MaydayGarage Does Japan Day One.

Posted on January 25, 2012 by David

**Thanks to everyone for being so patient! If you didn’t already know, I’ve been fighting an illness that was supposed to kill me exactly one week ago, but i’m here, better than ever! Thanks for the warm wishes, and your comments, but i’m not going anywhere! –DD–**

I know, I know. It’s been over two weeks and we haven’t put up anything from our travels in Japan. Relax! Don’t forget we do this in our spare time! I hope everyone out there got a chance to capture some glimpses of the Tokyo Auto Salon from our favorite blogs out there! No doubt, this year’s TAS was not to be missed, but we want to show you our coverage of the event our way. So with myself and Danh, we managed to capture hundreds upon hundreds of images just to share with our followers. Over the next few days, we will show you exactly what we did in the seven days we occupied the great country of Japan, so sit back, wait for the images to load (there’s going to be a LOT), and take your time.

Man I don't even

Mr. Akagi loved to slap Danny's face for some reason. I have no idea why

Heaven is always above

JDM Jerry Springer?

RUF woof woof

The Man.

D1 Demo outside of Makuhari Messe

You should see rush hour

There we go

This was us 90% of the time we were on the train or subway

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Sushi Time with the Mayday Boys.

Posted on January 15, 2012 by David

It’s no secret that we love to eat just like everyone else, so when Park Baker of HighTopFade suggested a place that had good sushi for a cheap price, we were ABOUT it. We took some photos, but I just wanted to share a quick video of what it’s like to be a piece of sushi at a conveyor belt sushi joint. Evan had the great idea of putting a gopro video camera on one of the plates, but left the gopro at the hotel. So our resourceful selves suggested using a cell phone instead to capture people’s reactions.

Lol, more to come.
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com

Another All Nighter With The Locals: Drift Edition.

Posted on January 14, 2012 by David

After Tokyo Auto Salon day two was over, we decided to hit up a local conveyor belt sushi joint near our hotel in Chiba. Afterwards we met up with Ben Green, a drifter from Texas (yeah!) who now lives in Japan. When I reached Ben on Facebook, I told him that we would be coming to Japan and that it would be super awesome if he could show us around. Ben quickly suggested that he show us where the locals drift as he himself isn’t too shabby at the sport. So after taking a one hour train ride near Yokohama, Ben and his crew picked us up at the station and from there, we pretty much played cat and mouse with the cops as we jumped from one spot to another, sometimes with up to 30 other cars following behind. Let’s just say we got back to the hotel at 7:30am. It’s now 8:30am. I decided to do a quick post to let you guys know what we’re doing. We have tons more to cover. I’m only letting you guys see a smidgen of what me and Danh have managed to capture, and now we’re off to TAS day 3! Sleep is for the weak!

Ben and company come and pick us up from the JR station.

This is the kind of traffic I could get used to!

Team MaydayGarage getting to know the locals

Ben Green, our hero/drifter/friend showing us how they get down in Japan.

Ben's car unfortunately got hit the from behind by another normal car (non drift related) the day we flew in, but fixed it for tonight

This is Ray, a drifter from Philly who now lives in Japan

Ray was kind enough to drive us around in his 4 door skyline

Another one of Ben's friends who owns this GTS-T R33

Ben drifting through the intersection with potentially oncoming traffic

Starting a train

This was shot at 5:30am this morning. Hardcore

Don't let the clean looks fool you, like most all cars in Japan, they're built to perform as well.

I wasn't kidding.

There were a ton of cars to look at besides the drifters.

More to come later! Stay tuned!

–David–
David@maydaygarage.com

Turning Japanese.

Posted on January 13, 2012 by David

Tokyo Auto Salon day one is finally over, and somehow, some way, we’re all still alive. In the last 72 hours, we’ve had only a few hours of sleep, combine that with Jet lag and a super tight schedule, and you have a recipe for extreme fatigue. After we left TAS with our new friend Park Baker, we jumped on the railways and headed straight for Chiba City, home of Rauh Welt Begriff Japan. We had partied with Nakai-San and the other RWB owners the night before at a private event in Roppongi Hills, but Nakai had invited us to his shop after the show where he would show us around. We had mentioned to him that we were all super tired, but we would make the venture out.

Danh, Evan, Danny and Park leaving TAS, "ready for next party".

Nakai san picking the five of us up in one of his many cars.

Nakai had picked us up from the subway station and drove us straight to the shop where multiple Porsches could be seen from the outside. After chatting it up about his shop, Nakai wanted to take us out to eat at a local buffet. Although we ate just about an hour before with Park, we all said “Eff it. You only live once.” We then headed back to the shop and knocked back some Stella Artois with everyone else at the shop and soon headed back where everyone then passed the fuck out.

Full stomachs and sleep deprivation equals food coma

Rauh Welt Japan: The ultimate man cave

Nakai and Toshi had this waiting for us when we arrived. Yes, he wanted us to get wasted

One of the many Porsches inside the shop

Danh is calculating how much he needs to save up for a RWB 911 for himself.

So now it’s 8am here in Tokyo, and we are just getting up and getting ready for day two. Tonight will be interesting. IF anyone out there is in Japan and wants to meet us up, I’ll be in the media room at TAS at 2pm, so come holla!

Nakai makes Danny feel right at home in the throne.

–David–
David@maydaygarage.com

Event Preview: Mayday Garage does Tokyo Auto Salon 2012.

Posted on January 13, 2012 by David

We’ve been a little MIA on our Facebook page in the last couple of days due to us being on an airplane and running around all over Japan. Rest assured, we’re working our asses off taking a ton of photos. I won’t go into detail about how hard we’re partying or the one hour rests we have between our days, but we’re here right now at the Makuhari Messe Convention center doing work. So before we take off to another Rauh Welt Begriff car meet, I wanted to show you guys a few photos I took earlier so you know what to expect (car wise at the show). Enjoy!

Waiting around for our train right outside of Tokyo. It was empty.

Real Empty.

Right outside the convention center, we're running on fumes here.

And we're in! Room number one.

One of my favorite cars there, the TWS LF-A

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Random Snap: An everyday Accord EuroR

Posted on January 6, 2010 by David

While I was in Japan, I was constantly fighting the urge to put away my 8 pound DSLR camera as me and my buddy would walk just about everywhere in Tokyo. Walking around for miles was a very common thing to do while vacationing in Tokyo. The reason why I would keep that 8 pound weight around my neck was so that I could capture any car that I found interesting. I snapped a ton of pictures, and what’s funny is the locals would look at me like I was nuts. Most tourists take photos of buildings and monuments, not everyday, normal cars. What designates a “normal” car? I have no clue, but when I took pictures of this obviously modified TSX/Accord EuroR, I got that look.

Does this car look too sedate? Not to me.

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