Just about anyone who is familiar with the automotive scene in Japan has heard Tsukuba Circuit. Located in suburban Ibaraki Prefecture a couple hours north of Tokyo, the circuit is the proving ground for Japan's tuners as well as the site of numerous Best Motoring tests. Ibaraki prefecture is my Japanese "home town" of sorts. It is where my wife is from and where I will be settling at the end of this year. As you can see in the photo I took above, the biggest landmark in southern Ibaraki is Mt. Tsukuba, or Tsukuba-san as the locals call it. Tsukuba-san's touge is well known among area motorheads, drawing bikes and cars from all over the area. In the final episodes of Initial D 4th Stage, the S2000 and R34GTR races take place on this touge and it is a course in the most recent version of the arcade game.
Next year I will bring you guys more photos and other stuff from Tsukuba's touge . For now I found this older video that shows some crazy tandem drifting on Mt. Tsukuba's twisting roads. The picture quality isn't that great, but it's a good video nonetheless.
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