The real Initial D run, Mt. Akina, When the roads are empty, 4am | Uncut Drive | JDM Masters

The driver only runs to the skate rink turnoff and does a U turn. This is because the local touge runners do not want to make too much noise and disturb the onsen town at the bottom of the road. The mountain is made famous in the manga series Initial D under the fictional name Akina (秋名), where the main character, Takumi Fujiwara, delivers tofu every day to a hotel uphill, and back down using his father’s (eventually gained full ownership) lightly modified Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86). It is also where