Vecchio Bambino
ベッキオ・バンビーノ
A two-day charity rally around Okayama Prefecture, first run in 2011 and held every spring and autumn since 2015. Both 2026 editions left Okayama Gokoku Shrine on the Saturday, stopped overnight at a hot-spring town, and finished at the Okayama Plaza Hotel on the Sunday. Entry centres on European cars built up to 1995, with priority for 1973 or earlier; American and Japanese cars are also accepted.
Dates
| Edition | Dates | Status | Details |
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| Autumn 2026 | Sat 3 to Sun 4 Oct 2026 | Confirmed | Videos, entry list and route |
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| Spring 2026 | Sat 4 to Sun 5 Apr 2026 | Confirmed | Videos, entry list and route |
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Visiting
- Where
- Okayama Gokoku Shrine (start), Okayama
3-21 Okuichi, Naka-ku, Okayama (岡山県岡山市中区奥市3-21)
Map - Getting there
- Buses bound for Saidaiji from JR Okayama station take about 20 minutes to the Gokoku Jinja-mae stop, then it's about a 10-minute walk. After the start the rally is a moving event: the checkpoints are spread across the prefecture and most of them need a car to reach.
- Cost
- Free to watch
- Watching
- Free to watch from the roadside. The cars stop at every checkpoint, and the organiser asks spectators to wait at one; some have no spectator parking. Published times are for the lead car, and the last car can be up to 45 minutes behind. The final timetable appears on the official site about a week before each edition.
- What you'll see
- Around 60 to 80 cars
1950s1960s1970s - Organiser
- ベッキオ・バンビーノ実行委員会 (Vecchio Bambino organising committee)
- Source
- vecchiobambino.com (Japanese)
- Last verified
- 2026-10-05