Hey Guys
I managed to get some cheap tickets to Japan for me and my wife. Now we are going between April 27th-May 11th 2009, we are landing in Tokyo. Few things I was wondering if you guys could help me out with.
1. What car events would be on during this time is there any shows, drift races, time attack's or anything. I really wanna see a fair bit of action on the car and motorbike scene, if any1 could link me or let me know where I could find all this info, or even tell me whats on that would be great .
2. Secondly I really would like to visit a couple of workshops definetly nismo and topsecret also anyting else thats nearby, im unsure as to which ones are close to each other and which ones are on the otherside of Japan, if someone could let me know which are bunched together near each other (as in 20-30min) from each other that would be great.
3. Where to spend my time.... Should I stay the whole 2 weeks in Tokyo, go to Osaka or Nagoya im really unsure on how to plan or organise my trip. Is it best to do tokyo last as want to buy heaps of stuff? Also are the racetracks like tsukuba, and fuji speedway etc where events may be on close to tokyo or would I need to travel. For example if there is no need to go to Osaka as in I can see all the automotive events and still stay in Tokyo then I wont go, although if most of the events and action is somewhere else then I'll book accomadation there as well as tokyo.
4. Accomadation is a struggle well to find something affordable and decent, although my wife found really good stuff cheap in comparison in Tokyo, so thats why im thinking if possible to achieve what I had in mind and not go around Japan that much then I'll just do that. Although being my first time I wouldnt mind going to 1 or 2 other cities.
5. Car hire? is it feasible may get something for a day or two just want some imput on that also if possible.
Please your help would be most appreciated, this trip was booked on really short notice and kind of a spur of the moment thing; and I really dont wanna miss out on seeing all the great things Japan has to offer due to my lack of research or trip planning. A few of you have been there multiple times and I need your knowledge . Main thing I guess is I wanna get engulfed in the car scene and great shopping for electronics / parts etc.
Cheers
Ray