Drift Matsuri is 36 hours of drifting directly from your dreams

This is Ebisu Circuit in Japan, and one event that should be on any revheads' bucket-list.

There is no other place quite like Ebisu Circuit in the world. Seven racetracks plus two skid-pans are scattered along a mountainside, five of which are tailor-made drift tracks.

An S14 and Toyota MkII drift the north course (Kita). Image credit: Jake Lambie / Corey Mitchell.

Petrolheads from around the world gather at the circuit for this event in particular, the 'Drift Matsuri' weekends. They are held only three times a year and consist of 36 straight hours of non-stop drifting, from Saturday morning until Sunday afternoon.

Late night slides for this S13. Image credit: Jake Lambie / Corey Mitchell.

I was lucky enough to head there in autumn last year, as well as purchase and drive a Nissan 180SX during the event. The car cost us around AU$3000 from Power Vehicles who manage vehicles at the circuit, they also bought the car back from us after the 5 days.

Not a half bad way to spend a weekend. Image credit: Jake Lambie / Corey Mitchell.

The cars present at the event feature everything from virtually-stock (and in typically Japanese fashion, immaculate) street cars, to D1 level competition-spec drift cars.

This very tidy MkII Celica Supra was spotted drifting the north course. Image credit: Jake Lambie / Corey Mitchell.

It had to be the most chaotic and exhilarating thing I have ever done in my life. If you are a JDM fan, a drifter or just generally mad about cars, this event must be on your calendar.

Nothin' better than an R32 on a wet track. Image credit: Jake Lambie / Corey Mitchell.

The atmosphere is unreal, the sound is of hundreds of drift cars tearing up the mountainside in almost every direction and all you can smell is fuel and rubber, Ebisu truly is drift heaven.

You'll have to imagine the sound & the smell. Image credit: Jake Lambie / Corey Mitchell.

How much for this insane experience, especially if you're keen to go? Over 5 days we spent between five or six thousand dollars, including $1400 worth of tyres, $400 worth of fuel and $300 in entry fees. (apart from the already mentioned costs of buying the car)