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The Tokyo Motor Show was held for the 41st time over the end of October and beginning days of November. Put together for the automobile manufacturers to debut new ideas and machines, the show has been one of the two major automotive shows for over four decades now. The show is a place where masterpieces are revealed, creative renditions are further endorsed and/or squashed. With Chris as the cameraman, we were able to get a great ratio of eye to eye shots with the showcar models. For all pictures with models holding pamphlets, we have the actual pamphlets available! Original fingerprints are included for the models without gloves. First come first serve. Chris's Insight to the Show: Most Popular car: FT-86 (Rebirth of the AE86!!) Most Popular Girls: Subaru B4 Girls (Lost two teeth and got a black eye just to get these pictures) Best Show and Stand: Honda (Robots, Gizmo's and Innovation. 'Creating the never before') Personal Favorites: Daihatsu Deca Deca, and Lotus EXIGE Stealth Here is a link to the official site: http://www.tokyo-motorshow.com/en/index.html More pictures can be found on our blog!! http://rhdjapan.com/rhdblog/blog/2009/11/0...-coverage-2009/

Motor Sport Japan is an event held to give the city folk of Tokyo exposure to the motorsports world. Starting in 2006 and has been increasing in popularity since, the tally for the two day event was over 130,000 people last year. The fourth annual Motorsport Japan event was held last weekend (October 10/11). Put together by the domestic auto makers, race teams and JAF with the concept of letting the event-goers 'see' 'hear' and 'touch' the results of over 50 years of Japanese motor sports evolution, it is a great event for the senses. The event is setup for the spectators to see and hear the high horsepower machines from the Super GT, F3, WRC, F1 upclose in detail. The opportunity to caress a couple of the high quality parts which put racing machines together along with the scent of the racing fuel and tires burnt during demo runs also added a great touch to the event. Given the small area of the Odaiba parking lot the demo runs weren't as spectacular as say, the D1 and MSC drift events however being able to hear the raw sound of the engines powering these powerful machines in their raw form is always a treat. It is unfortunate that we cannot share all of the sensory joys of the event but we would like to share some of the visual aspect with the pictures taken. Hopefully some of the forum members will enjoy the pictures and even mark the calender to make it out during next years event! Additional insight from Takeru: One great attraction for was to get to see Lexus's upcoming supercar, the LF-A in action. The one featured by Toyota at the event was the same LF-A seen tracking around the Nurburgring. (I was half hoping for a close-to-production ready concept, but I guess I will have to wait for the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show.) Its V10 wasn't as impressive as the say the F1, Super GT, and F3 machines exhibited that day (obviously), but it looked easy to maneuver by the driver and seemed very light in its movements around the exhibition lot. Another highlight for me was seeing the Honda FCX Clarity, which, if you watch Top Gear was featured and considered by James and Jeremy to be the true car of the future. Here is a link to the official site: MOTORSPORT JAPAN 2009 Festival in Odaiba More pictures can be found on our blog!!

Itasha Gathering in Odaiba, Tokyo on the 4th of October 2009. For those who are not aware, an Itasha is a car decked out with anime decals! It translate to "painful car", which can be viewed as painfully embarrassing for the owner or painful to their wallets. It is a relatively new scene here in Japan and was very interesting to see. There were some nice example of nicely done up cars which also has the performance to match, so you can laugh at them until they whoop your ass on the track. There were close to 800 cars with not enough time to get the details but we did what was possible to show the event as a whole. Just about any type of vehicle participated in the event from VIP, Imports, Classics, K-Cars, Full tuned Sports, Wagons, Family and ECO. Some may feel that the vehicles have been defaced and some may take a more light-hearted view. One thing that is for certain is that there are alot of creative ways to accent your vehicle with vinyl and many of the designs took alot of time and effort to create. Hope you guy enjoy the pictures and get some creative inspiration out of them. More pictures can be found on our blog!!

For those JDM enthusiasts who also have an affection for Japanese Anime, Kyoei has just released a special series of accessories from the extremely popular anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. These items will allow the JDM enthusiast/Anime Otaku to drift in between reality and the fantasy world. Full Boost your AT Field!!

Hello, this is Patrick with RHDJapan checking on a couple different forums that our customers have recommended us to. In regards to any stock level, lead time and shipping time information we are always ready to answer any questions via the mail address or phone number listed on our site. It is true that many body parts are made to order with the manufacturers and we do have several different services available depending on the timeframe in which the part(s) are needed. If there are any other questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us.

Hello to all from RHDJapan!! First off we hope that everyone had a great New Year and would like to wish everyone a healthy and exiting 2009!! Along with the start of the New Year come the Tokyo Auto Salon and RHDJapan was there early on Friday getting coverage for those who could not make the trip to Japan for this event. Additional coverage from the event can be found at the following link: TAS 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 - a set on Flickr You can sit back and watch the slide show at the following link: TAS 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 The photo set is only a start to the coverage of the event. More photos from the 9th, 10th and 11th will be uploaded soon. Please stay posted!!

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Thank you for all of the praise. We will continue to fulfill all requests and process all orders without haste in addition to providing excellent communication with all customers. Shipping points are back in effect and more items are posted daily. Thanks again for all of your support!!

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We are far from running a scam, all of our business information and contact information is clearly listed on our site and we normally answer all e-mails within 24hrs.

Hello, this is Patrick from RHDJapan. Many of you have done business with us in the past and some may have never heard of us. After several years of developing our business here in Tokyo Japan we have finally got enough time to take care of all the day to day orders and requests and will be spending more time on the forums. During our travels to the different forums we will be looking for more forums to sponsor as well as adding helpful information along with addressing any questions or concerns about our business that have been started on the forums. Wishing all the best from RHDJapan!! Patrick, Russell, Kazuki, Masa, Rasmus, Takeru, Norlio and Maru!!

hello, this is Patrick from the RHDJapan team. Thank you for the kind words and we will continue to provide the overseas community with anything that you guys would like to see from Japan. Whether it is the smallest of washers/bolts to a full size container, just let us know and we will be more than happy to let you know how we can help out.