Category Archives: japan
M. Yokota Vintage Rally
Remember the M. Yokota Collection, the vintage car museum/chocalatier/squirrel zoo in Gumna Prefecture? Clearly, a mind as active and eccentric as that of Mr. Yokota’s cannot be easily calmed. The latest manifestation of his love for nostalgics is the M. … Continue reading
Nissan's Real Life Dream Garage
Remember those 90s Nissan commercials starring Mr. K as a magical Willy Wonka-like figure holding the golden ticket to an automotive wonderland? For young car nuts like us, those ads expressed, in full cinematic color, the entirety of what was … Continue reading
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Vans, They Are A-Rockin'
There’s a new magazine in town, if your town happens to be in Japan. It’s called Street Van & Wagon, and we know painfully little about it. We can see that it’s about longbacked cars from the 60s – 80s, … Continue reading
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Return of Nissan's Own GT-R
Unless you’ve spent the last two years being probed in an alien mothership, you know of the triumphant return of Nissan’s GT-R, which (finally!) debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show this week. But at the recent Motorsport Japan 2007 festival, … Continue reading
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More Retro at the ToMoShow
By the time you read this, the Tokyo Motor Show will be in full swing, with concepts revealed by the minute. Unfortunately, our Cressida can’t drive on water (yet?) so we’ll have to admire the festivities from afar. That said, … Continue reading
Awesome Blossom
The 2007 Tokyo Motor Show is about to kick off in a matter of days now, and concept photos have been hitting teh internets like a celebrity sex tape. We’ve already noted the Honda CR-Z concept that may portend a … Continue reading
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EVENTS: Kanto Industrial College Summer Festival
Our man in Japan Satoshi Furuuchi recently attended the Kanto Industrial College Summer Festival. Check out his article here.
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Random House, Part II
So recently we found out about the M. Yokota Collection, a museum in the village of Ikaho in Gunma Prefecture that has – in addition to a fantastic heap of nostalgics – a wine & chocolate shop, vast amounts of … Continue reading
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Random House: Wine, Dolls, Squirrels, Cars
Rarely has more random a grouping been the theme of a single museum, but the M. Yokota Collection has all that and more. In fact, if you go by the sign in front of the building, it’s proper name is … Continue reading
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Once Upon a Time Machine
“If you’re gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?” says Doc Brown. Words to live by, except that a brushed stainless bird tainted by cocaine money and a Renault engine isn’t really … Continue reading
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Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do?
Our compadres at grandJDM have unearthed yet another JDM clothing line. They’re Kaminari69, purveyors of “Japanese Badboy Kulture,” They like hakosuka Skylines, skulls, and horns that play music. They’ve been featured in the likes of J’s Tipo, Daytona, and Ignite … Continue reading
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The Art of Car
If being deformed sounds bad, then super-deformed must be worse, right? Well, not if you’re in Japan. For whatever reason, the Japanese just love taking perfectly good cars and deforming their classic proportions to make cartoony illustrations or extremely cute … Continue reading
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Super Heroes: Nostalgic Hero's Top 50 Japanese Classics
Don’t know how we missed this one, but we were going through the forums the other day and discovered member pecx’s post about Nostalgic Hero‘s Best 50 nostalgic cars of all time. It’s always risky ranking things in a formal … Continue reading
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Samuridin' Dirty
We get so absorbed by cars that we’re often rendered clueless when it comes to those swaths of fabric that drape your body…. what’s the word? Oh right, clothes. Apparently, a greasy t-shirt from the last car show you attended … Continue reading
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We Love Love Old Cars
One of the many irrational anxieties that haunt us incessantly is the fear that every day, countless nostalgics are needlessly crushed as a result of Japan’s prohibitive auto registration laws, lack of parking space, and fashions that change by the … Continue reading
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I Say Amon!
Long before there was japanesenostalgiccar.com, there was just plain nostalgiccar.com, a Japanese site that, as far as we can tell, is a dealer called Amon and trades in minty fresh vintage J-rides. Clearly by being, in fact, Japanese, they didn’t … Continue reading
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Random Pic: Crown Town
It seems that Toyota is all too happy to promote their heritage in any country except the US. When the twelfth generation S180 Crown debuted in J-land, Toyota brought out eleven of its ancestors to promote one of the longest-running … Continue reading
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Random Pic: Toyotas Infiltrate Honda Museum
One of the best things about car musuems in Japan, other than the fact that they’re museums, situated in Japan, and chock full of classic Japanese cars, is that they aren’t afraid to showcase vehicles made by their competitors. Case … Continue reading
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EVENTS: Mooneyes Street Car Nationals
A new article is up in our events section. It actually happened in April, but that’s just the blink of an eye when you compare it to the age of the universe, right? We apologize for the delay, but we … Continue reading
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