DAYS

Nikko Circuit (Tochigi) sells free-run drift to holders of its own licence: Licence ¥10,000 new / ¥5,000 renewal; verified 26 Aug 2026, schedule re-read daily (next open drift day Wed 4 Nov 2026). Sport runs need the circuit’s own licence: a 30-minute briefing, a photo and a hanko stamp, all in Japanese. Most drift days are organiser events; overseas crews have run here.

Can you drift here?Free-run once you hold the circuit’s own licence
WhereTochigi · Kanto
What it costsLicence ¥10,000 new / ¥5,000 renewal
Foreigners welcomeYes
Rental drift carsTBC
English supportNo
Verified2026-08-26
Official schedule, in English · re-read every morning November 2026: 8 days you can run · next Wed 4 November 2026 →

Drift cars you can rent or ride in here: HYPER DRIVE SCHOOL (ride, from ¥500) · every operator in Japan compared →

Nikko Circuit (日光サーキット)

What you pay

Own licence required for sport runs (new ¥10,000 incl. ¥4,000 insurance / renewal ¥5,000; 30-min briefing at 9:00 or 13:00, bring a photo, your licence and a hanko stamp). Most drift days are run by outside organisers (FLUKE, Drift Kingdom, Drift Muscle…)

Getting there

Utsunomiya IC via Route 293. c. 2 h drive from Tokyo

What to know before you go

No nationality restriction in the rules, and overseas crews have run here (GKTECH, Final Bout Special Stage Japan). But everything is in Japanese — site, briefing and paperwork — and the licence needs a hanko stamp, so bring a Japanese speaker or go through an English-speaking organiser. 105 dB noise limit. General spectating is restricted on normal days; go on event days.

Coming up here

Confirmed dates from our drift calendar, each checked against the organiser’s own page.

Drive it in the sim first

Assetto Corsa: Nikko Circuit 2024by 3noon · Assetto World · 32 pits · Full course, about 1 km, with night lighting and rain An older “Nikko Circuit RL” version is still around; the 2024 rework is the one to install. What changes when you come for real: Sport runs need the circuit’s own licence: a 30-minute briefing, a photo and a hanko stamp, all in Japanese. Most drift days are organiser events; overseas crews have run here. Every Japanese drift track in the sims, compared →

Our full guide

Read before you go Nikko Circuit: Licence, Fees & Drift Days Explained (2026)

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.

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