Mt. Akagi

Where Haruna is tight and technical, Akagi is the opposite character: longer sweeping switchbacks, higher elevation, and a genuine crater lake waiting at the summit. In Initial D it's the territory of the Akagi RedSuns, the team whose driving style favours momentum and flow over the stop-start precision Takumi uses on his home mountain.

That contrast is still exactly what you'll feel behind the wheel. The road climbs in longer arcs, opens up more sightlines, and rewards carrying speed smoothly rather than braking hard into every corner — a genuinely different discipline from Haruna despite being barely an hour away.

Bring a car that likes to be leaned on through a long corner. Our 86's low centre of gravity and flat-four boxer engine were built for exactly this kind of road, and the view from the crater rim at the top is worth the drive on its own.