I'm excited to announce that thejdm is now updated to the latest phpbb 3.2 software. You may notice the site is now mobile friendly but with the upgrade comes some hiccups. theGarage, theGallery, theArcade are no longer supported. In due time the developers should be working to release the modifications to work on the new software. #LetsMakeForumsGreatAgain

Some of the pictures I took in Japan last year.

general car and site related talk and chat.
Shakotan_Boogie
95% ricer
Posts: 46
Joined: February 14, 2007
Location: Fresno CA :( / つくば 日本 :)

Some of the pictures I took in Japan last year.

Post by Shakotan_Boogie » April 08, 2007

Some of you might have seen these on H-T where I posted some before. I spent about a month in Japan last summer with my girlfriend in southern Ibaraki-ken (About 45 minutes from Akihabara by train). I tried to see as much car related stuff as I could and managed to see quite a bit. I ended up taking like 4000 something pictures.

These aren't really in any kinda order.
Image I saw these sitting near some of the racing shops near Tsukuba Circuit. That whole trailer would be stolen SO fast if it were in CA.
Image I went to the Tokyo Nostalgic Car show @ Daiba. Kinda like an American classic car show except replace the mustangs and corvettes with GC10 and 110 Skylines and S30 Fairladys.
Image The KPGC10 "Hakosuka" Skyline is seriously one of the coolest cars ever.
Image Boso-sha in the parking lot which was a show in itself.
Image There was a swap meet there too.
Image Ken Mary GC110 Skyline, with the required oil cooler and angled headlights.
Image Rocky Auto of Nagoya is one of the leading names in the Japanese classic car scene. They sell fully restored Fairladys and Skylines with RB26, N/A RB20's with 6 throttle set-ups and other swaps.
Image
My girlfriend's parents house is only about 10 miles from Tsukuba Circuit so I was able to go there a few times.
Image S15 on the Gymkhana pad.
Image Dissassembling his N2 Flares like a model kit!

Went to an MSC Drift Exhibition at Daiba in the rain. Orido and Taniguchi were there, as well as a number of 3-car drift teams competing against each other.
Image Image Unfortunatley May and June is the rainy season in Japan, but that doesn't stop them from doing anything.

We took the water bus from Asakusa to Odaiba.
Image Asakusa is home to the biggest pitcher of beer in the world, I mean the Asahi building.
Image Image Tokyo is kinda like Venice.
Image The Rainbow Bridge, if youve ever played Tokyo Extreme Racer, youve probably driven on it.


Dunlop sponsored Dress Up Car meeting @ Odaiba.
Image Vans are like the pickup trucks of Japan.
Image Image The next modification I do to my Accord Wagon is going to be a HUGE graphic of Hamasaki Ayumi on the back window.
Image Image Image Youve probably heard of Megaweb, Heaven on earth for Toyota fans.
Image This was taken at a Monkey Park near Mt. Tsukuba. Seeing as how me, my girlfriend, and my girlfriend's mom were the only people there that day, Japanese don't share the same appreciation of monkeys doing backflips as I do.

Shakotan_Boogie
95% ricer
Posts: 46
Joined: February 14, 2007
Location: Fresno CA :( / つくば 日本 :)

Post by Shakotan_Boogie » April 08, 2007

If megaweb is heaven for Toyota fans, Twin Ring Motegi is heaven for Honda people. There was a big gymkhana meeting when I was there.
Image Image Early model NSX-R in the Honda Collection Hall @ Motegi.
Image You can't tell from the picture but this shinkansen was doing like 100mph when it passed through Oyama station in Tochigi.
Image Asians driving imports are hella hated on in Ikebukuro.
Image You see the most random stuff in rural Japan.
Image Tsukuba Circuit again.
Image Image Image This was the waiting area at my girlfriend's dad's barber shop.
Image I wish I could quit you Japan!

I have a ton more pics if you guys are interested, they are a little outdated now but I can re-live my experiences with them and get super pumped for going back semi-permanently next year.

User avatar
SingleCamEJ8
Posts: 4434
Joined: April 11, 2006
Location: 559
Contact:

Post by SingleCamEJ8 » April 08, 2007

very very ill.


i want to go to j-land now.
Image
BUILT MOTORSPORTSWEAR
"the USDM kid"

User avatar
77
Posts: 6763
Joined: March 07, 2005
Location: Southeast Wisconsin

Post by 77 » April 08, 2007

Interesting.
ICarFriends!
.saint wrote:77 knows all. he is so wise.

Shakotan_Boogie
95% ricer
Posts: 46
Joined: February 14, 2007
Location: Fresno CA :( / つくば 日本 :)

Post by Shakotan_Boogie » April 08, 2007

SingleCamEJ8 wrote:very very ill.


i want to go to j-land now.

It's great there. When I was riding from Narita to the Tsukuba area on the night I got there the combination of being up for like 24 hours + jet lag + soaking it in was like being in a dream.

User avatar
.rob
Posts: 1021
Joined: June 02, 2006
Location: washington
Contact:

Post by .rob » April 08, 2007

i see an ep!!!

you went to all the places i usually hit up!!! i love motegi.

User avatar
Zero
Posts: 2054
Joined: June 17, 2006
Location: Las Vegas
Contact:

Post by Zero » April 08, 2007

all this makes me do is miss being in Japan that much more...
I drive a Honda シビック クーペ
Image

"We're supposed to be expressing are own artistic talent and vision through our cars, not everybody else's. Use yours to show the rest of the world who you are... i dare you." - Dru Barrios of Honda Tuning Magazine

*CACKYWHEELS
Approved Vendor
Posts: 409
Joined: April 07, 2007
Contact:

Post by *CACKYWHEELS » April 08, 2007

Looks like fun I should make a trip out there one day.. sooner or later..

User avatar
.saint
Administrator
Posts: 15964
Joined: January 31, 2003
Location: PA
Contact:

Post by .saint » April 08, 2007

i wanna hit up japan atleast once before i die. man beautiful.
.saint, the honda EK parts jdMuseum.
i hope i grow to be half the man my grandfather was.
poop.hell sideways.brigade
http://www.fright.house

User avatar
vtecdood
Posts: 832
Joined: March 02, 2005
Location: exile

Post by vtecdood » April 08, 2007

great pics they are very interesting.
Race car: 95 EX w/fully built 2.0 TypeR w/GT30R turbine
1.870 60ft [email protected] 225/50 R15 BFG drag radials, full interior.
513.61whp 425.98ft/lbs @ 26psi VP112
tunerzine article: http://tunerzine.com/view_article/car_feature/turbokoop

salt warrior-89 toyota SR5 extended cab pick up 324,XXX & still running strong

builtmotorsportswear.com
jdmland.com

Post Reply