On an average day this sports center's curvy roads are standard bicycle course fare, but on select days, it's known as the Gunsai Touge ... a good old fashioned drift matsuri hosted by Hardcore ...

The exact location, according to the video uploader, is "Myoujin-no-mori, a touge drift hotspot deep in the mountains near Gifu." Some of you may recognize the voice of NoriYaro narrating this ...

The brighter side of TougeWith all the negatives publicity surrounding drifters who attend and drift at Touge, there are some positive aspects that many are not aware of. During my most recent ...

but a touge here in the States always felt like an unattainable dream," a blurb on the Drift Appalachia website reads. "Not only have we made it possible for drivers to shred a touge legally on ...

and US Drift called 'Drift Appalachia: Touge Special Stage 2'. The second event of its kind, the first was touted as the "first official, sanctioned touge drift event on a real mountain road in ...

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But why spend all that time yearning for the touge roads of Japan, when we've got mountains aplenty right here at home? That's the ethos of Drift Appalachia, an organization that sets up events ...

The twisting mountain passes make an ideal location for some touge action, particularly when a motorsport organizer helps shut down the roads. Hop onboard with Formula Drift pro Ryan Tuerck as he ...

Escaping the bright lights of Tokyo for a grassroots drift event presented by Hardcore ... it's known as the Gunsai Touge. If that sounds oddly familiar, it's probably because you recall seeing ...