Real Life Tokyo Drift
The roar of unmufflered engines! The smell of burning rubber! The gratuitously skimpy costumes of booth babes! Yes, this weekend is the Gran Turismo D1 Professional Drifting Grand Prix, and it does not disappoint!











2017 update: If you happen to be in town and want to see Tokyo Drift, it’s a two day event (Sat & Sun) and you can get info & buy tickets online here or just go and buy them at the gate. The ¥2000 standing room tix are the best bargain, but you’ll be craning your neck (and camera) over the heads of fellow standees if you don’t get there an hour early and stake out a spot at the rail. Grandstand seats will run you ¥5000 – ¥7000. It’s at a track out in Odaiba, next to Fune-no-kagakukan Station (here’s a map) and you can actually see some of the action from the station when there’s not another train in the way.
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Writing mystery books set in Tokyo is mostly what I do, but I also blog about the odd stuff I see every day in Japan. I'm a graduate of Stanford University and the Sendagaya Japanese Institute in Tokyo, and a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters In Crime. When I'm not in Tokyo, I live in San Francisco. I also host a travel site called The Tokyo Guide I Wish I'd Had, so if you're headed to Japan and want to check out the places I take my friends when they're in town, take a look!