Hakosuka GT-R because... I don't need a reason.

Is and always will be one of the best proportioned cars ever made. (Shot at Daikoku Parking Area in 2016/12)

Driver Portraits - Daikoku Parking Area Dec 2016

Those of you who follow my Japanese underground instagram account or follow my facebook page will have seen these, and my previous portraits like them. If it's your first time seeing my [driver portraits] series, the basic concept is that all the cool cars are nothing without the people who build their hearts and souls into them. Everyone shoots the cars, which are just secondary representations. The true creativity, beauty, passion and soul of a vehicle is the person behind the wheel.

If you want to see more of the people that mainstream Japanese society shuns, and the amazing things they do, check out my instagram account or follow my facebook page.

Daikoku - a petrolhead's Mecca #JapaneseRides

When some mates were over earlier in the year, they rented a sports car and enlisted me as the driver. When you have a couple of petrolheads to show around there is only one place to Take them.

I took too many shots to stick on here... I put the rest on FLICKR.

Hit this link to peep them.

Daikoku Parking Area, Landmark Tower, Dancers and more | 7 Days 7 Minutes (2015-03-16)

0:00 Barbed-wire sunset (Saginuma, Kawasaki)
0:43 Dance is peace (Shibuya, Tokyo)
1:43 Forever alone (Shibuya, Tokyo)
2:43 Calling the faithful to eat (Higashinihonbashi, Tokyo
3:25 guru guru guru guru guru guru guru guru guru guru guru guru (Kawasaki)
4:25 Second Place (Landmark Tower, Yokohama)
5:22 Nocturnal Predators (Daikoku PA, Yokohama)

Shin Yamato Damacy Ep.9 - DAIKOKU Parking Area, Yokohama.

Better late than Pregnant.

Daikoku Halloween

We went through to the greatest car show in Japan that isn’t a car show with the expectation that large numbers of people had planned to pull through, but sadly the panda brigade got wind of it and decided to be dicks about it. In the short time we had however we did get to see a few sweet rides.

Will have to go back again on a regular Saturday night.

Pandas are useless.

It’s a man made island in Tokyo bay. Nobody lives there. Nobody is being disturbed. There are no drugs. There is no fighting. There is no booze. There are no Yakuza. No whoring. No date-raping. No murder. There wasn’t even any litter! The only people there are those who want to see/show off their cars and play/listen to the music. Instead of actually doing any good for society 7 pandas filled with Yokohama’s “finest” decided to close down Daikoku PA. Yeah. Clearly a bunch of petrol heads, music lovers and show-offs were a threat to the stability of the whole nation.

It’s because putting speakers in your van and bright lights on your car is one of the most horrible past times in Japan. It’s so much worse than pachinko, passing out after drinking too much at a hostess club, octopus porn and withholding vital information from the public, thus endangering the lives of thousands of people to save face.

Daikoku Parking Area (大黒PA)

On a little man made island off the coast of Yokohama lies a wondrous place. A simple parking and service area in Kanagawa section of the Capital Expressway. It is special for two reasons. Firstly, Its big, which is rare in that part of the world. Secondly Its isolated, but easy to get to. This has made it the most famous gatheration point for auto aficionados in the Tokyo  area. Every Saturday night, a simple patch of tar turns into a mini Auto Salon. I had taken my car to Tokyo… It was a Saturday, One of my car loving buddies was along for the ride… Why not check it out? What I found would make the charos at Blue Lagoon shit their diesel jean pants! TWICE!