Ride shotgun in a modified AE86 on Gunsai’s closed touge course, in Gunma, the heartland of Japan’s touge culture, where the drift-video era was filmed. One hour from Tokyo by shinkansen, 12 minutes from the station.
A day pulled from old Japanese car videos, on a circuit with real touge history. Gunma is the heartland of Japan’s touge culture: winding mountain passes, hot-spring towns and the car that made touge drifting famous, the AE86. Not a theme park. Ride beside the drivers and machines carrying that spirit forward, in a small group of up to 20.
Independent event. References to Japanese touge, drift and car-video history describe cultural history only. No affiliation, endorsement or licensed footage is implied. The Gunsai photos and clips on this page were shot by us.
One date to start: Friday 25 December 2026, Gunsai Course A, ¥34,500. Everything else is optional and priced up front.
Once a month, on a weekday, on Gunsai’s Course A: the shorter, mainly uphill layout. An AE86-led fleet, a small group of up to 20, and a meeting point at Jōmō-Kōgen Station.
Gunsai’s shorter layout, mainly uphill. Modified AE86s, driver rotations, paddock stories and a day out from Tokyo.
Gunsai’s mountain circuit was built for cycle racing, so it is narrow, blind and rough, with no escape zones. Course A (red) and Course B (gold) each run on part of it. Course A is the one on this ticket.
True-scale satellite view. The circuit follows the real road (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the two sections are cut from it using the gates of our own Event Box map, as run at CKB Round 2. Other figures are from Gunsai, track-day operators and motoring media. Gunsai runs its circuit both clockwise and anticlockwise, so each date’s direction, the exact stretch used and the run lengths are confirmed with the venue before dates go on sale.
If a car goes down, you move to another car and our organizer’s backup car joins in. If we can’t deliver your 3 rides, you get a refund for each missed ride, or a free Photo Set or future seat if you prefer. Both layouts and all driving sessions need separate written venue approval. No confirmed calendar dates yet.
Three modified AE86s, each a different spec build, and two rear-wheel-drive wild cards on every date, plus our organizer’s backup car. Real cars, not museum pieces. The Hachi-Roku photos were shot by us at Gunsai and show the scene, not the final roster.
Caged, slammed, yellow lamps. Tandem entry with the red car on its bumper.
Wide-arched kouki Levin, mid-corner on the guardrail hairpin.
Street-plated zenki Levin waiting for its run at the corner exit.
The first wild card rotates by date: another Hachi-Roku, an RX-7 or a 180SX. Shown: an orange AE86 we filmed on the hairpin.
The second wild card rotates by date: another rear-wheel-drive build such as an RX-7 or 180SX, published with the confirmed drivers.
Photographed cars are from our own Gunsai shoots, not a confirmed roster. Illustrated cards are placeholders. Five cars plus a backup; models and specs vary by event and confirmed drivers. Every car is rear-wheel drive. Driving sessions are pending course approval.
One way to get there, and the best one: the train. Ride the shinkansen to Jōmō-Kōgen, the closest station to Gunsai (1h02–1h17 from Tokyo), and watch the countryside go by. We pick you up at the station and bring you back. No driving and no five hours of traffic there and back.
You book your own shinkansen. Tokyo ⇄ Jōmō-Kōgen is about ¥5,600 each way at the JR fare, more through some English booking sites. A JR Pass or JR East Pass covers it.
Real Google map, true scale. Car routes (blue, orange) are Google’s own routes. Train lines (shinkansen green, JR Joetsu Line dotted) run along the real rail line between stations; Google gives no train routes in Japan, so they are traced from station to station.
Train times are timetable ranges. Takasaki to Shibukawa is 17–25 minutes depending on the source, so check a route planner. Drive times are Google Maps and NEXCO estimates and move with traffic. Tokyo to Takasaki and Nerima IC to Shibukawa-Ikaho IC are from the Nakanojo Town access guide. Shibukawa to Gunsai is not confirmed yet; on the day we meet you at Jōmō-Kōgen Station.
