By Alexi in
01-02-2010 10:57 pm
Once again, just like last year (part one here and part two here), I turned up right at the end of the day when everyone was leaving.
I suppose you want an excuse? Well, I had a very big Friday night which led into a very big Saturday night which finally ended at a club at 6:00AM on the Sunday morning of the show. The club is actually only about fifteen minutes by train from the Odaiba parking lot, but I didn’t have my equipment on me, and I also really needed some sleep and a change of clothes. If it’s any consolation, I had a great time, thanks.
Enjoy the pics I did actually take.
やばい！遅くなった！今日の取材はＪＣＣＡの２０１０お台場ミーティングだけど、そんなにたくさん写真がないです。イベントは１６：００で終わりました。１６：１４で到着しました！金曜日から日曜日の朝までは新宿と歌舞伎町と池袋で遊んだ。ちょっとやりすぎた！ごめんなさい旧車會のみんなさん！
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By Alexi in
27-01-2010 2:41 pm
In the week following the Tokyo Auto Salon, I worked as a driver, translator and phone-call-making guy for the Autosalon magazine guys as they toured and reported on a bunch of workshops and aftermarket parts factories.
The one that stands out most to me was the final one we visited: Mine’s.
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By Alexi in
24-01-2010 11:20 pm
I thought Australians were good at finding excuses to slack off and go drinking.
Late last year, I attended quite a few bounenkai or “year end parties”. The word literally means “forget the year meeting”, which with the aid of lots of alcohol, isn’t hard to do.
Not only that, less than a month later, everyone is having a shinnenkai or “new year party”, in which everyone gets together and talks about how good the coming year will be, and what they’re planning to do. Last night, I attended the Garage LFW shinnenkai, who have recently announced their D1 Street Legal campaign team, headed by last year’s third-ranked Seimi Tanaka.
Garage LFW’s boss, Satoshi Nakatani, said that I don’t put enough of his stuff on Noriyaro, so here’s a shot of his S14 at engine builders STF from the other day.
By Alexi in
16-01-2010 4:01 am
I don’t know if I should be saying that my favourite car at the Autosalon is from the 70s, but it just is.
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By Alexi in
24-11-2009 7:42 pm
“My driving kind of sucks today.” Haruyama said.
It’s all relative, I guess.
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By Alexi in
23-11-2009 11:50 am
Monday was a public holiday here in Japan. “Kinrō Kansha no Hi”, otherwise known as “Labour Thanksgiving Day”.
I couldn’t think of a better way to spend it than to “do work” at the Car Modify Wonder soukoukai at Nikko Circuit.
月曜日は勤労感謝の日だけど、休みじゃなかった。ＷＯＮＤＥＲ走行会に行こう！
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By Alexi in
15-10-2009 4:38 am
Here’s another car that was parked at Fuji Speedway recently, nicely slammed on some Blitz 03 wheels. It’s the Drift Tengoku project GT-R that belongs to the editor, Ryuusuke Kawasaki.
For those that follow Doriten, the legendary pink and white JZX90 Chaser has finally run out of registration, so they’re moving on to a JZX100 Cresta kouki. I can’t wait to see that!
Kawasaki-san told me that he regularly reads Noriyaro, and reckons the photography is cool. Not bad eh?
これはドリ天の編集長川崎さんのＧＴ－Ｒです。シ～ブイ！じゃ、ドリ天のＪＺＸ１００クレスタを早くメイクしてね、川崎さん！
By Alexi in
12-10-2009 1:25 am
Here’s something I spotted parked next to my car in the media carpark at Fuji Speedway, a K11 March by Impul.
I totally would.
