Leroy Peterson Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) Leroy's Jap Trip '17 Feb 2017 I went to Japan for a few weeks. Mainly for Osaka Auto Messe. Had a really good time. Saw some cool stuff, did some cool stuff, met some cool people. Osaka Auto Messe was amazing. A lot of it was straight from Tokyo Auto Salon, but a lot of the VIP and other scene aspects are specific for the show. I took like 300 photos, uploaded about 80 of them and will share a handful here. Full album: http://s1171.photobucket.com/user/Leroy_Peterson/library/Osaka Auto Messe?sort=3&page=1 (edit: f**k photobucket) Edited September 11, 2017 by Leroy Peterson f**k photobucket 2 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroy Peterson Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 So much car stuff to do in Osaka. Visited a few UpGarages, a Super Autobachs store, Trial, Junction Produce, and a Garson D.A.D. store. Osaka was also great for modified car spotting and car meets. Tokyo had more supercars and rarer machines. Went to Toyota Megaweb and Nissan HQ. Didn't bother with the Nismo shop or Nissan Engine Museum. The Nissan Heritage Collection in Zama was closed the week I was in Tokyo. Super upset about that. Info here: https://nissan-heritage-collection.com/TOUR/ You can apply for the tour of the collection here: https://nissan-tour.secure.force.com/heritagecollection/VisitSchedule_Page?fCd=101&tCd=1 After Tokyo I went to Takayama. It was beautiful there. Nice to get away from the cities. Quite touristy. 2 nights was enough to do most things. Then headed to Kanazawa, which was the most beautiful city I visited in Japan. It's a really nice place. Not many westerners, but always local/korean/chinese tourists. I had explored most of the city in 2 nights. Lastly Kyoto. Also really beautiful, but also very touristy. I kept away from the tourism and hotel hotspots. If you're happy to explore, could easily do 3-4nights there. Also visited Nara when in Osaka, which was amazing. Did almost all the sites in a day. 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7815889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PranK Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Leeroy, I want to help you post pics. Can you PM me with what you're doing to upload pics and I'll look into it? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7815910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroy Peterson Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) Osaka: Driving around with an "english" GPS was still a bitch in Osaka. figuring stuff out and trying to find addresses to locations and then trying to enter it in... not fun. Edit: f**k photobucket Edited September 11, 2017 by Leroy Peterson f**k photobucket 2 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7816097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroy Peterson Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) f**k photobucket Edited September 11, 2017 by Leroy Peterson f**k photobucket 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7816101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroy Peterson Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) Edit: f**k photobucket Edited September 11, 2017 by Leroy Peterson f**k photobucket 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7816103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PranK Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Oh man, so much cool stuff. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7816171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBN1 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 awesome photo's. What's with the BNR32 bare chassis? Ex-group-A chassis? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7816371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PranK Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 14 minutes ago, RBN1 said: What's with the BNR32 bare chassis? Ex-group-A chassis? Off the shelf replacement parts. 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7816378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroy Peterson Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 34 minutes ago, RBN1 said: awesome photo's. What's with the BNR32 bare chassis? Ex-group-A chassis? Thanks. GTR Magazine are either in partnership with a workshop or have some cars being restored by a workshop. It was a display of the work they were doing and had done. All of it was super clean. 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7816386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GH05T Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 WANT 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7816411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroy Peterson Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 41 minutes ago, GH05T said: WANT I think this is them: http://kusaka-eng.com/engine/ Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7816423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PranK Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 So stupidly cool. 3 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7816446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADDSKI Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Thanks Leroy for sharing some cool pics. I am off to Japan in 4 weeks, can't wait now 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7818094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_rbman Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 this makes me want to plan my Japan trip so much quicker 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7819646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DivHunter Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 On 3/8/2017 at 3:56 PM, Leroy Peterson said: So much car stuff to do in Osaka. Visited a few UpGarages, a Super Autobachs store, Trial, Junction Produce, and a Garson D.A.D. store. Osaka was also great for modified car spotting and car meets. Tokyo had more supercars and rarer machines. Went to Toyota Megaweb and Nissan HQ. Didn't bother with the Nismo shop or Nissan Engine Museum. The Nissan Heritage Collection in Zama was closed the week I was in Tokyo. Super upset about that. Info here: https://nissan-heritage-collection.com/TOUR/ You can apply for the tour of the collection here: https://nissan-tour.secure.force.com/heritagecollection/VisitSchedule_Page?fCd=101&tCd=1 After Tokyo I went to Takayama. It was beautiful there. Nice to get away from the cities. Quite touristy. 2 nights was enough to do most things. Then headed to Kanazawa, which was the most beautiful city I visited in Japan. It's a really nice place. Not many westerners, but always local/korean/chinese tourists. I had explored most of the city in 2 nights. Lastly Kyoto. Also really beautiful, but also very touristy. I kept away from the tourism and hotel hotspots. If you're happy to explore, could easily do 3-4nights there. Also visited Nara when in Osaka, which was amazing. Did almost all the sites in a day. I saw more Ferrari / Lambo type cars in Nagoya than anywhere else I have been in Japan I think. Did you go to Shirakawago from Takayama? I stayed in the place with the onsen style baths on the roof near the station in Takayama which must be finished with it's huge upgrade by now? There was a mass of construction starting when I was there about 18 months ago. It was a funny little town. Kanazawa sounds a bit like Kusatsu in the off-season, full of Tokyo weekenders but about 4 white people. I only got to go through Kanazawa unfortunately, when going from Nagano to Kyoto. I think my next Japan trip will exclude central Japan, I have been around there enough times for a while. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7821834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroy Peterson Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 I saw more Ferrari / Lambo type cars in Nagoya than anywhere else I have been in Japan I think. Did you go to Shirakawago from Takayama? I stayed in the place with the onsen style baths on the roof near the station in Takayama which must be finished with it's huge upgrade by now? There was a mass of construction starting when I was there about 18 months ago. It was a funny little town. Kanazawa sounds a bit like Kusatsu in the off-season, full of Tokyo weekenders but about 4 white people. I only got to go through Kanazawa unfortunately, when going from Nagano to Kyoto. I think my next Japan trip will exclude central Japan, I have been around there enough times for a while.Didn't head to Nagoya, but I've heard good things about the car scene. Yeah I visited one of the Shirakawago villages. Very picturesque in winter from a distance, though the houses are still inhabited so it would be more pretty in spring or autumn. I think we stayed in the same hotel in takayama. Decent spot, the top floor pools were good. Yeah next time I want to head south and see islands/beaches/f*kuoka/Okinawa/Nagasaki etc Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7821836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_revz Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 14 hours ago, Leroy Peterson said: Yeah next time I want to head south and see islands/beaches/f*kuoka/Okinawa/Nagasaki etc Nagasaki is great, okinawa is pretty good too but i think the islands nearby are the most impressive especially Zamami. Okinawa mainland is less exciting IMO. f*kuoka i have been to countless times but dont know very well unfortunately. Great photos mate!! 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/469519-leroys-jap-trip-17/#findComment-7822054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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