Planning times only. Station shuttle run by a licensed transport partner. The venue publishes 09:00–16:00 driving hours, with no driving 12:00–13:00. Official track: gunsai.jp ↗
We shoot every rider. Watch your preview in the paddock and decide before the shuttle leaves. Tap any tape for what’s inside.
Raw files from inside, outside and 3 onboard POVs. No edit, sent straight to you.
Pre-ordered Japanese lunch in the paddock.
Instant photo with the cars, signed by the drivers.
Required for rides, unless you bring your own approved helmet.
One extra ride beyond the 4 included. Sold only if there are spare runs.
Proposed add-on prices, not yet on sale. One media package per guest; photos and reels delivered within 72 hours. Only offered once Gunsai and the drivers approve filming; no onboard, drone or social-media rights are assumed.
Ride with us is the lowest entry point and the cheapest way in. Next come Course B as a touge-video era day, the stay options (a day in Shibukawa and Mt Haruna with a night at Touge Town) and a full Gunma touge weekend. Dates and prices to follow.
Tokyo to Touge comes from the team behind Touge Town, our base and apartments in Shibukawa; PuckIt, the free-to-build driver alert device for grassroots motorsport; and Wheel Have, the car-culture classifieds marketplace.
PuckItdriver alerts for grassroots motorsportYou ride. Professional drivers drive; guests never drive the cars.
There is one way: the train. Take the Joetsu Shinkansen from Tokyo to Jōmō-Kōgen (1h02–1h17) and watch the countryside go by. We pick you up at the station at 09:00, drive 12 minutes to Gunsai and bring you back to the station at about 15:30. No driving, no five hours of traffic there and back. You book your own train ticket (about ¥5,600 each way at the JR fare).
Gunsai’s Course A, the shorter, mainly uphill layout (about 2 km), once a month on a weekday. The direction of each date is confirmed with the venue.
Up to 4 rides are included in your ticket and 3 are guaranteed, across 3 AE86s and 2 wild cards. Want more? Fun tickets add one extra ride each for ¥5,000, sold only if there are spare runs.
You move to another car and our organizer’s backup car joins. If we still miss your 3 rides, we refund each missed ride (ticket ÷ 3), or give you a free Photo Set or a seat on a future date.
Three modified AE86s, each a different spec build, plus two wild cards such as an RX-7 or 180SX. Every car is rear-wheel drive. Each date’s lineup is published.
If it rains, things just get wilder! The touge doesn’t stop. Bring a jacket and a can-do attitude, and watch the insane sideways action. If a typhoon warning is issued for Gunma 48 hours before, we move you to the next date or refund in full.
You pay by card after we confirm your date. We email you the exact total and a secure Stripe payment link. Nothing is charged before that.
Full refund up to 14 days before the event, 80% from 13 to 8 days, 50% from 7 to 3 days, no refund from 2 days before or for a no-show. No fee if we resell your place, and a full refund or a new date if we or the venue cancel. The full policy is linked in the footer.
Our first date is Friday 25 December 2026 on Gunsai’s Course A, at ¥34,500. More dates follow once we have seen how it goes.
A helmet is required for every ride. Rent one for ¥3,000 or bring your own approved helmet. Wear long sleeves, long trousers and closed shoes.
Not yet, but it is coming soon. A Touge Package (a guided Shibukawa and Mt Haruna day and a night at Touge Town) and a Gunma touge weekend are on the way. Register interest and we will tell you first.
No. We are independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by or licensed from any anime, manga, magazine or video series. It celebrates real Japanese touge and motorsport history.
Dates are being prepared. Register interest to hear about the first release. No payment is taken here.
Join the list for the first Course A weekday dates, the confirmed cars and final ticket inclusions. Tell us if you want the Touge Package or the Gunma touge weekend when they open.
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A day pulled from old Japanese car videos, on a circuit with real touge history. Gunma is the heartland of Japan’s touge culture: winding mountain passes, hot-spring towns and the car that made touge drifting famous, the AE86. Not a theme park. Ride beside the drivers and machines carrying that spirit forward, in a small group of up to 20.
