Who wants to goto Japan with me!

[blwnrtr93]

I'm going to buy a lottery ticket this weekend. Maybe then I'll have the money to finish up the FD and hang in the land of the rising sun. Keep your fingers crossed.

[fikren]

well we could always start a rotarycarclub lottery pool. Everyone chip in a couple of bucks a week, we will paypal it to someone in a state that has the biggest drawing that week and then all split the take.

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by circuit theory

Well todays lunch was crap so I am back early

Ok to start I will just toss out things that can be done and events that you could go to. After that you guys can bicker about what you want to do and what you dont want to do and what you feel so so about etc...

Please keep in Mind I am in the Kanto area (tokyo area).


Things to do:
1: If you didnt know I will inform you now, this place is RX-7 heaven, literally year round there are 7 meetings and track days all over, and I dont just mean a simple Taco bell parking lot 10 car meeting. So When coming it should not be to difficult to arrange a 7 event or join up with one

2: Time attack, December is the start of the time attack months and usually lasts until early march. There are some summer and spring time attack events but record breaking times are not set during those periods.

3: Track events. For me coming to Japan from Southern California I came here despising drifting. Mostly because so many people associated with drifting state side are mega tools and I did not want to associate with them lol. However since coming to Japan I have learned to respect drifting a bit more since it is not just young kids and fan boys doing it. A good percentage of the guys drifting here are in their late 30's to early 40`s hahaha. Ok so what I am saying is checking out a drift or a mixed drift and grip day is not as bad as it sound for you guys that have not experienced it here in Japan. I think Carol can vouch for that.

4: Used parts shopping, Retail parts shopping, Mazda OEM parts shopping

5: Tuner tours. Ideally it is best to meet the tuners on neutral ground at first, such as at a track event or 7 meeting etc... Then after meeting them once they will be much more welcoming and excited to have a group of foriegners invading their shop hahaha. I think Carol can also vouch for this.
A quick list of recognizeable shop names that could be visited:
RE-Amemiya
PanSpeed
Garage Kagotani
Amuse
Knight Sports
Wise One
R-magic
Scoot
Kazama Auto
Yashio Factory
G-corporation
PowerVehicles
etc...

6: Driving on a track in Japan. Ok so I work out of/with Wise One Auto and have been playing with the idea of setting up a couple cars for use/rental by people visiting Japan that want to race here on some of the famous circuits, tracks.
Given the right amount of time I could have a couple cars for rental and use at the track. This will take quite a bit of planning. So the more time I am given and the earlier I know who is 95 to 100% sure they want to drive here, the better chance we have at making this a reality.

7: Beer museums. Kind of a no brainer there you dont really need my help for that.

8: Track tours, tracks in the Kanto area that could be visited or driven at are:
Tsukuba Circuit TC2000 & TC1000, Fuji International Speedway, Twin Rings Motegi, Nikko, Honjo, Mobara, and Ebisu.

9: Not sure but possibly visit USS Noda (the largest car auction in the world) some cool cars there and it is also an amazing place size and organization wise.

10: Visiting the SUPER TYTE JDM TOUGE'S lol This is actually a worthwhile thing to do one evening. Both Grip and Drift cars run at night until the early morning.

You can add on or ask about other things and the chances of getting them in.
I will stop this post here and let you guys fill out some of the other ideas and answer any questions via pm or in this thread.

Thanks
Tom

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Awesome!

I would like to add Mazda museum!

The track thing sound great!!

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by circuit theory

Well todays lunch was crap so I am back early

Ok to start I will just toss out things that can be done and events that you could go to. After that you guys can bicker about what you want to do and what you dont want to do and what you feel so so about etc...

Please keep in Mind I am in the Kanto area (tokyo area).


Things to do:
1: If you didnt know I will inform you now, this place is RX-7 heaven, literally year round there are 7 meetings and track days all over, and I dont just mean a simple Taco bell parking lot 10 car meeting. So When coming it should not be to difficult to arrange a 7 event or join up with one

2: Time attack, December is the start of the time attack months and usually lasts until early march. There are some summer and spring time attack events but record breaking times are not set during those periods.

3: Track events. For me coming to Japan from Southern California I came here despising drifting. Mostly because so many people associated with drifting state side are mega tools and I did not want to associate with them lol. However since coming to Japan I have learned to respect drifting a bit more since it is not just young kids and fan boys doing it. A good percentage of the guys drifting here are in their late 30's to early 40`s hahaha. Ok so what I am saying is checking out a drift or a mixed drift and grip day is not as bad as it sound for you guys that have not experienced it here in Japan. I think Carol can vouch for that.

4: Used parts shopping, Retail parts shopping, Mazda OEM parts shopping

5: Tuner tours. Ideally it is best to meet the tuners on neutral ground at first, such as at a track event or 7 meeting etc... Then after meeting them once they will be much more welcoming and excited to have a group of foriegners invading their shop hahaha. I think Carol can also vouch for this.
A quick list of recognizeable shop names that could be visited:
RE-Amemiya
PanSpeed
Garage Kagotani
Amuse
Knight Sports
Wise One
R-magic
Scoot
Kazama Auto
Yashio Factory
G-corporation
PowerVehicles
etc...

