ここ　いちばんや. Coco ICHIBANYA, I think I lost count how many times myself and the crew, especially Sam had a mouth watering curry from these restaurants. Seriously, you can’t go wrong for ¥800.

Just over 4 weeks till I can have my fix.

A reason I love to keep my 35mm body around my shoulder when traveling. Clicking the shutter release with a film body even once costs you a small sum of money. Digital, not so much, you have the rechargeable batteries, memory card and the camera paid for, all done. Film, you have a huge range of 35mm film to choose from and then to purchase the negative film to inject into the old, rigid camera bodies. I think that whole process slows your mind and let’s you think things two or three times before pressing down on that shutter. Double checking your exposures, ISO etc. Most of all, the framing in my opinion. The most exciting part is not being able to review what you just froze. The thrill of not knowing what you captured, when it was captured or sometimes where is the exciting part. When I received my photos from Chris after processing it was definitely a refreshing sensation.

I’m glad I shot what I did in Japan with my 35mm because there are some interesting cars and angles that I didn’t capture with the digital machine.

These photos had to be posted, this car was an all time favourite at the Wreck `Em Meihan day. The combination of the 15″ XR4’s and Mesh flow so well on these old 4 door chassis. Best of all, the guy behind the wheel was an unreal driver just like the rest of Meihan’s residents x

The sights of Japan continues with a few more chosen images out of the dozen rolls that I shot over the two week period in Kansai. Quite a few people enjoyed the break from cars to overlook some of the sights in the Osaka region so here is a few more to enjoy.

More to come x

Meihan Sports Land 2011, having a chat with Asayan-san from Lookking x

Naoki Nakamura, winner of Meister Cup 2011 at Meihan Sports Land x

This is a post purely dedicated to some of Japan’s sights, from the streets, to the top of the Umeda Sky Building. There will be plenty more posts such as this.

All shot in 35mm.

I thought I might as well start posting up some of the film shots I captured around this time last year. Thanks to Chris all the rolls have been developed, it only took me 10 months but I’m kind of glad I waited. This is a little post for all the Nagano Koubou fans out there, no, not the Onevia but the PS13.

The car not only looked glamorous sitting in the pits, but out on track also. To be honest, before I went to Japan I had never even heard of Nagano Koubou. I’m so glad we had the chance to meet Masayoshi-san and his team.

Here is one final shot of the PS13 pulling into the pits after a beating on the circuit x

Lookking x V-Factory, GP Sports, Meihan 2011 x

Ebisu back in 2010. This C33 and GX71 were definitely a few of my favourites from the Autumn Matsuri. Chris would agree on that too? The older generation of styling will never loose its groove! x

Staying in the heart of Osaka last year meant we were in for a culinary treat. Though Osaka boasts some of the most amazing traditional cuisine in the whole of japan, it was a little mexican place that caught our attention. From outside it felt like the restaurant was going to be jam packed as we literally had to bend down to be able to walk through the doorway, individually that is.

Inside there is is not one wall that has been left blank whether it be mexican beer bottles that have been sitting around for decades or sombreros pinned against the wall. When you’re seated there are a few markers sitting at the table which allows you to sign, autograph or tag whatever you feel is necessary on the walls, if there is a free space.

Just behind our seat we found a tiny gap on the Corona logo where I left my mark along with K-Tours on behalf of everyone. Putting aside all the crazy writing and mexican props everywhere it is by far the biggest, most amazing Mexican I’ve tried to this day x