My Initial D photojournal (kajillion pics, 56K stop living in 1990)

[SilviaNinja240]

Insipired by Mr.Meph's Tokyo car phootshoot, I figured I'd put one up showing the japanese cuties. So I live about 15 minutes away from where they filmed the Initial D movie, so I figure I'd share some of the pics from some of the infamous places highlighted in the anime/manga.


So first.. Haruna. (aka Mt. Akina in the comic/anime)
The real touge that's highlighted in the comic/anime has only a few sections of the road that are fun driveable, the rest of the road is riddled with speed traps (i.e. dips, changes in road condition, small speedbumps etc..) However the south side of the mountain has hardly any of these and is a blast to drive :)
Here's some pics (taken in late july):
So thouse dorky swam boats really DO exist!
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010257.jpg
Some touge, I'm in the back of a van
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010253.jpg
Beautiful Mt. Haruna
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010295.jpg
Mt. Haruna at sunset
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010297.jpg


Next... Mt. Akagi
Akagi is huuuuuge, there are lots of roads I haven't even explored yet up there. You can easily spend a lot of time time there on many different kinds of touge. The main touge featured in the comic is awsome! some parts/turns are pretty narrow and tight, but there are also a couple places you can really smash at, but overall I'd say it's a well rounded course :)

on to the pics (taken, just yesterday.. sorry winter is pretty much here, the changing of the leaves in Akagi were beautiful!!, sadly I didn't have my camera with me at the time :( So pretty much all the trees up there are dead now)
Trying to drive while taking pictures
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010465.jpg
Again, sorry, crappy time of year, its super dooper uber beautiful in any other season but winter :(
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010461.jpg
End of the main touge rest stop
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010475.jpg
These are thouse damn dips I was talking about, go too fast and bam! goes your oil pan :(
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010479.jpg
Some side street on Akagi Mt., and yes.. this is a two way road ;)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010494.jpg

Next... Myogi
I have to say, Myogi is awsome! The road up to main mountain is a great well rounded touge, the other really good road close by to Mt. Myogi is Usui which is also pretty rad too. I have to say, Myogi a lot car club meets I've seen on the weekend, a really popular road for car enthusiasts. Sadly, my friend drove up with me to Myogi so we were racing, and I didn't have any time to take pics. But.. we also climbed up the mountain, which was the scariest thing ever!!!111 so I have some pics of that :)

The pics (taken early August, sorry nothing auto-related this time)
Half-way up to the top, the jungles of Myogi
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010344.jpg
The top, SCARY AS FUCK!!
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/miyougi005.jpg
Come spring time, I'll take more touge pics

Next.. Nikko/Irohazaka
Getting to Nikko was more fun than the town itself IMO. Going through Gunma you pass through a mountain range to get there, which was great got to see some really nice changing of the leaves, and then at the top of the mountain it was like winter, then it goes back to normal fall weather, REALLY interesting , It felt like I was going through different seasons of the year. Anywho, the main touge of Nikko Irohazaka... The touge is pretty nice, beacause as you know there is no oncoming traffic on the way down, and none on the way up ethier. Two different roads, but they are both the same (if that makes any sense at all, lolz) Anywho, the best best best time to go is at night or on a weekday evening. I went there at the absolute WORST time, a weekend day durring the changing of the leaves season. It took me 5 minutes to go down the touge, and 2 FUCKING HOURS going up beacause of all the traffic due to the changing of the leaves. Anywho, its a great road if there's nobody on it, lots of sharp tight turns.

onto the pics.. (taken in october)
yeah, its just the end of october, OMG snow! (taken on the way to Nikko)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010361.jpg
Irohazaka traffic action!! (P.S. I have no idea why that guy has garbage tied to his towhook)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010386.jpg
more Irohazaka actions!!1s111
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010392.jpg
Oooooo snaps!
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010424.jpg
no way would I 'jump' that
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010418.jpg
The final 3 bridges of Irohazaka, just like in Initial D :p (WTF is up with that guy and his garbage!?!)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/P1010422.jpg

So that's it for now,
as a bonus here's one of Gunma's police supercars
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/LukaD/IMG_0035.jpg

The End.

