Even without the legendary street racing, the Bayshore Route of the Shuto Expressway in Tokyo and Kanagawa is quite impressive in itself with all of its bridges, underwater tunnels, and high tech traffic control systems. It is a feat of engineering to say the least. I am in the process of gathering photos and information for a full story on the Wangan, but for now I just wanted to post a quick shot I snapped the other night in Odaiba where the Bayshore Route connects with the Rainbow Bridge into central Tokyo. This was fairly early in the night so there is still plenty of traffic on the highway, but a little later when traffic clears up, the seaside air will start to fill with the sounds of high powered machines running flat out into the night.
I'm looking forward to exploring this more in the future.
-Mike Garrett
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Hey Mike, Get yourself a Midnight Blue Fairlady Z and go undercover
Love this photo. Makes me want to jump right in and go racing. Find smoky and chibakun on the highway and speed into the horizon.
Not so many these days Mike.
A few years too late. When the car parks at tatsumi and the rainbow bridge were open a few years ago it was a different story. C1/Wangan attacks were much much more common. The roads have degraded quite a lot also. Wangan used to be much smoother from memory.
At least you got a shot of one of the speed cameras near Odaiba. Smile.
aww was expecting some snaps of wangan racing =)
my favourite part of the japanese car culture
See if you can sneak yourself into a Midnight Club meet Mike! You could be like spy status doing photographic espionage and then you would have an awesome writeup to do.
Be the next Chiba-kun....lol
lol at the Chiba-kun comment ;D
i've always been fascinated by the C1 & wangan highways and their associated tuning/racing styles, can't wait for the article!
This photo calls for "The Devil Z"!!!!!!!!!!!!!
many more spedo camera on wangan shuto now. hashriya rarely running
I live in a high rise next to the Shuto. I pray for rain on Saturday night so I can sleep. In good weather the noise from racers starts at 2:00am and does not end until sunrise..............
Useless a**holes........