awesome thread, I've always wanted to visit japan but this is the closest I'll ever get. thanks for sharing.

This thread is awesome, thank you for posting/updating.

Thanks for the feedback guys, really appreciate it! I've got some more that I need to load up this weekend :)

Really makes me want to take a trip to Japan. Definitely will be revisiting this thread over and over again.

Found This 180sx while searching, I think that's a C-West wing on it.
https://i.ibb.co/2W6znpD/180sx-INThe-WILD.jpg

Border

https://i.ibb.co/NVn7XFQ/Border.jpg

Impulse.. This photo is of the side, couldn't pass up taking a shot of this chassis..

https://i.ibb.co/MkZDjx8/IMPULSE.jpg

Impulse.. entrance of the place

https://i.ibb.co/z758XZ9/IMPULSE-2.jpg

JUN.. Looks a little run down but it seems like there is still a good amount going on there.

https://i.ibb.co/z62PLz1/JUN-1.jpg

JUN.. Spotted this SR in one of their windows, that manifold is crazy.

https://i.ibb.co/BjCp1Py/JUN-2.jpg

NordRing.. GTR specialty shop.

https://i.ibb.co/xM80gVd/NordRing.jpg

N-Style.. One of my favorite shops, great street style, and they build crazy cars in the middle of nowhere, place is surrounded by rice fields.

https://i.ibb.co/bscZ6sx/NStyle-1.jpg

OS Giken.. Always pictured this place way bigger, pretty amazing they do what they do out of such a small operation.

https://i.ibb.co/6RBX1BG/OSGiken.jpg

Rays Engineering headquarters..
https://i.ibb.co/sR16zFY/Rays-Engineering.jpg

Run Free.. well, what's left of Run Free.
https://i.ibb.co/vJZk8zT/Run-Free-1.jpg

Tomei..
https://i.ibb.co/SQc6SRx/Tomei-1.jpg

Thanks for looking guys, appreciate it!

i would send my s14 to powerhouse amuse or mines for a full build if i had the time and funds. maybe power house for asthetics/suspension and mines for power. dreams.

Wow this is a great thread. Thanks for sharing!

This is amazing. Thank you!

Oh man that JUN SR manifold is so rad. New age of window shopping.

Did some more for you guys :)

Cusco
https://i.ibb.co/jRL3YJc/Cusco1.jpg

Feels
https://i.ibb.co/d03CGcD/Feels.jpg

Feels - If you go down the side street, you can catch the employees washing their uniforms!!
https://i.ibb.co/SRHZRCh/Feels-Laundry-Day.jpg

G-Corporation

https://i.ibb.co/HrLLM6P/G-Corp.jpg

RE-Amemiya, awesome shop!

https://i.ibb.co/kBcTG80/REAmemiya1.jpg

RE-Amemiya has a Mazda Cosmo chilling in the show room..no big deal..

https://i.ibb.co/pJ2XYvX/Re-Amemiya2.jpg

Side Parking lot of RE-Amemiya

https://i.ibb.co/19f2Pnk/REamemiya3.jpg

Spoon Sports

https://i.ibb.co/S3T7T1f/Spoon-Sports.jpg

Hard to see, but it's Tanabe's manufacturing plant.

https://i.ibb.co/6FfN0k8/Tanabe-Manufacturing.jpg

Don't know if it counts because it's not a Google Image. But I went to Koguchi Power in late 2019 before all the shit kicked off. I took a heap of photo's at the shop but i'll just share a few to not overload.

https://i.imgur.com/tA6t5U0.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/G892kEm.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/B6CLhCe.jpg

awesome! That place is hard to see from the road, so to find some photos that aren't staged or cropped are great! Thanks :)

It's pretty funny there is a convertible Mustang parked in front of G-Corporation.

Man, so many of these shops look like they're barely surviving... tough to tell. Some are so legendary like JUN and it breaks my heart. RWB always looks like a mess but they seem to be crushing it, at least in the marketing area, so hopefully it just 'looks' that way for the other guys too.

https://i.imgur.com/cqHknDW.jpg

His D1 JZX Just sitting there. Was so awesome to see up close.
https://i.imgur.com/Q1U6d8c.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/7FXGOZz.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/KTM2YZR.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/JvEMX7b.jpg

Koguchi's current drifting machine is this S14. Had a bunch of good parts on it as you'd expect.
https://i.imgur.com/3ueVAzc.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/xWVlJJu.jpg

Best till last. His infamous 180SX. Waiting to be restored. Which he eventually will.
https://i.imgur.com/bpjMTXU.jpg

Very cool thread idea! Here are a few more to add that I found randomly while I was there in 2016 visiting family. Uploading from a phone so not sure how these will turn out, I will edit on pc if needed.

