More pics from Japan... This time its total randomness, including royalty (56k? Wait)

[chokudoriS13]

The Big Buddha at Kamakura
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JDM pigeon at the Buddha... very tame by USDM comparison
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Going up to a temple
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view of Kamakura from the temple
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garden below...
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JDM fish don't need water
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Circle K, y0... the only one I saw, although 7-11's were on every corner
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rotating, robotic car garage...
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Going to see the Emperor on his b-day

JDM Secret Service
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entering the Imperial Palace
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the grounds
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The Emperor and his family
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I think he's waving at me =)
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On the way out, I followed directions...
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the Emperor has a moat... I want a moat =(
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Political rally outside the palace
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There are girls dancing up there, but you can't see them in this pic, so pretend...
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Karaoke with JDM people at the Big Echo
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... and more JDM people (we had a big room)
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The Big Echo really means business
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Ranbow bridge... Looking at Chiba across Tokyo Bay
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JDM Police bikes at Shin-Kawasaki
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Going Used-Parts shopping at UpGarage

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Look, a $950 RB26DETT!
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Look, I just bought a Bride seat (Ian, how's it doing in your car, btw? =))
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Below the C1 in Ginza
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Ginza traffic
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Tokyo Tower
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I guess it really is The Empire of the Rising Sun
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My place in Minowa
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Ueno, Tokyo... 4am

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Nicest restroom ever... AT A REST STOP!
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More pics coming soon... Gotta save bandwidth =)

[Steeles]

dude great pics! thats cool you got to see the emporer!

[DRFT]

haha i like the jdm pigeon the most!!!

bird call! grlrgglglrllrlr...

[Andrew Bohan]

i can't wait till it's my turn to go......
行きたいよ

[nismo skyline]

hell yea looks awesome over there. cant wait till next year for the TAS 2004

[Var]

Beautiful Pics and Beautiful country. I really want to make a trip next summer. How much do you think it would cost a tourist like me to spend 2 weeks there? Just to eat, sleep and transportation

[sykikchimp]

super nice.

Do you know japanese?

[mistaanime]

damn..looked pretty tite..where is shop upgrade in japan?

[element240]

great pics man!
i wish i could go to japan :wiggle:

[AkiraDrift]

UP GARAGE!

Very Nice!
I plan to make a trip there in a couple years...gonna make sure I attend the Tokyo Auto Salon!

[nokeone]

that's sweet!!...so jealous right now..

[bigJ86]

wow great pics.... i want to visit japan

[boro240]

ahhhhhhhhhhh, i cant wait to go in the summer. im going for two weeks, but mostly to work. :/

i miss japan.

[kingsol]

cool pics, kinda reminds me of Lost in Translation.

[G_Fish240]

nice man,becarefull of those jdm pigeons, i lived in a tower there and they attacked me on my balcony on more than 1 occasion

[rps13sh]

dood your camera rocks.

[SilviaDriver]

damn..hella wheels..i would of jizzed in my pants if i saw that

[D1drifter]

Great pics man. I want that R34 seat on the top shelf.

[Salty_X]

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I'm digging that old school Recaro(?) with the zebra stripes. :coold:

Awesome pictures, looks like you had a fun time. :)

[shinhed]

nice man,becarefull of those jdm pigeons, i lived in a tower there and they attacked me on my balcony on more than 1 occasion
Ha HA.



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[kanekz]

wow...good pics. I've been to Kamakura a few times. Amazingly beautiful!! at the least. Many other shrines as well. Its been 3yrs since I went back. Ive been back to Japan probably a total of 11 times or so. All my relatives live out there...so its cool. Free rooms!! haha. But yea...UP GARAGE...i always see it in J-mags. I probably wont go back for another 2yrs or so. Its cool to have relatives back there....but not ALLL of them cause you dont have none here stateside. Oh well..who needs them.

And anyone thats going to bring up..."why dont you have your cousins export stuff here"....they are too damn busy with their lives to worry about car parts and their Ame-li-can cousin. Boooo. hah.

[TNathe]

JDM fish don't need water
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:rofl: That shit's great!

[rancid240]

this reminds me of my summers. Japan can be so gay when you cant ditch your mom for 10 seconds. Up garage is awesome I always ride up to shop on my bicycle and they give me funny looks. On another note, Lost in Translation sucked monkey cack.

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Is that a shooting star or what?

[TNathe]

That's what it looks like to me too. What a picture! Sell that bad boy and make some money.

[No Motiv]

the photos look great...you got some skills.....was this just a short trip to japan or do you have family over there......I want to go it looks so nice......too much $$ though...lol jmd pigeon

[Var]

So how much would it cost a tourist just to survive 2 weeks in Tokyo?

[Andrew Bohan]

Is that a shooting star or what?

That's what it looks like to me too

you guys are so funny. ever take a pic at night? you need long exposure to make it look good
long exposure means airplanes appear as long streaks that look like fat shooting stars

[zenkiDori]

wow, looks really cool. my girl and i are moving to japan for a while after college, really excited about it! how do you get treated?(i'm assuming you're a gaijin).

[kanekz]

westboroughpimp, well w/o hotel or room fees....shit can still RACK UP! hah. If you want to live it for two weeks, you can easily and I mean easily spend over $800. Thats for food, and drinking. The BEER is so goooood. mmmmmm. But beer is very expensive in Japan. But its so damn good. Nama-Beeru is what you. FESHNESS. Also, "entertainment" gets pricey too. heh.

