Gunma Prefecture in Japan is the spiritual home of drifting. Mt. Akagi is the real-life inspiration for the setting of the manga and anime Initial D. The roads up in Gunma’s mountains, which cover about 2/3 of the prefecture, are legendary: switchback, hairpin, off-camber, blind, sweeping (I even came across a Nurburgring-like carousel)—you can find jus…