We hold winter driving school

-Rally driver Kenjiro Shinozuka will teach you about snow driving techniques! ~

January 6, 2017
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Chuo-ku, Niigata City) welcomes Kenjiro Shinozuka, the rally driver who won the first Japanese overall victory in Paris-Dakar Rally, as an instructor to set up a driving school for improving safe driving skills on snowy roads. Will be held at Naeba Prince Hotel and Naeba Ski Resort on Saturday, January 21st.

This event is a lecture that explains Mr. Shinozuka's snowy road experiences, points of safe driving on snowy roads, how to respond in an emergency, etc., and sudden start / sudden on a snow special course taught by Mr. Shinozuka It is a plan to experience the importance of safe driving and improving driving skills on snowy roads through practical training courses such as braking, sharp curve experience, summer tire running on snow, etc. It will be held.

1 Date and time

Saturday, January 21, 2017

  • Morning part:
Reception
9:30-9:50
Lecture
10:00 to 10:45 (No application required, free participation)
Practical training
11:00-12:30 (advance registration required)
  • Afternoon section:
Reception
13:00 to 13:20
Lecture
13:30-14:15 (no application required, free participation)
Practical training
14:30-16:00 (advance application required)
  • Please refer to the following for how to apply for the practical training.
  • Those who attend only the lecture do not need to register.

2 Contents

  • Snow road safe driving lecture
  • Snow road safe driving practical skill class

3 venue

  • Naeba Prince Hotel Building No. 6 1st floor "Shakunage"
  • Naeba ski area 5th parking lot special course

4 Instructor

Kenjiro Shinozuka

  • 1997 Paris-Dakar Rally Japan's first overall victory
  • 2010 South Africa Solar Challenge Winner (2 consecutive victories)
  • 2013 Electric vehicle once charged mileage world record update
  • 2014 Solar Car Fastest Guinness World Record Update

5 Participation fee

Free for both 1 and 2.
*Transportation expenses to the site will be borne by each person.

6 Participation application

  • For practical training, advance application is required for each department in the morning and afternoon.
  • Limited to 15 people for each department. If there are many applications, it will be a lottery.
  • Please apply by fax or web.
  • If you apply on the web, please fill in the required items on the special site and apply.
  • If you are applying by fax Application form [PDF: 131KB] Please download, fill in the necessary information, and apply to the dedicated fax number below.
    We do not accept phone applications.
  • Anyone can participate in the lecture.

【お客さまお問い合わせ先】
 ウィンタードライビングスクール事務局(株エイエイピー内)
 専用FAX番号 025-246-5533
 問合せ電話番号 025-246-5010[平日 10:00~18:00]

7 Application acceptance period

From January 6, 2017 (Friday) to January 15, 2017 (Sunday)

  • Those who have applied for the practical skill class will be notified by e-mail of the lottery results by January 17, 2017 (Tuesday).

8 cooperating institutions

Naeba Prince Hotel Naeba Ski Resort

Implementation status of last year

Image of last year's implementation 1
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*Thursday, January 12, it is possible to apply on the web, so some contents have been revised.

Reference material

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