Be-take
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f1f109dca1.jpg

Some random place down the street from Be-take
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5490279c1c.jpg

Gallery
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...3bf27268e1.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...1fa4482ed3.jpg

Feel Yokohama(the only place I was able to actually stop at)
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d5c341f77e.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...64fbb4f37e.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5611fdb0e9.jpg


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ZERO/SPORTS & ZEROMAX:
https://i.imgur.com/LLYDDRv.png

I took these in 2013 while on a business trip to Japan.

https://live.staticflickr.com/8525/8...dcac6ccc_c.jpgMy Photo Stream-957 by gnakata2007, on Flickr

Coolest restroom
https://live.staticflickr.com/8523/8...b788d735_c.jpgMy Photo Stream-958 by gnakata2007, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/8533/8...81ed2296_c.jpgMy Photo Stream-959 by gnakata2007, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/8542/8...d61ed8ed_c.jpgMy Photo Stream-982 by gnakata2007, on Flickr

Here is a link to more including the Nissan headquarters showroom - https://flic.kr/s/aHsjEN4WMj

oh shit, i forgot about zero sports! thanks for the contributions guys! I know there a ton of shops out there, so this thread shouldn't run out of places to see for awhile..

Also they look rundown or closed because Google maps ALWAYS goes super early in the morning to beat traffic.

Here is a few

Feed - Fujita Engineering
https://i.imgur.com/jpMTktk.png

MCR - Matchless Crowd Racing - Known GTR R34 and 35
https://i.imgur.com/VMS9QbB.png

LAP - Auto Produce Boss - their S15 was insanely fast in the day
https://i.imgur.com/s5YYZWj.png

He is still my favorite drifter of all time. I didn't want this thread to die

Kasuyuki Kazama - Rodextyle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGy9WJODrP8

https://i.imgur.com/QWkLZ7E.png

A few observations and questions -

One, whats up with all the corrugated steal buildings? While cool, and I'd love to have one, they look very Soviet-Era / 3rd World.

Two, Japan looks very run down (outside the glitz areas). Is this a correct assessment? I get this feeling that there was tons of growth and expansion with all these "modern" buildings in the 80's and early 90's and then the economy collapsed and much of the country never recovered, renovated or continued to expand like it had 30 years ago.

i won't let the thread die, just been pretty busy lately. I have a few more saved up, and I'll try and make some more time soon.


I think what you're seeing, is the slow death of the car scene in Japan. A lot of these shops are starting to wind down, and the owners are getting older. I'm thinking/feeling that within the next 15 years the scene in Japan is going to look very different. Sure a lot of the larger shops will continue to grow and be there, but all the little shops that we all love are going to be gone.

Here's a place that isn't special to the S-chassis crowd, but is special to me. I flew to Hiroshima then took the train to Onomichi to inspect a Carrera RS 2.7 at this shop. The owner, whose name I've now forgotten almost eight years after (edit: found his card, his name's Shigeru), was kind, spoke better English than I did Japanese, and kept me hydrated with chilled green tea on a 90 degree, 95% humidity day.

We took the road in front of his shop under the highway, up into the hills, and then did a 200kmh run down the highway back to the shop. After that, he put the car up in the air and the forward mount of one of the front control arms was rusted nearly completely through!

He has tons of vintage race parts hidden in his shop, and he maintains multiple 911s and a couple 356s for locals. Has a fondness for Lotus Europas and Caterham Sevens as well.

I took the train back to Hiroshima, took a shower, hopped on the train to Up Garage in Asaminami Ward and walked back to my hotel just outside the Peace Park. It was fascinating.

https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag..._Road_Star.png

Here's Autech Tsukada/ATTKD:

https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...ted)_ATTKD.png

Dope thread @burnsauto !!

Such great stories! Keep em coming please

Good stuff man!

They freaking love American cars over there.

Also, been to/by so many of these shops. I miss them :(

I've got a bunch more, I'll get them up before the weekend.