15″ S15 from okayama x

上原さんの備北ハイランドサーキットオーナー x

Okayama Peach Boys – Hellaflush Kansai, 2012 x

If you follow us on Instagram, you would have seen an upload last night of the Okayama Peach Boys in the queue for Hellaflush at Central Circuit back in May. I don’t think I’ve uploaded any photos of these guys yet on the site so here is one for now while I round up some others to add to the blog. I think I’m going to have a leave a few of these out for the 2013 calendar however plenty more will be added in the next few weeks! x

Bihoku Highland Circuit, Okayama, Japan 2011.

For all the KP61 fans. This little Kp61 sitting on XR-4’s and Watanabe’s was such a perfect little car sitting in the pits of Bihoku.

The roll of film I’ve been waiting for. The last drift day of our tour last year from the Kansai region of Japan. A few days before we departed we headed down south to Okayama which is in between Osaka and Hiroshima, almost exactly half way. The drive is about 3 hours on the expressway which passes through a handful of long, dark tunnels that cut through a gorgeous range of mountains. Exiting the expressway and finding the circuit is a little difficult but once you’re on the right track it’s a very scenic trip. In case you didn’t notice Bihoku is located on top of a mountain top, therefor it receives a mass amount of snow in the colder seasons which you have probably seen throughout videos on the internet.

Entering the gates of Bihoku, I was expecting to see the Highland Circuit immediately, however, it was this little track that you first drive past in order to get to the Highland Circuit which is located just behind this one. After spending some time prepping the cars and having a little chat to the locals TJ and myself decided to go on the A Circuit as there was not a single car driving it. So, without any more talking here are a handful of photos I managed to capture whilst TJ was tearing up Bihoku in his RPS13.

The first track is so tight which has plenty of elevation…

…running through trees…

…down into super tight hairpins.

Hopefully on our next trip we’ll be able to head down to Bihoku again!