The Greatest Private Race Track In The World?!



The über rich always need somewhere to play with their latest track toys, and now there’s a new high-end ‘driving resort’ recently opened in Japan that aims to best those already in business in Europe and the USA.

It’s called the Magarigawa Club and there’s a race track, obviously, and an on-site fuel station to minimise time away from the circuit, plus fully crewed workshops, a temperature-controlled storage facility for hundreds of cars, and a helipad. So far, so ultra-high-net-worth.

But this billionaire’s playground caters to its clients – and their families – away from the track as well, with traditional Japanese hot spring bathing, a top-tier gym and yoga studio, a kids’ creche complete with miniature Bugatti pedal cars, and a dog park for one’s pup. And this is Japan, so there’s even a (soundproofed) karaoke room too.

Join TG’s Tom Ford for a tour of this automotive theme park aimed at the 0.01%.

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Chapters:
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00:54 Magarigawa Club
01:49 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 3.8
03:39 Drive POV
07:21 Chat with Hideto Yasuoka
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39 thoughts on “The Greatest Private Race Track In The World?!”

  1. Destroying thousands of trees and an entire mountain, just for this…. If I remember correctly, this project took an extra 2 years to completion and the location is so far from Tokyo, it's a hassle to get there. The track is quite strange indeed, with steep climbs/descents. Now, Fuji Speedway offers a luxurious hotel, and with overall more things to do around. It's more accessible from Tokyo too.
    It's a private membership club, but they're already hosting manufacturer events to try and advertise themselves. Give it a few decades and the hype will die down, and it'll just become a sad place that destroyed an entire mountain for this.

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  2. I was lucky to go here for a test for work, and I have to say it is phenomenal. The track itself is fun, the facilities are immaculate, and the overall experience is any car enthusiasts dream. Really incredible place

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  3. Lovely, but kinda useless. Membership fees? Membership process? Ever open to the public? Prices? What's in the garage? Club cars? Rentals? I've been to Ascari and that worked pretty well until Zwaart sold it – a Swiss and Argentinan consortium bought it and that's a bad, bad, bad, bad combo in terms of giving any non-billionaires access. Is this place in Japan the same? Billionaires only? Vetted by the owner? Multi-million sign up, limited members, limited guests, annual fees etc etc. I feel like I was left with more questions than answers after the piece.

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  4. The hilarious thing about the wealthy car owners in Japan (I'm talking about your more standard luxury daily cars (G-Wagons, S-class, etc, not track or classic cars) is the idiocy of sourcing and paying more for left-hand drive car in a right-hand drive county all as a stupid perceived status/prestige thing.
    I wonder how many of this clubs members fall into that category.
    Very cool track though.

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  5. I wonder what the acoustics are like; both for the driver and for those watching from the main buildings. Echos bouncing off the hills before a car roars into view, or for the driver exiting the hairpin and the exhaust notes suddenly booming against the rising retaining wall. A feast for all senses, I'd bet.

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  6. I really want to know if the track can be run in either direction – looking at the run-off areas I think it has been designed that way, and would certainly increase the value proposition.

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  7. Never been on the Nürburgring Nordschleife that You praise the location and nature around it?! That looks to me like a private N-ring in miniature and I like the views…

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  8. I really appreciate that the layout seems built for joy in a variety of machines, i.e. it's not only huge straights and sweepers for GP cars or Bugattis, and not only winding esses for motorcycles and Caterhams. I'll take two days in a supercharged ND Miata, please <3

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