Right it’s time to wrap up the coverage of this year’s 7′s Day with this final look at all the goings on of Saturday night at Umihotaru PA. As you can see from the opening shot there was a lot of movement happening outside… …but before I headed out there for a closer look there [...]
Daikoku PA is synonymous with underground Japanese car culture; it’s where Wangan racers used to meet back in the day and these days a popular location for countless car clubs to host their monthly gatherings. However when it rains, it’s next to useless. That’s where places like Umihotaru PA come in, and it’s no surprise [...]
7′s Day in Japan has become an unmissable gathering, no matter if you are or aren’t into the rotary scene. The sheer number of cars that take over this rest stop has to be seen to be believed, with a lot of owners coming from various corners of the country to celebrate the cars they [...]
Driving back from Umihotaru PA tonight I actually realized that I spent seven hours covering the 7′s Day gathering, how fitting! The weather was somewhat uncooperative today, first serving up a nice and thorough drenching at Daikoku PA and then blow-drying me with strong winds at Umihotaru. But, like most people that showed up… …either [...]
I used to dream of living in Los Angeles. I was in my early twenties at the time, filled to the brim with raw ambition and perhaps too much self-belief for my own good. I had already achieved some moderate in-roads as a music video director in my native Canada. However, being born without the [...]
