After meeting Hitomi Okada at Wekfest with the ‘Looking’ RX-7, she informed me that she was holding a drift meeting at Meihan Sportsland the following day. Being the drift maniac that I am, myself and some friends made the drive to Nara Prefecture from Nagoya City to indulge ourselves in a day of excellent entertainment.… Read More An Unexpected Surprise: Skyline Japan
After leaving the WEKfest show, I thought it would be a good time to have a look at the main parking area before heading back to the trusty Silvia. I wasn’t wrong, like usual, the amount of modified cars in the parking area was astonishing. From the usual slammed Nissans, to the more unusual Jaguars,… Read More WEKfest: Parking Area Glory
WEKfest Nagoya. A show that has made its way from the USA to the shores of Japan. It’s a show where Japanese people do what everyone else usually tries to do, which is to modify their cars after another country’s style. This show, as you might have guessed, is focused on the USDM style. I’m… Read More WEKfest Japan 2017
Moving to Japan, and purchasing a modified JDM car is the dream of so many. I’m lucky enough to turn that dream into reality, what was only an idea a few years ago, has now turned into my life. Working in Japan, driving in Japan, going to various circuits in Japan all seems so surreal.… Read More Project Kouki: V1 Completed
On my most recent travels to Bihoku Highland Circuit in Niimi City – Okayama, I managed to find a few interesting drift cars smoking their way around Course B. This first one we are going to have a look at is something different than the usual Silvias and Skylines that live at the circuit. What… Read More Missile Style: An Unrecognisable GX71
Golden Week, possibly one of the busiest weekends in Japan for Japanese people. It’s a time where 4 public holidays are all close together. With a couple of extra days of leave left this working year, I grabbed the opportunity to take a massive 9 day holiday. The holiday was packed with events all around… Read More SR All Star Meeting 2017
The 2017 Demon Energy D1NZ Drifting Championship returned to Pukekohe Park Raceway for the 3rd time since the tracks drift revival. Pukekohe is a special track being the practice ground of most of New Zealand’s veteran drifters and sporting one of the fastest entries in the world. The past two years finals have been wrought… Read More D1NZ 2016 / 2017: Crowning A New Drift King
A new series, a new season, new drivers, and new cars, it’s a lot of new things to process. All drivers and their cars seem foreign to me now. I didn’t follow Formula Drift Japan while living in New Zealand, so it’s like starting from scratch. Over this season I will have a look at… Read More The Favourites: New Cars, New Drivers
Just like any event in Japan, big or small, it’s never a bad idea to spend 30-minutes strolling through the carpark to see what gems can be found hiding in between the daily kei cars and 4 door cruisers. During lunchtime on the final day at Formula Drift Japan, there was some downtime, so with… Read More FD Japan: Lurking in the Parking Area
