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Yep I worked it out the hard way!

Actually completed the mission and got out there though! Well worth the extra effort, it's about 100x more interesting than the old one. Got plenty of photos and bought some small things and a team jacket. Can't post any photos but if you check out the SAU page on fb they are up on there.

So I checked out autobacs in the hope they might have some cool stuff but all they had were some razo shit, a hks pod filter and about a million different types of car fragrance. Where do the locals buy their bride, tomei, greddy, hks etc gear?

super autobacs in tokyo bay.

they've got a decent range of wheels, plenty of recaros, brides, takata harnesses, some GTR hyper rev mags, some nismo gear, aisles of air fresheners, rear view mirrors, defis, pretty much the works.

  On 08/04/2013 at 8:37 AM, JDM33 said:

was it hard to get to the nismo factory? im heading to japan in a couple of weeks and THIS would be awesome to visit

Take the train to JR Tsurumi and catch a cab. Getting to Tsurumi is easy, telling the cabbie where to go is a bit more of a challenge as my one got a bit confused at first but then called on the rado and worked it out. It's not as convenient as the old Omori Factory but it's definitely worth the effort. Probably about an hour out of Tokyo. Take some directions in Japanese with you. And be sure to ask the nice lady at the Nismo counter to get you a cab back to Tsurumi :)

Oh and don't follow the instructions on the Nismo english website! They haven't updated the location of the new Nismo HQ. Check this out http://www.nismo.co.jp/showroom/accessmap/img/map_img.png

  On 08/04/2013 at 8:37 AM, JDM33 said:

was it hard to get to the nismo factory? im heading to japan in a couple of weeks and THIS would be awesome to visit

  On 09/04/2013 at 4:31 AM, JimmyRickard said:

Take the train to JR Tsurumi and catch a cab.

Namamuggi station is the station you want to get to. It's much closer than Tsurumi station though it's not on the JR line (only an issue if youre sticking to JR lines due to having a JR pass). From here you can either walk about 15 - 20 minutes or try your luck finding a cab. There aren't many out that side of town as it is an industrial area :/

Ramie, mate hire a car punch in phone number into gps job done ! You can ask for english gps .

Having a car you can hit half a dozen workshops in near by areas plus pop into daikoku.

You'll see a lot more with a car and have the freedom to go where ever you want and driving in Japan is easy.

If you haven't booked your hotel I can help you line up a cheap place with car park and can help sort rental car, I use Japanese web booking sites and have club cards so get deals. Send me pm or email me if you want.

One thing to keep in mind , Golden Week (27/4 ~ 06/05) is not far away and Japan shuts down big time plus getting hotels or car rentals are extremely difficult and travelling on trains through this time..forget it, its a total nightmare.

lucky then, i will be getting into Japan just after that time period :)

i've already purchased a rail pass, so i'll just get my head around things this first trip and be more adventurous the second time around.

thanks for the offer though marcus, really appreciate it

  • 1 month later...

Elrodeo666 knows his stuff. I lived in Japan for 7 years and his comments are on the money. and sometimes even just successfully finding these places is half the fun, as you might not see as much as you expected once you get there.

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