ZenkiDori, if you're a gaijin, you'll get treated like shit. HAHA jp. Well honestly, mostly everyone is cool. Especially in the city, I mean Japan now is no longer what it used to be even that last 30 years ago. Soooo many more gaijins there. Everyone is getting used to it. Some are taking it harder though. Sometimes, you might get some old lady on the train staring at you, but thats how they are. I mean I even get looked at and im J'. But I am a lil darker Socal skinned than your typical Japanese dude. MEh.

[chokudoriS13]

Is that a shooting star or what?


Its a plane. The photo was with a slow shutter.

was this just a short trip to japan or do you have family over there

I just went over there for a month with a friend. Stayed at his aunt's for a week and a half and then on my own for three weeks. Going back in the summer.


how do you get treated?(i'm assuming you're a gaijin).

Just fine. Didn't get discriminated against (or none that I noticed at least :D). The people are great... You meet some interesting people on trains who want to practice their English. One dude was a singer for a Limp Bizkit cover band... He wanted to practice English on the train on his way to perform in Yokohama. He worked at a restaurant and I ended up scoring a free meal for talking to him :D.

[chokudoriS13]

more random pics

more Rainbow Bridge...

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Interesting way to save space
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Snow on the way to Fuju-san. We're driving a rebadged Isuzu Bighorn (Trooper) Diesel... Badged as an Opel. Badge-engineering is weird sometimes...
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Yes, I am wearing just a thermal and t-shirt in -10 C weather... I should have checked the weather reports =)... Bottoms of my pantlegs are soaked and freezing...
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Toll Gate
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Breakfast at McD's drive-through =)
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bad-ass NSX parked on the street
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Bad pic of Tahoe vs. Kei-car
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Wipeout on the C1 (Wangan)

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[zenkiDori]

was that crash from racing? did you get to see any racing? i think i'm most excited about the move because of all the insane touge they have. we have some really good roads in CO, but japan is the best i've ever seen. why are you in japan? vacation? sorry if i missed that.

[chokudoriS13]

was that crash from racing? did you get to see any racing? i think i'm most excited about the move because of all the insane touge they have. we have some really good roads in CO, but japan is the best i've ever seen.


yeah, that pic is from the night all the schools went on winter break, so people from other prefectures came up to race and didn't know the road. Lots of wipeouts that night.

I saw plenty of racing... wangan, street drift, touge, you name it... Rode in an R32 on the C1 at insane speeds, but didn't get to drive it :( (I had my IDL, too)...I have like 1600 pics and lots of videos of all this. I posted some of the wangan stuff before, just search.

My Tokyo Auto Salon pics are in the gallery on http://www.dori-spot.com

[zenkiDori]

that's cool! were the racers pretty receptive to you? i only ask so many questions because everyone i know who is from or has been to japan isn't into cars at all.

[chokudoriS13]

that's cool! were the racers pretty receptive to you? i only ask so many questions because everyone i know who is from or has been to japan isn't into cars at all.

Yeah, everyone was totally cool... I mean, I didn't even know the R32 guy. Just started talking to him at the rest-stop where all the Wangan guys meet up...

Here's some random pics.

Touge
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Covert shots of street drift in Chiba
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Cops breaking it up :D
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the R32 I rode in
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at the rest stop on the C1
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[shinhed]

Awesome pics. If I were in Japan, I'd rather drive a Corvette, Trans-Am, Monte SS, etc, as opposed to something jspec.

How many USDM cars did you see?

[zenkiDori]

what was the average level of tune compared to US cars? from all i hear japan is much more "car life" friendly.

[chokudoriS13]

How many USDM cars did you see?


Plenty... You can go through my gallery of the first 4 days (the only gallery actually posted) at http://www.youatemybreakfast.com to see just how many there were...

what was the average level of tune compared to US cars? from all i hear japan is much more "car life" friendly.

Highly tuned... Some were like stupid fast and stupid powerful.

[zenkiDori]

sweet. you know that speed shops in japan will let you take out loans for parts? nuts.

any more pics of wangan stuff, didn't see any in a search.

[Shin_Kudo]

I'm thinking of heading over to JDM land this summer, for a week or two. Alternately, maybe go to AX Tokyo next winter, and spend some time in Japan after.

What I am pretty sure of is that I'll be heading there for quite a while summer '05. I just wonder what kind of car I'll be able to afford teaching english over there. Of course, I'll have to sell my 240 bfore it go...what'll 5500 USD or so get you over there? =D

[zenkiDori]

i know a guy in okinawa(USAF) and he says lots of cars are dirt cheap. S13s and R32s are very cheap he says. R32 GTS can go for like $1000 USD. are you doing the JET program? that is what my girl will be doing after college. i've seen cars on yahoo japan for really cheap too, like Zenki FDs for like $2000-$4000USD. only problem with older cars are taxes from what i hear.

[DRFT]

any more pics man

[steve shadows]

any more pics man

reminding me of all my times up in the hills around la. big ups to jdm silvias built for wongone... :zzz:

[240Degrees]

those are great. makes me wanna travel

[chokudoriS13]

any more pics man


Soon... My Bosozoku thread ate up amazing amounts of bandwidth (100,000 views on VW Vortex alone)... So I need to let the server cool down :D.

[rps13sh]

W00HOO... i feel like I went to japan. great pictures. thanks for sharing.

[KiDyNomiTe]

I love how you describe them as Japanese Domestic Market people haha