Japan in a Van Archives - Page 4 of 4 - Juiceboxforyou

Let’s move onto the display area that was up in the main entrance. It appeared to be an old go-kart track set up to display a couple of hundred epic road cars. I’m laughing as I put this article together; I can distinctly remember the panic looking at these cars.

The display is hidden from sight as you make your way up from the central car park. It catches you off guard, and you are left trying to figure out what path to navigate 200 plus epic road-going AE86’s. I’ve broken this into two parts so a fellow Corolla enthusiast can digest each piece.

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I have hundreds of photos from 86 festival, and to be honest, I’m going to post most of them here on the website for others to enjoy. There’s always a severe amount of cars at these events, and with most other websites, people have a limit or try to cut down the size of a post to keep things to a digestible amount. Not here! I’m going to dump pretty much anything I thought was cool onto the site over the next few days, broken up into six different blog posts. Just so you guys can get a comprehensive look at what was arguably the most incredible event I’ve ever been to in my life. 

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Hachiroku Heaven! We head to AE86 Festival In Okayama. Japan’s largest annual gathering of Levin and Trueno’s celebrating the AE86 & AE85 chassis. From N2 race cars to Initial D machines, this is arguably the greatest 86 gathering on earth.

We were redoing our very first trip all over again, but no one was complaining. We had to check out Global Auto before it closed, arguably the most incredible line up of Japanese dream cars globally; the view at this place is entirely surreal, like something out of a video game. Continue Reading

After drooling at Endless, we made our way to Impulse. These shops are in the Hyogo area and about a twenty-minute drive from each other.

As we mentioned in the video, taking the back roads is the most fun. You never know what’s hiding down a side street. This AE86 pair was a pleasant surprise; both looked like they hadn’t moved in quite some time, and it stopped us in our tracks. I guess this stuff is still out there to find!

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The next day, we were flung straight into the deep end. We hit up an Autobacs, which was just down the street from our hotel room, for a quick look; the car park at any Auto parts shop always has a few gems. Our aircon was broken, which resulted in an incredibly humid night’s sleep, but that didn’t dampen our spirits.

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So we were keen to get back to Japan. Our first taste of it was a plan that fell apart back in 2016. We wanted to get back out there and give ourselves plenty of time to try and do whatever we could. We had a very loose plan, go to 86 fest in Okayama on the third day, meet some Honda guys, collect some 86 parts and catch up with the CSS crew; we would make the rest up as we go along.

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In 2019 we went back to Japan. Hungry for more after “Japan Without a Plan”, we aimed to seek out AE86’s, Street drifting, Kanjo culture, tuning shops and much more.

In this eleven-part special, we buy another van and travel up the east coast, documenting as much as we could, getting ourselves into some hilarious situations.

Enjoy our journey through Japanese car culture over the next few weeks. This one has been a long time coming.