Whilst I have a spare few days I’m going to do a little update. The past two and a half weeks have been amazing to say the least. As I mentioned before, I came to Japan with 5 of my good friends which has lead us from Tokyo, up into northern Japan and all the way down to Osaka. We’ve approximately driven 2,000km’s in 2 weeks. With all my friends now home or on their way back to Australia lets look back on the past few weeks. In the Tokyo and northern parts of Japan we got to see Daikoku PA meetups, Street drifting in Tokyo, a few meetings at Nikko Circuit, Spring Matsuri at Ebisu, Drift Muscle at Sports Land Sugo, Fuji Speedway track sprints and drifting and everything else in between. During our time up north we decided to leave the Drift Muscle competition a few hours early to check out some of the disaster zones from last years earthquake / tsunami that swept through Sendai and the Fukushima prefecture, needless to say it was very upsetting to see the affected areas. Once we left Tokyo to head to Osaka things have become a lot more relaxing, however we have still managed to keep the car craze going. Myself and Nick have spent a few days exploring the Kansai area including Up Garage’s, car yards and even a few workshops. One of the highlights of being in Kansai was this past weekend which we spent in Nagoya, about 2 hours north of Osaka. We spent the Saturday looking around Up Garage’s and even a truck store. From there we checked into central Nagoya before finding some action out near the docks which lead us to next to no sleep before a full day at YZ Circuit for MSC, however it was all worthwhile. With 4 nights remaining in Osaka I’m catching up on uploading photos and most importantly backing them up. I will also be exploring Shinsaibashi and heading to a little drift day on Thursday before getting ready for a huge weekend at Central Circuit for the Hellaflush meeting Mark and the team have put on. I hope you’re enjoying the updates and look forward to writing and posting much more. Casey x

A few weeks ago we headed out to Fuji Speedway for a TD Drift Club day on the short course. Unfortunately a few days prior we had a massive amount of rain in the Tokyo area which continued into our day at Fuji. Loading up with umbrellas and ponchos kept us motivated to get out and shoot around the huge precinct. After watching some drifting we thought we’d check out the main pit area where we found some amazing Porsche’s. More to come soon x

On the way to the Up Garage in Utsomiya from Nikko we spotted this fellow washing his very low Lexus outside his home. It was asking for a photo x

A weekend away in Nagoya couldn’t have possibly gotten any better. From a full day trawling through shops such as Up Garage and truck stores. Then, to a very special workshop which I will go in depth on a later date. Concluded by a round of MSC at the ever so scenic ヒガシ YZ Circuit. A team I’ve been following for years are the R32 Low Down Style crew from the Nagoya region which surprisingly were at the event. We have had around 2 hours sleep over the weekend so it’s time to get some rest x

Last week we made it to the RB Meeting at Nikko Circuit which was the first of our events to check out. We had planned to meet up with Shingo, Muko, Yuu and Taku-San from LOWBRAIN. Unfortunately Taku’s car wasn’t running so smoothly so it was only out for 3-4 laps. Luckily, in that time I got a few keepers of the lowdown Laurel sweeping through the tight corners at Nikko. These guys are a very kind team and I really look forward to getting to know them more! More photos coming soon x

Shinsaibashi, Osaka x

It was great to meet up with Manabu-San at Nikko Circuit last friday for the SSRA Spirant Drift Day. It has been just under two years since I met him at Nikko with his JZX 100. This time he came out to the circuit in his newest, most favourite creation – AE70 Sprinter x

Itasha Cappuccino cruising the Tomei Expressway x

After spending Saturday at Matsuri up at Ebisu Circuit we began our journey further up north towards Sendai for the second round of Drift Muscle held at Sports Land Sugo. Here is a quick shot from the day. Instead of spending all day watching drifting we took a few hours checking out the areas affected by last years earthquake and tsunami. We then made our way to Osaka via Tokyo and are now checked in to Shinsaibashi for the week!

It has been a wet and busy week in Tokyo however today we had some sunshine up north at Nikko Circuit. We passed through Utsnomiya for the SSRA Spirant track day which an awesome turn out. We are currently in a cottage on a mountain in Nihonmatsu ready for a full weekend of drifting at Ebisu for the Spring Matsuri and the second round of Drift Muscle at Sugo Sportsland. Followed by that we will be driving down to Osaka for a week x