it depends on where you are man.. in Okinawa, Japan because there's a large percent of American military personnel it's kinda pop culture to have a "performance car" or what not. I see about 30-40 33's each day. As for Mainland Japan.. the real "Japan".. I've seen a trend in sales across the board.. Japanese people are infatuated with the newest and latest thing... so basically in relation to cars the you don't really have anything that's a S13, 14, 15 or R32, 33, 34 equivalent right now on the market.. it's all about boxy or vip cars.. getting back to the point of what I'm trying to say.. ... Japanese people keep selling their stuff to buy the newest thing... and the cycle keeps repeating... Japan auto wise it feels like the car scene performance wise is dying out.. the "performance" cars these days is something only the rich can afford.... not really for the diehard enthusist anymore. To add onto that I have a funny story... My friend was in a 180sx and a R35 pulled up next to him at the stop light. He gives the Japanese guy a thumbs up cause he's driving a R35. He guy (who's obviously wealthy.. he's even wearing a suit in the car) just laughs at him and punches the gas on the green light.
I donno sorry for my little rant. That's just how it seems to me. It's kinda cool cause if you live in Japan you can get these cars for dirt cheap because of this(not in Okinawa, Japan but in Mainland Japan)...