I love revisiting old photo folders on my hard drives as I always find pictures that I never got round to editing the first time round. Here are a handful of leftovers that I’ve just found from my trip to Meihan Sportsland back in September 2016.
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I’m still playing catch up on blog posts from my Japan trips so you’ll have to bear with me while I work through them them one by one! This batch of photos was taken in the Motorland Mikawa car park in March 2016, just after I had parked the Mazda Demio […]
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I didn’t know too much about this S15 or its owner when I stumbled across it in the pits at Meihan Sportsland last September but I knew I needed to take a closer look. The type of cars present on this particular mid-week practice day generally fell into one of […]
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If you venture away from the likes Tokyo and Yokohama and find yourself at a car event in a more far-removed location, you’re quite likely to be the only Westerner in attendance. While I was at the Ultimate Royals event in Kobe back in September I thought I was the […]
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When I visited Meihan Sportsland back in September there was no end of D1 and Formula Drift Japan drivers laying it down in the expert class. However, there was one driver in particular who was consistently throwing down the biggest entries and closest wall runs, lap after lap. Kunihiko Teramachi […]
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I was going through some of my video footage the other day that I took at this year’s only R32-only drift day when I noticed a split-second frame of A-Bo-Moon team leader, A-Bo Satsukawa, glancing at me as he ran the Motorland Mikawa wall. I thought this was too much […]
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It’s a cliche to say it but that’s because it is extremely true: you can always find something weird, wonderful and automotive-based in Japan if you walk or drive far enough. I spotted this particular JZX100 in the staff parking area of a 7-11 while I was waiting for the […]
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There aren’t too many of drifting’s original forefathers still taking part in the sport, with many either losing interest, growing older with families and other commitments or, in many cases, both. Chunky Bai is one of Japan’s drif OGs, having been a part of Osaka’s legendary street drifting scene since […]
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Some raw footage that I filmed of the ex-SuperMade C33 Laurel drifting at Meihan Sportsland last month. It looked like the new owner was having a blast getting to grips with what was one of the more unique cars to compete in Formula Drift Japan. I must admit, I have […]
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