Real Life Initial D Locations Comparison | How real is Initial D? | Yabitsu Touge | Part 1 

This is an old school JDM boy’s dream come true.

Nature people:Come to touge road to enjoy the nature Eurobeat and initial D lover:

Initial D was real back in the late 80's...wish those old racers do a come back

Yo Kenneth! Don't know if you still remember me, Jonathan from Singapore who used to drive a blue 180sx and we used to work together at Hot Stuff magazine, hanged out at Racing Works and sometimes drive together when you had your AE86. Remember? 😃🤘That was like 20 years ago man! Great times. 😊 I'm really happy to see you living your dreams in Japan. Wish I could keep in touch with you but don't know how. Anyways, take care my dear friend. Keep grinding. 👍 God bless. 🙏👍👍👍👍👍

【峠】とうげ　touge （mountain pass） mountain … 山 上 … hillclimb 　　 　　　　 下 … downhill

My approach to initial D was the music - the anime followed later. I was able to visit Haruna, Akagi, Myogi and Usui - and it was Incredible, I had so much fun. Thank You for this documentary, I enjoyed it !

I used the Initial D inspiration to get serious into sim racing then get a full time job at 15 and started attacking my local roads just a week after turning 17. Picked up an EF and transitioned from sim world to reality. Greatest memories ever, learning the car and the road, then randomly having someone notice your vehicle and take you on a battle. It is who i am today. I breath only to race and put everything into my car. It is who i am and it is my mechanical half. 5 years ago I dreamt about having a fully built and dialed car to my likings and camp in it during my weekends at the track. I'm living my life to the fullest and its been a dream thanks to ID getting me into chasing down fucks at 3am

I think this video is the best content about Initial-D in youtube.

If you make this a weekly series, your channel will definitely grow fast. You have a lot of knowledge not only of the manga, but also the real life locations as well as the history of what actually happened when it came to street racing decades ago. Great work btw! Keep it up👍

This is all very similar to the mountain roads I used to grip-drive from 1999 to 2003 in my 1977 Porsche 924 that I built to full road race spec... I used to run Highway 2 Angeles Crest and Angeles Forest highways from San Gabriel Valley outside of LA up over the mountains to the High Desert city of Palmdale... I was learning to drift back then but there was NO ONE else to drift with... The release of Fast & Furious had everyone stuck on 1320' and street drags.... I still have the Porsche 21 years later... And I'm proud to say Im the new owner (#3!) Of a Black on Black BB2 Prelude with a ton of 90s JDM parts already installed including a F22 DOHC with a Spoon chipped P39 ECU and a set of cams readline is at 7900!!! Watching this stuff is really awesome.... I've only just NOW discovered Initial D!!!! I'm stoked! Thank you for you dedication and time!!!!

Bunta walking his dog at 7:07

Wow I'm amazed how really narrow the roads are, and how takumi managed to get an overtake. Awesome man love it, and No wonder A miata is a great choice for this kind of road.

what made omiya spin out wasn't the absence of the wing, but the way it stayed on the car creating lift on the back. Given an ammount of angle of attack, it could create a force strong enough to mess up the handling even with speeds below 100 km/h, but that's something that should be tested (imagine an initial d version of mythbusters)

Finished watching all episodes of Initial D 4 months ago and now saw this video. Just amazing. Did not know those locations exist even though was looking for any info on instagram profiles about Initial D. You guys just amazing. Thank you for the content. Definitely adding these locations to my Japan visit list.

日本の車、峠、アニメ、イニシャルDを愛してくれてとても嬉しく思います。

This channel is horribly undersubbed, you guys make such great content, so glad I found you early

This is so cool to see! I’ve spent so much of my life devoted to drift cars that are built in the initial D era and style. It’s just awesome to see something come from fiction to life

The 80's and the 90's as a car guy this were some really fun years in the Japan.

Enjoying the channel, hoping you can keep up the quality uploads. Loved the Spoon episode and this one was a surprise. Nice to see a stock ek9 briefly.

Oh God! I'm on the final few videos now! I've been binge watching since I found your channel. Keep up the good work guys! I'm looking forward to more in the future.

I really enjoy your channel, it's going to blow up because of all the cool things you're doing and the detail and quality of the videos. Great work.

Initial D fan in the US migrated from Taiwan. Thanks for the great video and show us more!

Please do a episode on IROHAZAKA 🤘

Wow... Thank you guys for making this video. PLEASE don't stop making this series. I'll watch every episode.

Really enjoying how raw your videos are. can't wait to see where these videos are 5 years from now. Getting the same vibes as when I started watching MightyCarMods - when they started out. I recently hired a car in the Sendai region and drove around the mountains there. what an experience. Even though I was in a yaris or something it was so great. Can't wait to see what you have in future on this channel.

Was not expecting the Capt to slide in a mention of Over Rev! Too underrated for its own good.

Cap & Aussie mate & Japonic! Big Time Bravo! You are indeed inspiring even those who never watched Initial D! Keep up the work!

