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Most of them are real. The anime makers of ID go to the passes and take pictures of the passes and replicate it into the anime.

This is bad ass. Thanks

They are real locations they just dont use the real names

Akagi, Usui, Irohazaka, Myogi...

You were saying?

SiNNyy would be correct if he/she was referring to Haruna "Akina" only. But since that's about the only location they didn't use the real name for, it hardly count as all of the locations.

Sorry, a bit different but:
Shomaru pass is really really hard to race on!!
The chance that you crash if you hardly know the touge is 95%.
You just can't read the road... Akina is slighty easier but you still should know all the harpins...

this is amazing! I'm saving this!
will be useful on my upcoming trip to Japan!!!

not sure if this was already posted...

angelfire.com/games2/Aminam/InitialDPhotos.html

noriyaro.com/?p=5461

This post has been edited by Popoysd on Jan 10 2013, 08:45 AM

Thank you for posting that. And sad about the building. I didnt knew there was a real tofu shop as well involved.



This post has been edited by VxO on Jan 27 2013, 05:09 PM

Hey guys, I've been into Japanese car culture for a while and watching Initial D now. Wakes up a feeling inside me.. Wana drift there!
Anyway, you guys have any idea if people still drift there or if the Police rule now?
Some general advice for an eventual trip would also be golden

When I get to the spot where the Fujiwara Tofu Shop once stood, I'm definantly gona have a cig and take some Bunta/Takami pics
Would be legend buying an 86 and make it look like Akinas 86, then put it next to where the tofu shop was for pics.
Someone should also put together a funding thing to rebuild the tofu shop..

Thanks guys.

This post has been edited by paali10 on Mar 1 2013, 09:06 AM

There are large bumps on just about any corner you can think of that would make drifting or driving spiritedly on those roads an incredibly bad idea, not to mention you're going to get a drift car on a mere visit? I hope you have connections up the ass.

I doubt it would be worth visiting the old tofu spot since it's gonna be developed and won't look a thing like what you think it will. I also doubt anyone will rebuild the shop since there's already a museum for it and development has dictated that that land is already repurposed.

All these pipe dreams...

Those speed bumps are only on Mt. Haruna as far as i know.
About the car, should'nt be to hard to get considering the huge market for cars down there (Doesnt need to be a full blood drift car..)
What is this museum you're talking about?

This post has been edited by paali10 on Mar 1 2013, 10:23 AM

https://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=45137

Akagi has a bunch of anti drift crap on it. My friend recently brought back some video of his MK X going through most of the Gunma roads and there's bumps and cats eye metal markers everywhere. I hope you realize that you can't just rent a car that's built for touge drifting there. Unlike Europe, almost all common places will only rent automatics first off. Second, the liability of renting a car with an aggressive rear differential to a foreigner on mountain roads incenses even my sensibility and most people that know me here know I'm willing to accept some pretty insane precepts as reasonable. Even with my very far reaching connections, I probably couldn't swing one of the shops I'm friendly with to borrow a drift car for touge. If you do rent a rear wheel drive through the mountain, even if it's manual, without a proper rear differential it's practically suicide. You'll crash, and it will just perpetuate the stereotype that foreigners mess things up for them there. Don't do it.

Just drive a normal car there normally and you'll be fine.

Yay!!!!!!!!!
FINALLY!!! IT IS POSSIBLE TO GO WITH STREETVIEW ON AKINA (Mt.Haruna)!!!!!!!
They finally did it, i don't know about other Touge's but we can see alllll of the details of akina!!!

Google MAPS

I finally saw the gas station in detail WTF!!! Since when is it called COSMO????? I thought it was ESSO/ESSA...
Can someone tell what the IKAHO Green Bokujô is?
It looks like a shopping mall, but it's big.

LoL! You actually see loads and really loads of Tire Tracks at some places, mostly donuts or drifts

This post has been edited by Vortrex on Mar 4 2013, 01:35 PM

I was looking on Akina with google maps. Like someone previously said there are bumps along certain corners of the pass mainly the 5 hairpins but from the looks up it they havin't been really maintained. Most of them are broken up and not much remains. Going downhill I didn't notice much till the 5 hairpins.

Here is Yabitsu touge from 5th Stage Episode 3 vs the Real Yabitsu touge, at Asama Shrine:

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https://maps.google.co.jp/maps?q=%E6%B5%85%...,285.82,,0,2.22

I've been a huge Initial D fan for over 10 years now, but haven't been to any of the locations in real life yet!!! (>_<)
Considering I live in Japan now and own an S15 completely set-up for drift, I absolutely have to visit these places now! Also, Yabitsu is about an hour away from where I live, I might make this place my usual weekend driving location from now on!!!!

Looking at the pics on street view, it seems to be completely un-molested by the government with cats-eyes and speed bumps like Mt. Haruna and Akagi have been. You can even see lines on the road from the tire drift marks

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https://maps.google.co.jp/maps?q=%E6%B5%85%...7,,0,13.98&z=20

The ESSO stand used in Initial D isn't in Gunma, it is in Nerima-ward of Tokyo:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E6%9D%B1%E4...135.13,,0,-0.57

This post has been edited by awddrifter on Mar 18 2013, 04:39 PM

Would love to go there some day... just to say I went lol.

I would love to visit because the mountains are legitimately beautiful.

I figured this would be the place to ask this. Would anyone happen to know if Tsukaba's pass has sakura trees?

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By "Tsukaba's pass", do you mean "Tsubaki Line"?

If so, yes, there are sakura trees on it:

Image search for Tsubaki Line and Sakura

Also, I went to Nagao-touge recently, I posted these in the "trackday photos" thread already (I went to Fuji Speedway too):

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Some anime vs real life comparisons:

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There used to be poles in the center between lanes and cats eyes for the first ~200m or so near the summit. I got that info by looking at videos of Nagao and talking to some people I met at Fuji Speedway that drift there. Someone removed all the poles and catseyes, and filled in the holes where the cats eyes were though. Just take a look, this streetview picture is probably not too old:
https://maps.google.co.jp/maps?q=%E9%95%B7%...7,,0,17.64&z=17
I wonder why someone doesn't do the same on Akagi and such? Oh well....

Next up to visit are probably Nanamagari, Tsubaki Line, Yabitsu, Toyo Turnpike, and Mikuni....

This is a list of all the mountain passes/touge in Kanagawa:
http://www.geocities.jp/t_touge_t/03_kanto/14_kanagawa.html

This post has been edited by awddrifter on Apr 18 2013, 03:11 PM

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Come join us then! To live here, you don't need to be in the military or an English teacher (I'm not). I didn't know a single word of Japanese (maybe besides "Konnichiwa") back in 2003 (when I registered here)... and now I have a house, car, and job here in Kanagawa.
Still working on getting a wife... but soon enough...
If it's not your objective to live in Japan though and to just drive the touge... I'll let anyone drive my car as long as they go slow, are easy on the clutch, and promise not to crash

Not sure if this was posted yet, but here is an interesting video from Irohazaka in the early-mid 90's:

Those cops are real bastards setting up speed traps and license/reg checkpoints right in the middle of Irohazaka. Also, that guy at the end....

This post has been edited by awddrifter on Apr 18 2013, 03:04 PM

Mikuni? Which touge is that?

Talking about sakura trees, does Sadamine pass have those???

Sadamine is Kyouko's touge, right?

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