Track event this Saturday, April 12 at Fuji Speedway. Starts at 09:00. I'll be there, any other folks planning on attending?

On Saturday?

I have to work,sorry.

So you live in Japan and go to track days? We should hook up. I hit Fuji and Tsukuba quite a lot although not in a Porsche. Always fun to meet other track enthusiasts. Do you have a FISCO license?

Tom.

Hi C Owners in Japan,

I just got mine delivered and have only a few hundred kilos on it. I'd like to just visit one of those circuits (preferably in Tsukuba) and see what it's like..

Libor II

Have you been on a circuit before? If not, I'd recommend Fuji over Tsukuba. The barriers are kind of close in Tsukuba where as Fuji has lots of run off. Then again its a lot easier to find circuit days at Tsukuba. Both are great circuits in their own way though.

tpoddowd,

thanks for your reply. no never done it before, and i got still a long way to go before it can be taken to a circuit. the reason i say tsukuba is it's closer to where i live and, going home eastward from the fuji area is like going through hell any time, any day...

Libro II

I'll be at Tsukuba this Saturday morning for 2 x 30 minute runs. The first is 9am and the second is 11am if you want to go check out what the circuit looks like.

Regarding Fuji and traffic... well, your perspective changes depending on how long you have been here. I've been here 13 years, so I kind of accept traffic these days. There are 3 stages I think,

a) new to Japan - the crowds frustrate you but you still gotta do stuff so you put up with it.
b) used to Japan - you've done most things and know there are times when its not crowded so you only aim to do stuff during those times and other times you just don't do it...
c) given up on Japan - shoganai I think is the attitude here - you want to do something so you just do it. It might be painful but you might be lucky and you'll get through it.

I'm in c sometimes fighting falling back to b sometimes... I figure that Fuji is great so well worth the pain of possible traffic. More often than not, I breeze there and back... Trick is to get to Atsugi before 8am. Some body always crashes around 8am at Atsugi no matter what on the weekend. On the way back, if its crowded, I just go eat something in the parking area and get through it that way :-)

Many tracks around Japan don't have great run off which is a shame. Tsukuba is decent but I've been in the barriers there once before in my RX-8 and escaped them by inches other times. That's why I recommend Fuji :-)

Here's me at Tsukuba just missing the barriers... Yikes.
Roxy - the RX-8: Lucky Number 13!

Not discouraging you at all, I love Tsukuba too. Just not the best place to start out perhaps. Come check out the course this weekend or some other time before you run.

I'll let you know when I go to Fuji next and see if I can get my other CaymanS Japanese friend to come a long also.

I'm a born-and-raised Japanese but spent nearly 20 years in LA. Shoganai is shoganai, I understand but, the traffic REALLY is brutal in most cases. I still don't know how people put up with it. One time late last year I went to play golf near Mt. Fuji and enjoy my round. Going took about an hour. Coming home took over five hours... I guess I just hit that particular spot in a day.

I have a collegue at work who has a memeber at Fuji. I will visit Fuji some day soon.

Thanks for sharing the reality and modified attitude.

For the most part, I think a 5 hour jam is only something that happens during Golden Week these days. A few years ago, jams used to be way worse than these days as I'm sure you are aware. I think ETC has really helped as has the ever raising price of petrol. Streets are a lot quieter these days even in Tokyo. Give me a shout when you head to Fuji

okee dokee!! thanks!