Your points on the aerodynamics are quite convincing, however, I believe that aerodynamics would be almost as important as getting the suspension setup. My basis for this is in Rally racing, where the roads are incredibly bumpy and are typically held on public roads, exactly like street racing. In Rally, a lot of turns can be taken under 100Km/hr, yet aerodynamics is still widely used by competitive teams in the WRC. Aero has two purposes in Rally; improving grip on the dirt allowing the cars to corner faster, and to keep the car as close to the ground as possible. Hoshimiya's car also had a splitter underneath the rear bumper and likely also has a flat underbody to help keep the car planted to the ground as much as possible, and the splitter breaking and flailing in the wind put hoshimiya at a disadvantage, since his car is suddenly allowed to bounce around far more than with the wing in tact. This upsets the car and it's tuning, since the suspension is tuned for the higher level of downforce and not the reduced amount. His car then rides higher than with all the Aero functioning properly, raising the centre of gravity and making the car less stable over the bumps. Takumi's car has been tuned to drive over the bumps and to handle the force of constantly gaining miniscule amounts of airtime, and Takumi through prior experience at other touges (think about the race against the pro driver in the SPOON Civic on the rough, unstable roads) was able to handle the rises and troughs more like a straight road. It's only my theory so far, based on evidence in other places, and I haven't been to Yabitsu pass myself so I have no idea about the exact conditions of the road. In the video the road looks like it has a consistent wave like pattern in the height all the way along the road.

7:07 Itsuki: *RACERS CALL THEM CORNERS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

The channel continues to evolve and I realized that there are fewer Turkish comments than the previous video.👍

wow! am actually reading over rev right now so intresting to learn about the fun fact of where the manga's setting is! didnt see that coming.

thanks for this brillant content jdm masters 💯

This was great. I liked you had a reference manga and talked about the different locations but didn't rush anything. I have subscribed and look forward to more :)

Usui Pass would be awesome to cover. Subbed for this series!

Initial D myth that hopefully great JDM JOPO tools legend Japanese engine wars between brands amazing to see again the spirit of this spirit will continue forever JDM vehicles enormous quality japan I etmeknistiy visit a fabulous day my favorite brand nissan favorite car GTR R34 though I wish rx7 super in Turkey toyota supra is great to see these vehicles in my country is not very good english I can not understand you but I do not understand much jdm master channel I love the support of cars

Thank you for this amazing content, really appreciate the effort that goes into this

Subscribed!! I grew up on Initial D I have all the seasons in physical copy since I was a teen I’m 27 now a lot of ppl talk how bad the Tokyo Pop dub was but I enjoyed them since it had the same atmosphere I grew up in NY back in the mid to late 2000s in NY (NYCE1S, street racing, placing bets $$, Hip-Hop, different teams (there was literally an all Evo team like Team Emperor here they were called Top Level) It was drag racing but the atmosphere was the same good times of course I love the original with subs which is why I have an entire genre of Eurobeat in my iPod today lol

"a beat embarasing pumping eurobeat" HOW DARE YOU BEEN EMBARASED OF THAT ????¿¿¿¿ THATS A MUST

obviously Initial D is a Masterpiece!

Very good flow on this, Ken, Josh and Japonic. Wasn't boring in the least, good information. Good presentation. Great job.

Good lord this channel has came out swinging. Lots of views each video congrats!!

Amazing!! I've been dreaming about this for a long time. I've got to see these roads before I die. Really need to go to Japan, just for this. Thank you for making this kind of content! keep it up!

Nice content! Keep it up guys. Do come to Malaysia one day to check out Malaysia's touge roads like the genting highway for example

We really gotta thank the hard working modders out there, who go out of their ways in often what is deemed their spare time, to recreate places in games like Assetto Corsa for us to enjoy safely.

To go to japan would be a dream come true mabe one day

Wow this is a Great job!! greetings from initial d fans of Brazil

24:47 Since the Mazda Miata left tires in the gutter, it makes that the car slanted a bit, therefore it is possible for the GT wing to hit the sign post.

To be honest with you guys I first found songs from Initial d in meme compilations and other videos then I writed the songs, after that I saw from which anime it was I started watching and never stopped.

i knew what initial d was by music and memes but never got around to watching it but when i did it made me cry. it was so perfect

This is a very nice video, this is where I think real driving starts. This is where you get exhausted and beat up mentally and physically. It's not just about who is better, but how long can you keep up.

Driving down Mt Haruna is on my bucket list

i love the edit with the overlays of both scenes that was dope af ! subbed! please some content on subies! G'day josh ! Aussie here mate !

This is brilliant! Love the technicality of it! no one else is doing that! Big respect! , Benny.

This show is a very nice way to get in touch with the culture while remaining familiar with the fiction we all love

Great start on a new channel 👍. You just earned a sub

You have to admit any Initial D fan would pump Eurobeat when driving the same roads. :)

Your videos are perfect. I love the relaxed easy going nature. Please maintain this

This was excellent watch. Absolutely foaming at the mouth. I watched initial D in my teenage years, this is good stuff 👍🏾

this video successfully made me wants to rewatch the series

I would cry tears of joy if I could actually go there. It is my ultimate Dream.

