Hello All!

I'm off to Japan for 2-weeks Nov. 30 - Dec 17th. then to Borocay for another 1 week after. Just seeing if anyone has been to the land of the rising sun? any input? places that should be visited or seen as a Car Person or just as a adventurer? kinda wish i still had the s2k and headed off to japan. Looking fwd to any info!

Cheers!
Ken

 

Im pretty sure Vu can comment & give good tips for your travels.

 

Rite on JP.

Hook it up Vu! i been searching and planning things all ready, but always ideas and insight from people who already been is great

 

Andrew too

 

I've been to Japan a few times, its an awesome place.

If your going to Tokyo, check out the Tokyo Mega Web in Odaiba it has a lot of cool Toyota related car stuff. Super Autobacs in Tokyo Bay pretty close to Odaiba as well so you can hit that up on the same day.

Spoon sports is located in the outskirts of Tokyo, you'll have to take the Oeido line and walk like a mile or so. When your over there keep walking to Type one where the garage is when I went they had a Mugen Civic RR and a few race CRZs.

If you have a full day take the bullet train/bus to Twin Ring Motegi, they have the Honda Collection hall which is the Honda museum. It'll take a long time to get there though and kinda pricey, but it was one of the highlights for me.

 

Go to Spoon in Ogikubo, the walk from the train is well worth it! They always have some cool stuff happening at Type One. When I go again I definitely plan on trying to go to Motegi to the collection hall, and definitely visit a Super Autobacs if you can, words just can't describe.

I went to the Super Autobacs in Kobe with my friend who was from the area, and ended up getting a ride along in a R-Magic FD3S demo car driven by the owner of the company! Still my favorite FD of all time.








Do you know what part of Japan you are going to be in? Tokyo or Osaka area?

 

Thanks for those recomendations guys! ive added them to the list...

will most likely just be in the Kyoto area & ofcourse Tokyo, 1 week in each area....

 

Lots of great Temples in the Kyoto mountains to check out, makes a great day of sightseeing.

 

My recommendations:
- ASM
- Superautobacs (any location)
- Tuna auction at 5a
- Watch the thousands of people crossing the street at the Shinjuku Station
- Harijuku area

 

im going for 2 weeks a little bit later to tokyo, hokkaido, kyoto, miyajima and the tokyo auto salon. you should consider getting a jrail pass if you are planning on going down to kyoto. for 2 weeks you have plenty of time to travel within japan, id consider tokyo for at least a week and then maybe kyoto for 3 or 4 days. portable wifi in general is really useful if your bringing phone/ipad/laptop. i think the best thing japan has is food esp during the winter. also it should be pretty cold during that time.