Japan Car Events & Meets

Biweekly Saturday drift/grip track day hosted by Mobara Twin Circuit (max 60 cars). Please note variety and number of cars may vary according to day.

HKS tuner event at Autobacs A-PIT Kyoto Shijo with demo cars and discounts.

2-day offroader car show and camping event at the Tower of the Sun north of Osaka. Should be interesting for folks interested in how car camping is done Japan-style.

Formula Drift Japan (FDJ) Round 3 at Ebisu Circuit

Monthly car meet (themes usually announced 2 weeks before event; cancelled in case of rain) Check organizer page for schedules.

USDM car/bike meet sponsored by A-Car magazine at a park in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture.

Monthly open format car meet and volunteer trash cleanup. Check organizer page for schedules.

Monthly repeating pre-1980 car meet at Takao Parkway parking lot north of Kyoto every 2nd Sunday, 9 times per year excluding January-February, August.

Drift track day organized by Freak Okinawa at Motor Sports Multifield Okinawa.

Vintage car race, track day, merch booths & flea market at Tsukuba Circuit hosted by JCCA.

Casual monthly car meet at a touge observation point parking lot in Mie Prefecture, southeast of Ise City.

Monthly open format car meet and volunteer trash cleanup. Check organizer page for schedules.

Monthly Lexus meet (30 cars). Check organizer page for schedules.

Air-cooled VW car & swap meet at a marina midway between Takamatsu and Matsuyama City in Shikoku (100 cars?).

Charity pickup truck meet, swap meet at a beach in Wakayama City, south of Osaka (200+ cars).

Large Land Cruiser meet at Fuji Speedway. 2025 edition brought 1,200 cars.

Car concours hosted by Societyclub_jp at a beach near Centrair Airport south of Nagoya.

Hi-ace, Caravan van meet featuring car clubs from Gunma and Tochigi Prefecture at a park in western Tochigi Prefecture.

Itasha meet and cosplay event at a ski resort parking lot in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. Note that cosplay events sometimes have a photographer fee.

Very interesting Kei-car destruction derby at an off-road track near Kawagoe, north of Tokyo.

Large European car meet organized by Cinquecento Museum at Moricolo/Ghibli Park east of Nagoya. Flea market and food trucks (350 cars).

Pre-1990 car meet at a riverside park northwest of Sendai in Yamagata Prefecture.

4x4 offroader meet at a park west of Kyoto in Shiga Prefecture. Tuner demo trucks and booths.

Open format car meet, food trucks, awards, model photoshoots at a stadium in Saitama near Tokyo (250 cars).

Large open format car meet at a park north of Lake Kussharo in eastern Hokkaido (150 cars?).

AE86/Toyota 86/GR86 meet at an ice rink in Ikaho, Shibukawa City. I recommend visiting the nearby auto museum and Initial D spots too.

Car concours at a bayside event space south of Nagoya.

2 round D1GP feeder series held in Hokkaido

Monthly Fiat & Abarth meet organized by Autobacs

Monthly open format car meet at Fuji Speedway (Meet date often changes. Please check site for actual date)