6: Driving on a track in Japan. Ok so I work out of/with Wise One Auto and have been playing with the idea of setting up a couple cars for use/rental by people visiting Japan that want to race here on some of the famous circuits, tracks.
Given the right amount of time I could have a couple cars for rental and use at the track. This will take quite a bit of planning. So the more time I am given and the earlier I know who is 95 to 100% sure they want to drive here, the better chance we have at making this a reality.

7: Beer museums. Kind of a no brainer there you dont really need my help for that.

8: Track tours, tracks in the Kanto area that could be visited or driven at are:
Tsukuba Circuit TC2000 & TC1000, Fuji International Speedway, Twin Rings Motegi, Nikko, Honjo, Mobara, and Ebisu.

9: Not sure but possibly visit USS Noda (the largest car auction in the world) some cool cars there and it is also an amazing place size and organization wise.

10: Visiting the SUPER TYTE JDM TOUGE'S lol This is actually a worthwhile thing to do one evening. Both Grip and Drift cars run at night until the early morning.

You can add on or ask about other things and the chances of getting them in.
I will stop this post here and let you guys fill out some of the other ideas and answer any questions via pm or in this thread.

Thanks
Tom

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12:

13:

14:......

Awesome!

I would like to add Mazda museum!

The track thing sound great!!

[circuit theory]

If we catch an Admin double posting on the "new and improved site" do we get an extra 500 posts added? I see Herblenny has plenty to spare!
lol
I will look into the Mazda museum. It is on the West Coast of Japan and would take about 2 days out of the trip or one really busy day to go there and come back if you guys were only coming for one week. Or the guys that are able to stay longer than a week could make a trip out there. We can work that out once we start gettting some more people that will definately be going and then hammer out some dates.

PS: You can tac on those 500 posts whenever you have a spare second

[Herblenny]

LOL! Done...

[fire85gslse]

Man, this would be a awesome trip with a group of people.

[fikren]

Originally Posted by fire85gslse

Man, this would be a awesome trip with a group of people.

That it would be. I'm definatly in if we are going to be looking near or in the summer of 09. Gives me plenty of time to set some cash back.

At least in a group we will be able to understand each other.

[Pourman]

I haven't been to Japan in about 10 years ... my father is there now at times , in Sacebo ... I've been trying to get him to shop for me over there for parts , but Sacebo is a small place , and i'm not sure of the parts availability there ... STILL trying though

[DriftingFC]

Im sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo In on this!!!!! I have been TRYING to get to the Tokyo Auto Salon for like 8 years now. Since SEMA is like 2 months prior, I always seem to never have the money to go. Go figure, I like Blackjack! lol

Keep the info coming about pricing and what not. Im also down for going to some Togue fun! Grip and drift. Mazda factory/museum tuner shops sight seeing whatever!

[Herblenny]

I've chatted with TOM and we need to keep the size kind of to minimal.. I dont think thats going to be an issue since not many of us can drop 2K and a week off from work..

As of now, we are going to shoot for 5-6 people trip. Reason being most vans capacity is 5-6.. If more people are interested.. we could go 2 vans or try to find bigger 9 passenger van.

Cost, Well, I think it would be nice for all of us to meet somewhere and fly together to Japan.. Meeting at Japan might be pain in the ass to organize time and such..

Also, this way you could come to the city we are going to depart, hang out for a night, get in the plane and be extremely tired because of the time change... LOL!

Lets start off with a list, and post time of month you are good in 2009... or fall of 2008..

1. ME, Herblenny - Good for Fall of 2008, March-July 2009.

[DriftingFC]

1. ME, Herblenny - Good for Fall of 2008, March-July 2009.
2. Me, DriftingFC (craig)-Good for March-July 2009 (08 just not enough time for me)

[fikren]

1. ME, Herblenny - Good for Fall of 2008, March-July 2009.
2. Me, DriftingFC (craig)-Good for March-July 2009 (08 just not enough time for me)
3. Me, Fikren + wife - good for march-July 2009

[20b 3rd gen]

1. ME, Herblenny - Good for Fall of 2008, March-July 2009.
2. Me, DriftingFC (craig)-Good for March-July 2009 (08 just not enough time for me)
3. Me, Fikren + wife - good for march-July 2009
4. Me, 20b 3rd gen - good for anytime after March 09

[Brent]

1. ME, Herblenny - Good for Fall of 2008, March-July 2009.
2. Me, DriftingFC (craig)-Good for March-July 2009 (08 just not enough time for me)
3. Me, Fikren + wife - good for march-July 2009
4. Me, 20b 3rd gen - good for anytime after March 09
5. Brent- Good once I get back in country early June 2009