Independent event. References to Japanese touge, drift and car-video history describe cultural history only. No affiliation, endorsement or licensed footage is implied. The Gunsai photos and clips on this page were shot by us.
One date to start: Friday 25 December 2026, Gunsai Course A, ¥34,500. Everything else is optional and priced up front.
Once a month, on a weekday, on Gunsai’s Course A: the shorter, mainly uphill layout. An AE86-led fleet, a small group of up to 20, and a meeting point at Jōmō-Kōgen Station.
Gunsai’s shorter layout, mainly uphill. Modified AE86s, driver rotations, paddock stories and a day out from Tokyo.
Gunsai’s mountain circuit was built for cycle racing, so it is narrow, blind and rough, with no escape zones. Course A (red) and Course B (gold) each run on part of it. Course A is the one on this ticket.
True-scale satellite view. The circuit follows the real road (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the two sections are cut from it using the gates of our own Event Box map, as run at CKB Round 2. Other figures are from Gunsai, track-day operators and motoring media. Gunsai runs its circuit both clockwise and anticlockwise, so each date’s direction, the exact stretch used and the run lengths are confirmed with the venue before dates go on sale.
If a car goes down, you move to another car and our organizer’s backup car joins in. If we can’t deliver your 3 rides, you get a refund for each missed ride, or a free Photo Set or future seat if you prefer. Both layouts and all driving sessions need separate written venue approval. No confirmed calendar dates yet.
Three modified AE86s, each a different spec build, and two rear-wheel-drive wild cards on every date, plus our organizer’s backup car. Real cars, not museum pieces. The Hachi-Roku photos were shot by us at Gunsai and show the scene, not the final roster.
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Photographed cars are from our own Gunsai shoots, not a confirmed roster. Illustrated cards are placeholders. Five cars plus a backup; models and specs vary by event and confirmed drivers. Every car is rear-wheel drive. Driving sessions are pending course approval.
One way to get there, and the best one: the train. Ride the shinkansen to Jōmō-Kōgen, the closest station to Gunsai (1h02–1h17 from Tokyo), and watch the countryside go by. We pick you up at the station and bring you back. No driving and no five hours of traffic there and back.
You book your own shinkansen. Tokyo ⇄ Jōmō-Kōgen is about ¥5,600 each way at the JR fare, more through some English booking sites. A JR Pass or JR East Pass covers it.
Real Google map, true scale. Car routes (blue, orange) are Google’s own routes. Train lines (shinkansen green, JR Joetsu Line dotted) run along the real rail line between stations; Google gives no train routes in Japan, so they are traced from station to station.
Train times are timetable ranges. Takasaki to Shibukawa is 17–25 minutes depending on the source, so check a route planner. Drive times are Google Maps and NEXCO estimates and move with traffic. Tokyo to Takasaki and Nerima IC to Shibukawa-Ikaho IC are from the Nakanojo Town access guide. Shibukawa to Gunsai is not confirmed yet; on the day we meet you at Jōmō-Kōgen Station.
Planning times only. Station shuttle run by a licensed transport partner. The venue publishes 09:00–16:00 driving hours, with no driving 12:00–13:00. Official track: gunsai.jp ↗
We shoot every rider. Watch your preview in the paddock and decide before the shuttle leaves. Tap any tape for what’s inside.
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Proposed add-on prices, not yet on sale. One media package per guest; photos and reels delivered within 72 hours. Only offered once Gunsai and the drivers approve filming; no onboard, drone or social-media rights are assumed.
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Ride with us is the lowest entry point and the cheapest way in. Next come Course B as a touge-video era day, the stay options (a day in Shibukawa and Mt Haruna with a night at Touge Town) and a full Gunma touge weekend. Dates and prices to follow.
Tokyo to Touge comes from the team behind Touge Town, our base and apartments in Shibukawa; PuckIt, the free-to-build driver alert device for grassroots motorsport; and Wheel Have, the car-culture classifieds marketplace.
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Join the list for the first Course A weekday dates, the confirmed cars and final ticket inclusions. Tell us if you want the Touge Package or the Gunma touge weekend when they open.
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