welcome to the 2024 Osaka Auto Messe. Kansai’s smaller however more refined and intimate version of Tokyo Auto Salon in which we covered early last month.

this event has been running for 27 years, since 1997 to the west side of osaka at the intex location. attending most of the previous years since 2020 i can personally feel the event growing whether it’s the vendors, booths & companies inside or the extremely large number of japanese and foreign customers entering through the doors spectating some of japan’s finest brands & cars over the course of a 3 day period. an event i highly encourage all car enthusiasts to come to especially if you’re in japan visiting, you will not be disappointed.

below is through my eyes over the course of a day at the event. as always, enjoyy x

on a yearly basis for our campaign shoots we are prone to using the demo NA SHIRTSTUCKEDIN 4 throttle PS13 however due to a few issues with the new engine a change of plans were put into place. continuing on with the blacked out theme i chose to contact yuki-san down south in okayama prefecture to guage interest in using his JZX 100 mark ii and his friends Taisei-san’s JZX 100 chaser. the perfect pair to show off some our latest goods produced for the line our line of inventory.

below is a full gallery of both car’s shot over the course of a beautiful afternoon in okayama into the late hours of the night. it’s really been a while since travelling within japan and going to shoot car(s) especially for our own line of goods, an extremely refreshing experience and hopes to do more of these this year coming. as always enjoy and a big thank you to yuki-san, taisei-san & jade for all their co-operation.

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this year’s 2023 D1GP series has come to an end with the final 2 rounds – 9 & 10 held in odaiba bay, tokyo. it’s been roughly 5-6 years since a round of D1 has been held here so it was something extremely special to be apart of and once again shoot & document.

friday’s practice consisted of rainy and slippery conditions causing nakamura naoki in his GR86 right into the wall leading the team to be awake until 5AM saturday morning right before practice and initiating round 9. after an extremely windy rainy & windy start to the day the event was close to being cancelled due almost all tents & booths being blown around the paddock into parked cars from the wild weather. luckily it had eased throughout the mid morning allowing D1 to continue.

shooting a drift event such as D1GP in the heart of tokyo throughout the day into the night is truly something special, here is a small selection of favorites i’ve edited for your enjoyment. 2023 series ranking #1st fujino from team TOYO, hokuto from team TOYO & nakamura naoki from VALINO N-STYLE. as always enjoyy. caseyy x

D1 divisional bihoku highland circuit round 3. qualifying 2nd place in tanso (qualifying) and 1st place overall in tsuiso (battles). the last round will be held at bihoku highland circuit once again on the 19th november to conclude the series. new youtube RAW below + a few images from the day x

2023 D1GP series at the infamous tsukuba circuit. through my eyes. enjoy x

a lot of driving lately means a lot of new RAW video’s on the SHIRTSTUCKEDIN youtube. below are the 3 most recent driving events & videos i have attended, competed and put a video together:

– D1 divisional series – mobara twin circuit making it to the top 16
– Meihan Sportsland K.STRUE competition day – winning #1st place
– Gunma Sports Cycle Center – GUNSAI HARDCORE TOKYO event

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tokushima kart land – taka-san RPS13. timeless in 2023 x

2023 D1GP & D1 LIGHTS series at okuibuki ski resort motor park. through my eyes. enjoy x

meihan sportsland c course – seimi school drift & mini-competition day. placing 2nd in expert class. enjoy a 20+ minute onboard youtube video below x

almost 3 exact years since driving meihan E course – first day back driving in the 3037 S13 for 2023. enjoy plenty of onboad & outside footage from the day – very big thank you to joel, satoshi-san from Kansai Dori for the invite and brendan for the outside footage x