Japan! Proudly Brought To You By Beer Baron

[D-limo]

Awesome thread.. So envious right now. Pics are good!

[GoldZilla]

Spotted a Stagea (260RS?) in the background of two of your shots, Richard... Can you get some more shots of those please?

[sewid]

That was probably just a volvo...................

haha j/k

[Wink]

Holy moly R33s don't usually turn me on but that purple R33 GTR widebody is horn!

[jantolis]

How come alot of the cars there had tape over all their lights???? I've never been to a track day so i don't know if people have to do that here or not but it just looks a bit wierd.

[Wink]

How come alot of the cars there had tape over all their lights???? I've never been to a track day so i don't know if people have to do that here or not but it just looks a bit wierd.

If they have an accident and their lights are hit the tape holds the pieces of headlight together.

[jantolis]

If they have an accident and their lights are hit the tape holds the pieces of headlight together.

Ah ok. I never knew of that. Thanks

[Beer Baron]

yep that's the theory. over here people generally cover the whole thing with clear contact so most people probably dont notice it's there at all. the japanese effort with just a thin piece of electrical tape probably wouldn't do bugger all, but they do it anyway...

yes there were a few stageas out. there was even one drifting!!

I will upload some more pics later on, so for now I'd suggest go back to page 1 and have another look. lol. I always notice something new.

I ate fugu last night for the first time. I have to say it was very, very tasty. and I didn't die at all which was a plus.

I'm glad everyone enjoys the pics as I enjoy sharing my experiences in japan. I always try and do something new or different.

nick, I will try and dig out some pics of that stagea later on. I have gigs and gigs of pics.

[Wink]

I ate fugu last night for the first time. I have to say it was very, very tasty. and I didn't die at all which was a plus.

Hardcore!

Did your lips/mouth go numb?

[gun32gtr]

awsome pics beer baron,there getting better everyday.keep it up ya lucky bastard

[GoldZilla]

yep that's the theory. over here people generally cover the whole thing with clear contact so most people probably dont notice it's there at all. the japanese effort with just a thin piece of electrical tape probably wouldn't do bugger all, but they do it anyway...

yes there were a few stageas out. there was even one drifting!!

I will upload some more pics later on, so for now I'd suggest go back to page 1 and have another look. lol. I always notice something new.

I ate fugu last night for the first time. I have to say it was very, very tasty. and I didn't die at all which was a plus.

I'm glad everyone enjoys the pics as I enjoy sharing my experiences in japan. I always try and do something new or different.

nick, I will try and dig out some pics of that stagea later on. I have gigs and gigs of pics.

Awesome, thanks for that Richard!

And I'm guessing fugu = puffer fish? (Would be kinda unusual if you'd still managed to post replies and images after you'd died from eating the fugu... )

[Roy]

LOL...good to show not all the Jap guys have vast reserves of coin...the Jap track battler is alive and well

[Beer Baron]

haha, i actually thought of you troy when I saw that car, so I went over and took some pics and had a chat to the owner. he was nice, but a bit bemused as to wtf I was doing talking to him when all the saurus cars where ---> that ways.

better clear your schedule for next year big fella as I may need someone to hold my hair back whilst driving the porcelain limo and to hold my umbrella whilst taking pics on the togue. plus someone has to look after the dozens of young ladies that don't meet beer barons 12 point ISO 9002 perfection standard.

yep, fugu is the poison blow fish (or puffer fish) very tasty indeed. I just had one type: fugu karage (deep fried fugu) and it was good. just the smallest bit of numb lip, but I was a bit pissed to hard to tell really.

[Beer Baron]

tomorrow night I'm heading out to yokohama to have dinner with one of the drifters I met at Fuji. He has told me his father owns a 'full tuned' R34 GTR and is keen to take me out in it being a fellow GTR owner and all. it certainly sounds promising.

ok, tonight I'm heading to my favourite ramen place to dinner, then a few bars, then some clubbing.

a few pics to come before I head out.

[d0p3y]

Raw Fugu looks utterly disgusting but if you reckon the deep fried is good I may try it... that said, you WERE drunk, hmm.... hahaha

[Beer Baron]

yeah, fugu karage was tasty. a few bones though which you have to watch out for!

ok.

here is what 1 hours shopping looks like:

here are a few pics of the appartment I'm staying in. It's a very flash place.

the living room:

the view from one of the balconys:

the lobby:

even the sign looks nice

ok, and last one for tonight is possibly the funniest guy in the world. doing a rap outside a shop in shinjuku. people could not stop pissing themselves as they walked past. what a job.

[GoldZilla]

yeah, fugu karage was tasty. a few bones though which you have to watch out for!

ok.

here is what 1 hours shopping looks like:

here are a few pics of the appartment I'm staying in. It's a very flash place.

the living room:

Nice choice of goodies, wish I'd had a chance (and the money - but that's the story of my life) to get you to grab some Defi BF gauges for me...

Oh, and WTF are you doing ironing your laptop - you'll void the warranty, dude! >_<

[Beer Baron]

oo, I forgot to mention 1 other thing.

The day I went to fuji I was lying in bed awake at around 3am when all of a sudden the room started shaking, and shit fell off the table. As I was right on the edge of the bed I even had to put one arm on the floor to steady myself. yep, my first decent japanese earthquake! 5.7!!! It was a fair way out of tokyo, but being on the 12th floor (and a brand new building with soft suspension) meant the thing shook like you wouldn't believe. It was quite scary, and exciting at the same time. got to love japan.

[Beer Baron]

Nice choice of goodies, wish I'd had a chance (and the money - but that's the story of my life) to get you to grab some Defi BF gauges for me...

Oh, and WTF are you doing ironing your laptop - you'll void the warranty, dude! >_<

lol! yes. It hasn't been the same since! It's a nice lappy too. carbon fibre body. 1.1kg weight!

actually I may be able to help out with the defis in the near future as I want to switch from my Defi BFs (boost, oil press, oil temp) to some defi link meters. so I was going to just swap the guage faces and sell the BFs with the new sensors, mounts, cups etc that come with the defi links I'm buying. we can talk when i'm back!

[d0p3y]

Who'd you get your apartment through? I'm currently looking at one through a couple of agencies and would be interested to know more about who you went with, where you stayed, how much etc... if you don't mind sharing that is.