How about you take a form over function sort of car, and actually make it function? What would you have then? Is that even possible? Are these two terms not mutually exclusive? I apologize if I start a car feature with so many questions but this pink Nagano Koubou Onevia really does make you wonder about a [...]
Ever since running across Nagano-san and his creations at past Nagoya Exciting Car Showdowns, I’ve been wanting to drop by his workshop in the outskirts of Kyoto for quite some time. It’s hard to put a finger on it all but Paint & Cutting Make Nagano Koubou has been extremely influential in creating the very [...]
Satomi Nakawatase’s S14 is unlike any Silvia you have ever seen before. The car has evolved over the last couple of years from an interesting military themed project into something that words can literally not describe. The last time I saw it, Satomi had replaced the side glass with metal sheets and made a removable tank-like cover for the windscreen. What really makes this ichi-yon special however is that it’s driven and drifted on a regular basis, not just a bizarre creation to wow people at shows. To find out more hit play and watch this film put together by Luke Huxham…
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What you see here has literally nothing to do with Japan’s freshest tuning brand, except for being Ueta-san’s new daily driver. It seems the man behind BenSopra craved a little character from the car he spends most of his time in and believe it or not this P130 Nissan Cedric has replaced a very luxurious [...]
I still can’t believe what Ueta-san of BenSopra has managed to create in such a short space of time. When I first met him earlier last year he told me that for a long time he’d been thinking of ways to launch his own tuning brand. I did sort of dismissed it initially believe it [...]
After having seen the Rocket Bunny FR-S in full detail back in October, as well as the countless cars wearing what has to be the most talked about aero conversion of the moment, this video from Luke Huxham and Crank & Piston couldn’t have come at a better time. Hit play and find out what makes Kei Miura’s work so unique, take a look through the TRA Kyoto workshop and see the FR-S once again in all its beauty.
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As you can see from the opening shot my last trip out to Phoenix’s Power in Kyoto was met with a bit of unexpected weather. But passing snowstorms aside, it was their Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X demo car I was there to get a few quick shots of. The car has been built in collaboration [...]
Since I had to travel all the way down to Nagoya for the Exciting Car Showdown this past weekend I thought I’d extend my trip by a few days and shoot a few cool shops in the Kansai region of Japan. I’m currently in Kyoto and today met up with JC Pepino from the French [...]
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