Ebisu Circuit Simulator
Overview
Ebisu Circuit Simulator is the sim racing room inside the East Course office at Ebisu Circuit, the motorsport complex in the hills of Nihonmatsu, Fukushima. The circuit runs it itself and sets it up for circuit driving, drift practice, time attack and training.
The rig runs on Assetto Corsa with triple monitors, a Fanatec DD1 direct drive wheel, an Rseat N1 seat and a handbrake for drifting. The car list runs past 200, from everyday cars to race cars and supercars. The track list covers Ebisu's own courses, the major Japanese circuits, mini circuits, several touge mountain pass roads and the major world circuits.
Outside the room, Ebisu is ten courses on one hillside: two full circuits, beginner drift courses, a dirt style slide park, a gymkhana area and a mountain pass course, with drift taxi rides, track days and drift events through the year.
What to Expect
- Assetto Corsa is the base software, running across triple monitors.
- The wheel is a Fanatec DD1 direct drive base, the seat is an Rseat N1, and a handbrake is fitted for drift driving.
- Four shift modes are set up: sequential, paddle, automatic and manual.
- Over 200 cars are loaded, from everyday road cars through race cars and supercars.
- Tracks include Ebisu's own courses, the major Japanese circuits, mini circuits, several touge mountain pass roads and the major world circuits.
- The circuit pitches the room at circuit driving, drift practice, time attack and training.
- The room sits in the East Course office and fits about three people at a time, and several people can share one booked session.
Things to Note
- Bookings are by phone on +81 243 24 2972, made by the day before. Sessions run 9:00am to 4:00pm. Bookings cannot be taken when the staff member who runs the simulator is away.
- The simulator costs ¥3,000 per hour. Holders of an ESC licence or an Ebisu Gold Card get ¥1,000 off.
- Simulator only visitors also pay circuit admission: ¥1,700 for adults (aged 12 years and over, from junior high school) and ¥1,200 for children (aged 3 to 12 years, up to primary school).
- Anyone under 150 cm tall cannot use the simulator.
- Driving gloves are compulsory, so bring your own. Comfortable clothes and shoes with a heel, such as sneakers, are required.
- The circuit is closed every Wednesday, though some Wednesdays open on public holidays, at Golden Week and at Obon. Circuit hours are 8:30am to 5:00pm, and 9:00am to 4:30pm in winter, and change on race and event days.
- The circuit puts the drive at about 15 minutes from Nihonmatsu IC on the Tohoku Expressway, and the taxi at about 20 minutes from JR Nihonmatsu Station on the Tohoku Main Line. The circuit shares its entrance gate with Tohoku Safari Park, which the circuit gives as the sat nav destination.
- The simulator page and booking details are published in Japanese only.
- Last verified: 18 October 2026
- Official link: https://www.ebisu-circuit.com/simulator/sim.html
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