Bakadesu!!!

In the first one, she says "saikou", which means something along those lines. I apologise in advance.

First one: If you love it so much, just go and drive it. Second: If you're a man, just go and drive it. Then the announcer says says "We've honed it's style for driving fast. Introducing the new Skyline."

They've turned that Up Garage into a Riders now, so they only have bike stuff there, not car stuff.

It's called "kyokudome adoresu" 「局留めアドレス」. Why not just get it sent to your work?

Probably because they don't need to use them super regularly. Red border dealer plates can be attached to any vehicle without needing to go and pick up a set from the city office. Only designated employees of the company can drive on them legally though.

Trade plates have a red border, not a red slash. Red slash plates can be issued temporarily from town offices to drive cars that don't have rego. You need to hold a valid licence and local third-party insurance as well as supply some other various bits of paperwork and ID.

They haven't set this year's date yet. It will probably be in summer sometime. It's run by Kazama Auto --> http://www.kazamaauto.co.jp/base.html

It's "okonomimura".

Vertex is the name of the line of aero parts they make. The company is called Car Make T&E. Car Make T&E is located here. You can see it across the street. The workshop where they actually build cars is called Sui:Vax (pronounced "swee-vah") and is kind of nearby, located here.

The Vertex business you listed appears to be a Volvo accessory company.

Look again. D1 Street Legal, not D1.

Is this Syd Obs Geoff? Send Alexi an email!

Not that many shops in Japan always carry a full range of parts on the shelf, because most parts companies can ship out any part you want in a day or two at the most, so it's not worth them wasting the floor space or money. The best way to do things is to print out a page from Defi's website before you go and circle the parts numbers of the ones you want. If there are pictures on the page you can point at, that helps too, since the people in the shop will usually be worried about making sure you're ordering the parts you want. After that, pay them in cash (which often gets a discount) and have the parts delivered to the hotel you're staying in. They should arrive in a couple of days.

Bahahah... f*kushima. Love that censor.

The Beppin around Mt Fuji are quite nice, yes.