[ranisron]

NICE PICS!!!! Got more??

I suppose the gabage bag was hang to be thrown away at the bottom of the touge or mountain?? Most Japanese are pretty good with cleaning up their own mess - try to keep things clean.

[*NismoS13*]

Those are some great pics, thanks for sharing!

One question I've always wondered though....what is that wind screen looking thing on the front of the police Rx-7 for though? I've noticed a lot of their police vehicles have them. Anybody know?

-Adam

[go240]

nice pics! man japan looks sweet. next time i go to korea i'll have to make a detour

[mistaanime]

niccceee pics....!

[Irukandji]

haha nice. get some more if you can

[2iv0 sx]

haha those police cars are serious!

[P4rD0nM3]

Dope as hell. They got wind deflectors too.

[A Spec Products]

japan is very nice, didnt get to go to that area last i visited though

where are the japanese cuties???

you lucky guy, if i wasnt so tied down here i wouldve ended up teaching english in japan

ya, maybe that guy in the suv pooped in a bag and didnt want to keep it in the car until he got off the hill haha

[infinitexsound]

is that what they do in japan.... daymn......... nice pics thanks it was cool seeing the sites of japan... for a change...

[Revolver Ocelot]

I would like to see that police car in hot drift pursuit down the touge.

[Dousan_PG]

haha awesome
i go to the same area of Japan when ivisit (Gunma) but we go drifting at those spots. ill get some pics in a week or so. snow drifting in the K-car hahahaha
winter is fun

nice pics though! thanks!!

[woodchuck]

dang - time to save up those paychecks and take a trip out to jahpan

[SilviaNinja240]

yay thread is re-born (^_^)
Its pretty hairy right now though, all the mountain passes are caked with snow. No more touge till mid-end of april or so

[addicted2sp33d]

Snow? That's perfect! You need to find a friend with a Celica GT-Four, then have him kidnap your girlfriend.

[Dousan_PG]

we were in Akagi doing snow drits in the kcars for hours
funny thing is these guys (my friends) drive D1gp, ADM, BM Hai and various events. and they love the yuki dori
but who wouldnt when your car costs 100 bucks! hahaha..

sorry for HUGE pics, didnt resize yet too lazy

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c252/dousan/IMG_4197.jpg
here we are before going out

Hirotaka Hoshino (D1GP driver/D1 Street legal)
Me (d'oh)
Hiroshi Tabei (D1GP/ADM/D1 Street Legal)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c252/dousan/IMG_4191.jpg


NO EXCUSES!!


the little white car suburu vios? was 'mine' i trashed on it so much hahaha
went out w/ those 2, and 4 other guys from the team, all drive bm hais or adm or d1 series, or some are 'beginners' out equivilant to a 3 year drifter stateside. their touge 'courses' are better then most tracks here. and some of them are dead end roads haha..awesome.

yukidori course was a circular course and there was nearly no traffic. shouldnt be when its -15 celcius and wind blowing hard. no fun.

[sushimonster]

niceee pix love the policeeee
super cars hehehhee

[QUOTE=Dousan_PG]
Hirotaka Hoshino (D1GP driver/D1 Street legal)
Me (d'oh)
Hiroshi Tabei (D1GP/ADM/D1 Street Legal)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c252/dousan/IMG_4191.jpg

QUOTE]

kakkooooooooooiii all that missing is the peace sign lolx

[SilviaNinja240]

Snow? That's perfect! You need to find a friend with a Celica GT-Four, then have him kidnap your girlfriend.

Interestingly enough I do know of a guy, lolz


cool pics dousan

[Dousan_PG]

i have lots more of the yuki dori and my 'beater car' and TAS..too lazy ot resize though. meh

[kuramaya]

damn nice pics...

I miss Mainland:drool: :drool: :drool: