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QotW: What’s the strangest JNC sighting you’ve encountered?
As Nissan designer Ken Lee put it, part of the fun with old Japanese cars is that you have to be in the know to recognize the gem that’s hiding in plain sight. The preponderance of interesting background cars in You’re Under Arrest has … Continue reading →
JNC THEATER: You’re Under Arrest
Forget Initial D or Wangan Midnight. Kousuke Fujishima’s You’re Under Arrest (Taiho Shichauzo), is among the best car-themed anime out there. Featuring a pair of Tokyo Traffic cops, Miyuki and Natsumi, who patrol the streets of Bokuto Precinct in a Honda … Continue reading →
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Tagged acura, car chase, honda, Kousuke Fujishima, legend, motocompo, nsx, police, r2, sports 800, subaru, today, toyota, You're Under Arrest
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KIDNEY, ANYONE? 59k-mile Subaru Loyale Wagon
The EA82 Loyale was Fuji Heavy Industries’ flagship model until it was dethroned by the Subaru Legacy. The particular example offered for sale in Cadillac, Michigan is without a doubt the best example of an EA82 we’ve seen stateside, and it isn’t just … Continue reading →
EVENTS: 2014 Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival, Part 02
The annual Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival offers something few other shows can claim: the chance to see its cars driving through public streets. It’s not simply witnessing them in motion, though It’s the fact that those public streets are in Tokyo, in some of the … Continue reading →
JNC‘s top stories of 2014
As we mentioned, 2014 was the Year of the JNC. As it draws to a close, let’s look back at the things that most interested JNCers over the last 365 days.
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Tagged 2000gt, American Honda Collection, bosozoku, c10, c110, city, cr-x, Hakosuka, honda, infiniti, japanese classic car show, jnc, kenmeri, land cruiser, land cruiser 70, legacy, lexus, ls400, mazda, miata, monterey historics, mugen, mx-5, na, ND, nissan, Nostalgic2Days, Q45, r32, sema, skyline, subaru, toyota
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Happy Holidays from JNC
Wishing all you crazy JNCers a very Happy Holiday season. May サンタクロース bestow you with many gifts! Photo by Erik Lukas.
EVENTS: 2014 Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival, Part 01
Unlike last year‘s clear blue skies and balmy weather, this year’s Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival was held on a cool, wet Saturday. The annual event, put on by the Toyota Automobile museum, welcomes all marques and takes place in a … Continue reading →
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Tagged 110s, 117, 2000gt, 510, bluebird, cedric, Cedric 31, corolla, cosmo sport, datsun, datsun 210, e10, E50, gemini, honda, honda z, isuzu, levin, mazda, Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival, nissan, sambar, sprinter, subaru, subaru 360, TE55, toyopet crown, toyota, trueno
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MINICARS: 2015 Hot Wheels lineup announced
Mattel has announced the entire 2015 Hot Wheels lineup. Each year, there are a number of brand new castings and this year the one that jumps out to JNCers is surely the 1990 Acura NSX. Yes, by next year, Soichiro’s supercar will officially be a Japanese … Continue reading →
EVENTS: Showa Kinen Park Car Show
Today’s guest writer is Chris Nicholson, who keeps the cars running at the Lane Motor Museum. Chris recently attended a classic car show in Showa Kinen Park. Every trip to Japan is full of wonder, and every trip to Japan is too … Continue reading →
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Tagged 117, 510, a30, amg, bluebird, c30, carol, cedric, chantez, civic, corolla, daihatsu, debonair, e10, familia coupe, fronte, gloria, honda, honda 1300, isuzu, kei, laurel, mazda, minica, mitsubishi, nissan, prince, publica, sb1, Showa Kinen Park, skyline, subaru, subaru 360, subaru r-2, suzuki, toyota
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GRAND TOURING: Boso Hanto, Day 02
On Day 01 of our Boso Hanto tour we visited visited hallowed ground, a Skyline specialist shop, and stopped for the night with some curry and a bit of Honda tourism. Welcome to Day 02, where we continued through the peninsula in the … Continue reading →
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Tagged 521, beat, Boso Hanto, c110, chaser, dyna, fronte, Grand Touring, honda, Hypermini, jeep, life, mazda, minka, mirage, mitsubishi, nissan, s800, skyline, subaru, suzuki, t2000, Tokyo Bay Aqualine, toyota, wangan, yommeri
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ART CORNER: Papercraft nostalgics by Metmania Fan
Got some time to kill? Perhaps the art of papercraft as applied to some JNCs will do the trick. These are the creation of a Japanese artist who goes by the name Metmania Fan, and cover a whole range of … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1000, 240z, 510, a40, ae86, Art Corner, b110, bluebird, celica, datsun, fairlady z, gto, mitsubishi, nissan, papercraft, s30, subaru, sunny, toyota
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EVENTS: 2014 Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 06 — Trucks, Vans, and Wagons
The latest installment of our massive 2014 Japanese Classic Car Show coverage takes a look at the haulers of the J-tin world, whether they be carrying cargo, kids, or chicken tax exemptions. It’s the trucks, vans and wagons of JCCS.
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Tagged 510, 610, brat, corolla, corona, datsun 1200, Datsun 222, datsun 320, Datsun 520, datsun 521, datsun 620, e30, Econoline, ford, honda, japanese classic car show, jccs, jimny, kei, mazda, nissan, nl320, patrol, repu, sambar, sr5, subaru, suzuki, toyota, toyota truck, Toyota Van, wagons
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KIDNEY, ANYONE? Flawless 1980 Subaru BRAT
Subaru has always thought outside the box. Pistons pointing sideways, spare tires under the hood for traction in winter, plaid seating, seats in the bed of a pickup truck, 4WD as an option on all models, a third headlight hidden … Continue reading →
MUSEUMS: Motoring Mysteries of the Far East
If you’re on the East Coast and looking for a place to get your JNC fix this weekend, may we recommend the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The museum has gathered a fantastic and diverse cross section of Japanese vehicles … Continue reading →
GALLERIES: Shinjuku Subaru Building closes for good
One of the great things about Tokyo is that just about every Japanese automaker has a large office building there. Such buildings usually have a showroom on the ground floor, and you can spend an entire day gallery-hopping, picking up brochures, collecting whatever swag they have … Continue reading →
ART CORNER: Rocket Craft’s stuffed cars are the cutest thing ever
The problem with cars is that they’re made of metal. That means rust, skinned knuckles, and, most importantly, an inability to be cuddly. A shop called Rocket Craft has solved that last one for us by creating a series of stuffed cars, which are totally … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2000gt, Art Corner, bellett, d21, D60, estima, fairlady z, fd3s, hilux, honda, isuzu, kawasaki, legacy, mazda, motorcycles, nissan, pickup, prince skyline, r35, Rocket Craft, rx-7, s30, subaru, toyota
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Happy 4th of July from JNC
Every four years citizens of the world gather around their TV screens to cheer their countrymen on as they compete in sports contests Americans otherwise don’t give two petrified turds about. Of course, we’re talking about the Olympics. For over a decade … Continue reading →
MINICARS: Get these 2014 Hot Wheels right now
Can’t find any J-tin on the pegs? You must live in California. However the consensus from other parts of the country seems that miniature Nihon steel is getting hard to find in those areas too. Much like 1968 was a banner year … Continue reading →
JNC THEATER: Operation: Mystery! and the Tortoise
Kaiki Daisakusen (or Operation: Mystery! in English) was a 26-episode Japanese TV series about a team of investigators dispatched to solve cases involving supernatural phenomena. The SRI, or Science Research Institute may have been Japan’s 1960s counterpart to the FBI’s X-Files department, but Mulder and Scully never had … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2000gt, crown, datsun, fairlady roadster, honda, nissan, Operation Mystery, s50, s600, subaru, subaru 360, toyota
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EVENTS: 2014 Nostalgic2Days, Part 03
Part 03 of our 2014 Nos2Days coverage comes from a new contributor, Brandon Kelley, a resident of Tokyo. He met up with David, who supplied Parts 01 and 02, after a 45-minute train ride to Yokohama. The two of them toured … Continue reading →
