Comments on: USELESSLY COOL: X71 Chaser drifter at Nikko

By: karl

karl — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:09:14 +0000

swastika is a sign of peace in some countries

By: DAN-XIII

DAN-XIII — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:44:11 +0000

such a rad car, love the old school look.
my grandma had that same buddhism symbol at her house.
at first i was like wtf is she secretly a neo nazi? but the swastika is flipped the other way around.

By: deftstyle

deftstyle — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:59:06 +0000

Looks sweet!

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:57:07 +0000

I knew it had something to do with Buddhism, I saw this sign on so much bollywood movies and stuff. As for the meaning in the West “somebody” took the sign and fucked it up like, for ever!

By: toyotageek

toyotageek — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:54:22 +0000

Sweet Toyota!

@ Warren “Whats up with the thing on the rear plate, I saw it on so much “old school” drift cars!” & Babalouie “I think the swastika was a symbol of a bosozoku gang that was the focus of an old Japanese movie called “Godspeed You! Black Emperor”. So it’s kinda a JDM rebel-biker thing.”

The Japanese swastika is known as a manji, and as far it’s use in Japanese culture, it is tied in with Buddhism. It represents Dharma, harmony & balance. When facing right it is the ura manji, which represents strength and intelligence. When it is facing left, as on the Chaser, it is the omote manji, which represents love and mercy. What it has to do with Boso-culture, I’m not sure. Anyway, it does not have the same meaning in Japan as it does in the west.

By: Babalouie

Babalouie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:08:39 +0000

I think the swastika was a symbol of a bosozoku gang that was the focus of an old Japanese movie called “Godspeed You! Black Emperor”. So it’s kinda a JDM rebel-biker thing.

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:22:35 +0000

X71 are even more rad then X81!

Whats up with the thing on the rear plate, I saw it on so much “old school” drift cars!

By: Japanese Nostalgic Car - Blog » Blog Archive » Nostalgic Drift!

Japanese Nostalgic Car - Blog » Blog Archive » Nostalgic Drift! — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:09:39 +0000

[...] Alexi, a good friend of mine runs the excellent Nori Yaro - Japan Car Life Blog. An expat Australian in Japan, Alexi’s living the life drifting and immersing himself in grassroots car culture over there. Last weekend, he spotted this nostalgic ride at a local drift meet at Nikko Circuit. More details here. [...]

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:47:15 +0000

that’s one badass car.

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:46:48 +0000

Pure gold!!!! and so is his helmet…ha ha love this car!