Hanging Out
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A Saturday night at Toto House in Kanagawa
Located deep in Kanagawa near the seaside town of Odawara, Toto House isn’t your average tuning shop, it’s one with deep roots in the early days of drifting. When my friend Jeff invited me to visit, I excitedly accepted. It’s somewhere I’ve wanted to go for a long time, and for good reason. Toto House…
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A day at Pro Shop Wave in Kanagawa
Back in 2023 while out in Kanagawa, I finally had the chance to visit the legendary shop, Pro Shop Wave. If you’ve ever browsed through old issues of Drift Tengoku from the 2000s, you’ve probably seen their ads, absolutely packed with tiny images of coilovers, LSDs, wings, and everything in between. The shop has been…
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Thursday night at Brothers Kebabs in Sydney
For anyone who doesn’t know, every week a bunch of the boys from drift team TBK meet at Brothers Kebabs. That’s where the name “Team Brothers Kebabs” comes from, a simple tradition of grabbing a kebab, talking cars, and enjoying each other’s company. Oh, and did I mention they all have great taste in cars…
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Fumi’s insanely wide 180sx
While in Japan I had the chance to link up and shoot Fumi’s incredibly cool 180SX, a work in progress that already has serious presence. He hand-crafted the ultra-wide moulded rear fenders himself, and just weeks later had the front done too (which I would’ve loved to shoot). But there’s something special about capturing a…
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Kaeda’s 180sx front S14 Silvia
During my recent trip to Japan, I really wanted to shoot Kaeda’s S14 Silvia. He’s converted it to a 180SX front by cutting and modifying a set of steel front fenders. The car is still a work in progress and currently sitting at his panel shop in Chiba, but I wanted to shoot it before…
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A visit to Team Poison Headquarters
I got invited by my friend Tsuba to visit his compound deep in the forests of Chiba, where he runs Takahashi Autoworks with his father and lives with his family. Tsuba spends most of his time here working on customer and friends’ cars, mainly drift cars. If you don’t know, he’s the leader of the…
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Shop tour: Various Quality R’s in Chiba
It’s a freezing day in Chiba, and I’ve just spent the afternoon with some friends, eating, catching up, and meeting others along the way. While we were hanging out, my friend @sotobooldschool was chatting with one of his seniors and mentioned he wanted to take me to a shop in Chiba City. It’s around 9pm…
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Cars and El Jannah
Yesterday, my good friend @haophu_ organized a private car meet for @dave_driftgames as he was visiting and wanted to check out some of Melbourne’s cool cars. Despite the short notice, the meet turned out to be pretty awesome—an intimate gathering with close friends. After hanging out for a while, we wrapped it up by introducing…
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Catching up at 3UP with D1 legend Mikami-san
Whenever I arrive in Japan, my first stop is to catch up with Daikichi, stock up at a conbini, and visit his father, Mikami-san, at 3UP—a legendary tuning shop in Saitama specializing in S-chassis and SR20s. Mikami-san is a true icon, having competed in D1GP and D1SL in the 2000s, driving a 180SX, S14, and…
Garage Sokudo 