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If u type in Tropical Storm Risk at googles search, click on the second link. It tracks storms all over the world. Typhoon 23 has just spun up and is heading towards okinawa. Watch out. Cat 5 prediction.

Driving from Kobe to Osaka late one night I passed 4 supras waiting in a kind of emergency off lane. Guessed they were to race but I think this type of racing is difficult to see or get into. Not cheap to drive around tolls all night as well !

Osaka has Chikoshinmachi that was good on saturday nights. However u should be careful as there is only one exit and can get raided. Chiko is the place for Osaka street racing but it seems friendly. No gambling that I know.

I lived in Osaka in 2000 for a year and had heaps of fun drifting almost daily at Nanko and other little wharfs along the bay. Back then the cops just did the old drive past and then u wait till they go home. Returning to Osaka last year I was shocked to find many barriers and gates installed at my favourite haunts. Oviously the police are making a move on drift in the city. Of cource certain areas are still great but it may not be long before mountains are the normal drift site. Nanko minami is basically shut down now with the road barriers in place. Police and governments may be changing their attitudes in Osaka.

U need a japanese credit credit to join the auction and I think its Y200 a month. Thats what I did to buy my stuff.