Ebisu Spring Drift Festival

[Butler]

Anyone here going? Ill be there hopefully on the saturday and possibly sunday depending on how early we get up. Trying to find the easiest way to get there by car from tokyo as the trains are are a bit of a marathon.

[dr1ft.jp]

HEehe not sure if you have heard of a thing called Golden Week, but if you think the train is going to be a marathon than you are going to love driving! But having a car for drift matsuri does make life much much easier.

But basically you just get on the Tokyo Gaikan Expressway from wherever you are in Tokyo, then change onto the Tohoku Expressway, get off at Nihonmatsu and follow the closest Silvia. I always get lost getting from Nihonmatsu to Ebisu because I am usually about to fall asleep. Also because I used the hideously inadequate map provided by Ebisu's website (see attached).

Should cost around $70 in tolls, but I stopped counting after a while I must admit.

It is 280km or so from Tokyo and should take about 6 hours give or take a couple of hours.

To save yourself a lot of heartache buy the Shobunsha Road Atlas... it won't get your to Ebisu, but it will get you to Nihonmatsu. Also buy a compass.

edit: I attached some more useful maps to get you from Nihonmatsu to Ebisu Circuit, they all show the same thing so try to overlay them. I also attached a picture of what you will see when you actually get there, as it may not be what you expect.

Edited April 29, 2008 by dr1ft.jp

[Sarumatix]

just.. rofl

[Laurence]

Well the good thing about driving in Golden Week is that you have lots of time to look at the map so it is really hard to get lost!

[Poida]

I'll be there.. Both days!

[Butler]

Well finially made it to japan last night! Woke up about 930 so no chance of making it Hopefully get up on time 2morrow make it.

[Laurence]

You do realise it goes all through the night you smashed Aussies!

Go now!

Edited May 3, 2008 by Laurence

[Wezz]

so... what happened! pics!

[dodgybrooks]

`twas fun.

Edited May 7, 2008 by dodgybrooks

[m3gtr]

How nice of you to share that with us.

[Poida]

It was awesome fun

Thanks to dodgybrooks for getting me up there too

[bryyy]

wow i had no idea tollways were so expensive over there

[Poida]

Heres a video from the day...

http://www.7tune.com/7tune-video-2008-ebisu-drift-matsuri/