Comments for Japanese Nostalgic Car - Blog http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog The official blog of Japanese Nostalgic Car magazine Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:57:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Nostalgic Japanese Police Cars by cesariojpn http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2010/03/18/japanese-policea-cars-through-the-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-13121 cesariojpn Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:57:34 +0000 http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/?p=10390#comment-13121 And police vans seem to be destined for Gaisensha duty. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is7P4Cj4ifw And police vans seem to be destined for Gaisensha duty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is7P4Cj4ifw

]]> Comment on Nostalgic Japanese Police Cars by TommyJ http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2010/03/18/japanese-policea-cars-through-the-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-13120 TommyJ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:25:40 +0000 http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/?p=10390#comment-13120 The zoom drove me nuts. Next car i get is receiving the Japanese police car paint job! The zoom drove me nuts. Next car i get is receiving the Japanese police car paint job!

]]> Comment on Add JNC to your iPhone by NostalgicsAreCool http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2010/03/08/add-jnc-to-your-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-13118 NostalgicsAreCool Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:48:57 +0000 http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/?p=10008#comment-13118 I wish I had this for my Droid :( I wish I had this for my Droid :(

]]> Comment on The Evolution of the JNC Stamp by Dan http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2010/03/15/the-evolution-of-the-jnc-sticker/comment-page-1/#comment-13117 Dan Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:27:24 +0000 http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/?p=9954#comment-13117 @kingtoy - Turns out our sticker guy does patches as well. Thanks for the offer though! @kingtoy – Turns out our sticker guy does patches as well. Thanks for the offer though!

]]> Comment on Bless Your Car, JDM Style by JT191 http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2010/03/17/bless-your-car-jdm-style/comment-page-1/#comment-13116 JT191 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:05:33 +0000 http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/?p=10338#comment-13116 The car was designed by a Shinto-Buddhist, built by a company owned by Shinto-Buddhist, the workers on the assembly line were Shinto-Buddhist. Shinto and the ancient Animism beliefs of Japan hold that all things, even inanimate objects, have a Kami (spirit or soul). A lifetime of working with cars that sometimes act temperamental, cease working for no reason, and start working again for no apparent reason, and I am absolutely certain that cars have souls and consciousness. And given the origin of the cars I am dealing with, I'm sure they are Shinto-Buddhist. I am also sure that if I put a little Saint statue on the dashboard of my Shinto-Buddhist car, it's going to punish me for not respecting it's religion. The car doesn't care what my religion is, or what the religion of the other cars or motorists around it. It's Shinto-Buddhist and it's happy with that. So I have put together little strings of Omamori charms that look more like charm bracelets. Some I picked up myself at Ise and Miyajima, others I asked friends to send me. But these are all for driving safety and every region has a temple or shrine specializing in driving safety with brisk sales of their driving safety Omamori. The funny thing is that when I talk to friends and say "The car broke down, the Omamori didn't work.", they respond with "Well, you didn't get hurt, the Omamori worked.". So I have not been able to find an Omamori specifically for protecting the automobile itself. And I have not found an Omamori for victory in racing competition. The closest seems to be the Daruma charms for luck with college entrance exams. There is supposed to be a temple in the north that specializes in sports, but I have never managed to get there. The car was designed by a Shinto-Buddhist, built by a company owned by Shinto-Buddhist, the workers on the assembly line were Shinto-Buddhist. Shinto and the ancient Animism beliefs of Japan hold that all things, even inanimate objects, have a Kami (spirit or soul). A lifetime of working with cars that sometimes act temperamental, cease working for no reason, and start working again for no apparent reason, and I am absolutely certain that cars have souls and consciousness. And given the origin of the cars I am dealing with, I’m sure they are Shinto-Buddhist. I am also sure that if I put a little Saint statue on the dashboard of my Shinto-Buddhist car, it’s going to punish me for not respecting it’s religion. The car doesn’t care what my religion is, or what the religion of the other cars or motorists around it. It’s Shinto-Buddhist and it’s happy with that. So I have put together little strings of Omamori charms that look more like charm bracelets. Some I picked up myself at Ise and Miyajima, others I asked friends to send me. But these are all for driving safety and every region has a temple or shrine specializing in driving safety with brisk sales of their driving safety Omamori. The funny thing is that when I talk to friends and say “The car broke down, the Omamori didn’t work.”, they respond with “Well, you didn’t get hurt, the Omamori worked.”. So I have not been able to find an Omamori specifically for protecting the automobile itself. And I have not found an Omamori for victory in racing competition. The closest seems to be the Daruma charms for luck with college entrance exams. There is supposed to be a temple in the north that specializes in sports, but I have never managed to get there.

]]> Comment on Bless Your Car, JDM Style by Ben http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2010/03/17/bless-your-car-jdm-style/comment-page-1/#comment-13115 Ben Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:57:51 +0000 http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/?p=10338#comment-13115 j_c, got pics? j_c, got pics?

]]> Comment on Bless Your Car, JDM Style by j_c http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2010/03/17/bless-your-car-jdm-style/comment-page-1/#comment-13114 j_c Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:55:53 +0000 http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/?p=10338#comment-13114 My RX-7 has a traffic luck charm my dad brought back when he was on a business trip to Tokyo. My RX-7 has a traffic luck charm my dad brought back when he was on a business trip to Tokyo.

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