Please continue this! Your feelings towards these locations are exactly the same as mine. Also your guide is bloody awesome. Thank you so much for this video.

this is so well presented. Way better than some snobby other youtuber that does this kinda thing. Well done guys.

Over rev is great but finding it in English is a real pain. Great vid boys

What an amazing docu about Yabitsu! And it's a shame that it hasn't been recreated for the Assetto Corsa SIM, where you have all the touges in Initial D except Yabitsu, which for me it's both the most beautiful in real life and challenging at the same time. Wonderful job from yours, many regards, chapeau! 👌

Expectation VS Reality. XD 11:45

I really enjoy this channel keep up the goodwork mate! Cheers

I really enjoyed every second of it. After that I decided to watch Amine. Many thanks for this video. By the way I would like to see the japonic on next videos.Thank you.

6:54 this scene really showed me how skilled Takumi is, since when he was racing Satoshi, they were side by side on this road!

Having now driven some of these roads in Assetto, it's incredible how small and tight they are. 4th gear in my Miata on Tsukuba Fruits Line feels like warp 9. IRL, I'm getting into 4th quite often on the Carson downhill, which is tight by American standards. A bunch of our other "fun" roads would be 120mph before you ran out of grip, which is just not an option. I'd love to make the pilgrimage to Japan someday to experience the roads in person.

part 2 please, and if u present place where it like in anime please give a note, example : kanagawa touge or etc

We've got a few roads like that in western North Carolina as well. They tend to not be quite as steep and they're always at least two lanes wide, but they can be incredibly technical. NC 215 is a particularly tricky one because of how deceptive it is - there's not a lot of hairpins on it but the road is pretty much one big chicane with almost no consistent rhythm, and it's a 55 MPH zone to boot so even everyday people will try and take it at pretty much highway speeds - something that's really not advised if you don't have experience with driving on roads like this. And I can't talk about mountain roads in western NC without mentioning Deal's Gap and the Tail of the Dragon.

I knew I would love this video, the moment it popped up in my recommended section !

wow so cool, didnt expect that so many things in the anime are taken so exactly from the reality.

Definitely do more of these! Loved every minute of it.

This Gives Me goose bumps reminds me of me and my friends and all the mountain runs we would do.

I might watch car channels like Donut Media, Roads Untraveled and ThatDudeInBlue, but IMO JDM Masters will always be my Go-to channel for quality car-related content.

I love this video, thank you.... Also, Where do i buy that Honda jacket?

Just seeing how narrow the actual road is makes me respect takumi even more, like I know it's a tv show and the producers probably might have tweaked the road width a little bit but just imagining takumi tackle these roads at full throttle while racing some other guy makes me respect him even more.

OMG, Thank you! I have been in Japan this summer (im from Spain) and on my next travel perhaps in 2021, Im thinking about rent a car and travel on my own, so please! continue doing videos like this one! Thanks!

Those drone Shots are absolutely stunning. As a nature and car lover this is a definitely a bucket list destination for me. Being from Canada, It would probably take some practice to drive on the left side of the road.

Please show us more Rural Roads of Japan..

One thing that I've never understood... Akagi, Usui, Myogi... All real world locations. What's more is that every single location in the series is accurately depicted down to the most minute details, aesthetically speaking at least... Yet, when it comes to Haruna being called Akina, it seems to be the only location with a fictional name... Fuckin why?

why is your channel and contents are not getting viral??? you should've have hit the 1M followers now.

Looks a great driving road and hope to be there one day on holiday.

Love the channel man keep it up

I love your videos please make a hachi roku driving video

I drive on roads like this In hawaii in my panda 86 but there short and always come to a end! Japan mountains soo big I would love to cruise the passes

THIS IS SO COOL!... Huge Initial D Fan.

I really like this series! Keep up the good work! ❤️

10:10 thank!!!! :D i drift in real life in tuscany, mugello near to the circuit , in the mountains, from "prato" to "futa pass" to "raticosa pass" i have only wangan and initial D songs in the stereo of my bmw z4 2.2 now i can refire my passion with a new manga \0/

The two that inspired Initial D are sitting on the dock fishing in Tokyo Drift.(Fast & Furious)

Ok, just found this....this is absolutely on my list!!!

Great work again👍💪

The damage rail?? Done by Evo empror clan leader.. lucky he didn't died.. in INITIAL D MOVIE. Father I want to buy GTR!!!

Driven these roads in Japan, simply amazing......

"omg he puts so much detail into the manga and anime!!!" Shinkai fans rolling on the floor laughing in tears XD but yes for what it is, Initial D manga was really detailed in terms of how the roads and surroundings are, it is also my dream to one day be able to visit japan and drive on all those touge

At that sharp right section where the Miata ( Initial D ) broke it's wing, I might have to hit the hand brake to slide out the rear almost kinda Rally style it's just an opinion how I could've or would've done

This episode made me subscribe, just this one alone, I need more of this 😉

I'm a huge fan of your work JDM Masters! Please please please can you do episodes on the: Mitsubishi FTO Version R 1997 - 2000 in Manual AND Mitsubishi GTO Twin Turbo 1996 - 2000 Please bring awareness to the world for these underrated gems by Mitsubishi.

Amazing video mate keep it up!