Daiki Ninomiya
Head Instructor
Vehicle Honda Civic Type R 185 hp
Circuit
Happogahara
八方ヶ原 · Tochigi
Circuit data
Territory · Toudou Juku Tochigi
- Length
- 10.5 km
- Elevation
- Moderate climb from the river
- Corners
- Varied technical curves
- Surface
- Well-maintained mountain asphalt
- Difficulty
- High
- Type
- Technical climb from valley
- Prefecture
- Tochigi
- Real-world
- Happogahara (八方ヶ原)
Profile
About the circuit
Happogahara in Moka, Tochigi, is accessible from the Kinugawa River. Here Project D faced Toudou Juku, first against Daiki Ninomiya and later against professional driver Tomoyuki Tachi in his Honda Civic Type R EK9, who came as revenge.
Background
History
Happogahara is a training territory of Toudou Juku, the most prestigious touge driving school. Here, Takumi first faced Daiki Ninomiya from Toudou Juku. After that battle, the school sent professional driver Tomoyuki Tachi, considered the best student in the school's history, as revenge. The battles demonstrated the exceptional level of Toudou Juku drivers.
The route
Key points
3 sections
- 01 Kinugawa River Access - Starting point from the valley
- 02 Battle zone - Stage of Takumi vs Tachi
- 03 Toudou Juku training curves
Craft
To master it
- Toudou Juku techniques
- Control on technical climb
- Adaptation to perfect driving style
- Constant pace management
Warning
Hazards
- Technical curves requiring precision
- River humidity in lower sections
- Traffic from Toudou Juku drivers training
Legend
Battles & trivia
- Accessible from the Kinugawa River
- Here Takumi first encountered Toudou Juku
- Battle: Takumi Fujiwara (AE86) vs Tomoyuki Tachi (Honda Civic Type R EK9)
- Tomoyuki Tachi was considered the best Toudou Juku graduate
Territory
Toudou Juku (Toudou School) drivers
Tochigi, Japan
Smiley Sakai
Assistant Instructor
Vehicle Honda Integra Type R 200 hp
Tomoyuki Tachi
Alumnus (OB) and Guest Professional Driver
Vehicle Honda Civic Type R Spoon 220 hp
Sources