My Short Stay In Japan

[RB2600]

So my partner and I went to Japan for 2 weeks in November.

Having been back for a week or so now, decided that it's time to share some photos of what people on this forum love most; skylines.

Pictures of other random stuff are included as well. Enjoy!

AUTO SELECT in Osaka

Semi's just chilling out the front of AUTO SELECT

TRIAL, just down the road from AUTO SELECT - unfortunately they were closed the first time we went.

Hence, only pictures from a distance...

Thank god this was parked at the very front..

No need for caption

Better view of some other cars too

[RB2600]

So since both workshops were closed, we decided to go back in 2 days, to our surprise, this was the first thing we saw...

AUTO SELECT Yellow Shark R34 GTR

T51R for those who may ask

Carbon fibre - everywhere

The R35 tucked behind was perhaps the most neglected car in the workshop...

View of the rest of the workshop

rivet strengthening

more carbon fibre

waiting for it's new owner

Customer's "street" car...yeah...RIGHT...

Not jealous at all..

The not so friendly guard dog

That's it for now....to be continued tomorrow after well some much needed sleep

[045HOW]

Awwwwwesome

[arcticlink]

nice moar pls

[wannaslide]

nice . when i was in tokyo i didnt see anything like this , just some stock 33's one 32 gtr and a couple stock 34 4 doors , i was disappointed lol .

[RB2600]

Apologies for the long delays..completely forgot that I had started this.

So to continue on from where I left off..

Trial's R32 circuit car

The bottom 33R is my dream....

Close up view

Alcon 6 pot front/4 pot rear

Matsumoto San and myself - If anybody needs a GTR from Osaka or Japan in general, this is the guy to go to. His english is sugoiiii

Dotonbori in Osaka. Really good and cheap noodle place just beside the stairs called Men-Zy

Too bad we didn't have a car

Shibuya intersection @ Hachiko exit

Hachiko - For any of you's that don't know, this is a very famous dog in Japan and there is a movie starring Richard Gere about the true story. It's called "Hachi"

Went to the outer suburbs of Tokyo via a few trains to check out a few GTR's that I was interested in buying to find out that this dealer was closed...sigh

At least we got photos behind the gates...

Mainly interested in this blue one..but alignment of fenders/bonnet and respray could be an indication of something...plus the price

Our disappoint was balanced by the rewarding trip to Super Autobacs though

So much win...

They ran out of the 330mm nardi deep dish wheel I wanted to buy, but it should arrive at my house this week

I want this this this this this this this!

As you can see, only a very small Nismo section. Not to worry, more on that later on.

I ended up buying this And the mrs bought this

It had to be done...

To be continued !!

[RB2600]

nice . when i was in tokyo i didnt see anything like this , just some stock 33's one 32 gtr and a couple stock 34 4 doors , i was disappointed lol .

yeah i know what you mean, especially when you're on public transport. osaka seemed to be the best for scoping out cars. Didn't get the chance to go Daikoku PA with a car so can't comment on what that'd be like.

next time you go, try and plan it out. look up places which you know will have good cars, find their addresses, go there, buy a few things from workshops and chat to them, ask for photos of the cars and with them, make friends have a laugh and your mission is complete.

[bj stan]

as and trial are on osaka? aw why didnt i know this , did they just welcome u into the workshops? my fiancee llives in osaka at the moment got another reason to visit again now lol As for your autobacs pics they couldnt be the one in osaka right? i was there at the end of january and was so disapointed the place was just a bigger jap version of supercrap auto there was virtually nothing there of intrest, however the kakimoto racing subi was there which was pretty sweet

Edited February 23, 2012 by bj stan

[RB2600]

yeah as and trial are about 100m away from each other. not easy to get to though if you're traveling via public transport and foot.

they were very welcoming, allowed me to take unlimited photos despite my poor japanese.

the one i went to is super autobacs in tokyo. it's just across the road from shinonome station. was quite a bit bigger than your average autobarn/supercheap

there was SOME stuff there. alot of interior, exterior stuff, wheels and wide view mirrors lol. it wasnt like you could buy a pfc or turbos off the shelf, perhaps you

could order it through them, which i tried ordering a nardi wheel through them, but it was gonna take two weeks which i didn't have.

I'm sure some would be familiar with this place

waiting room

ended up buying myself a copy

plenty of eye candy

supposedly freshly painted the day before i was there

tbc....

[On Edge]

awesome thread look forward to more!!!

[arcticlink]

so much inspiration, getting very keen for a matsuri mission in 2013, chop my car up at the end and bring some sweet parts home, trip should pay for itself

What's the car at the top of the last thread in the "waiting room"?

[ichi-go]

Awesome photos!! I need to go Japan soon

That's the R390 they used to race in LeMans

[arcticlink]

That's the R390 they used to race in LeMans

That thing is pretty boss, apparently 2 road legal versions where built to satisfy the class rules

[BigMonsterCat]

Photos are awesome. Just got back from Japan myself on Saturday. Went to Nismo Omari factory (was closed) Toyota Megaweb and History Garage and Nissan HQ. Also went to Mazda Factory in Hiroshima. Super jealous you got into nismo. We checked on the web they would be open...

[RB2600]

Nissan HQ in Yokohama? That place is amazing (including the girls).

Re: Nismo Omori factory. What time did you get there and what day? They're known to have wierd trading hours. Sometimes due to attending races I guess.

[elrodeo666]

Nismo Opening Hours English : http://www.nismo.co.jp/shop/shop/omori/shop/index_en.html

Nismo Opening Hours Japanese : http://www.nismo.co.jp/omori_factory/access_map/index.html

Always check the Japanese site and look at the calendar. Red highlighted days are when Nismo is closed !!