shops in Kanto area !

When I was in Tokyo, I went to visit Ueno-san
who drives the world famous Toyota Soarer in the D1GP.
This is his shop called SUI:VAX in Kanagawa.
He is currently working on his new BMW M3 to use
for his competition car in the 2009 D1GP !

One of his daily drive Toyota JZX100 Mark II.
It is soooooooo NICE !!!
I really wish we had these in the States !!!!!
While I was in Kanagawa, I visited Jonny Ito and
Kazu Takahashi at WELD/Xanthic.
Look at that cool little van with WELD graphic !!

Looking down at the shop from the office in the
2nd floor !

And I also took a bullet train to visit "Emperor" Koguchi san
at his shop Koguchi Power in Tochigi.
Here's Koguchi san posing for me !!
(sorry it's blurry...)

We went to dinner at a spaghetti restaurant called
"Apple" near by his shop.
The pasta was very good. It was boiled to perfection
which never happens here.....

And to finish the delicious dinner, we ordered this
super big pudding!
Koguchi san and me both finished it !!!
(with a little help from the girls next door)

I've been eating so much while I was in
Japan, so I might've gained some weight....
Time to do some extreme excercise....hmmm.

hiro

tennis and golf

Now that I'm back in the states, I'll start to upload some pics
from Japan. I should've done it while I was there, but
I was soooo busy.... sorry !
I played tennis with my dad, his friend, and my brother.
It's been like 6 years since I played last time, but
it was fun. My feet felt like it was slow.... am I getting

old ?!?!

I also played golf with my family at a resort in Tateyama, Chiba.
It was cold and I was too sore from the tennis game the day
before, but it was a good time spent with my family.

The tires on the automatic golf cart is .......
Falken !!!

On a different day, I was invited by Nob Taniguchi to play
golf with his friends. I was pretty nervous because all of
these guys are the GT500 and GT300 drivers !!!
(Nob Taniguchi, Yasu Kikuchi, and Kataoka)
And it was a cold day too.... -3deg C when we teed off!
The course was in Chiba called Kimisarazu and it was quite
a challenging course. I ended up shooting 98 !!!
The score was terrible, but it was so cool to meet and
play golf with these famous racers (^ ^)/

I'll be updating more and more of my trip soon !

hiro

Tokyo Auto Salon. . . . pics

Last weekend, I finally went to the Tokyo Auto Salon !
I've always wanted to go, but I've always missed the
opportunity, so it was awesome that I got to go.

Doesn't this look like th Falken flag ?!?!

When I got there, MAX Orido and NOB Taniguchi
was doing a video shoot on Orido's new Aristo !
Congrats to Daigo for getting the 2008 D1GP Champion !!
I see the red Mustang in the background. . . . hmm...

In the Mazda booth, there was a hands-on experience
with the miniture scale rotary engine. These kids got

to take the model engine apart and put it back together
with their parents in accordance with the advise from
the expert !!

Ueno san from T&E will be driving this new BMW M3
in the 2009 D1GP. It will be so exciting to see new
cars fighting in this year's championship !!

Me with the BN Sports crew !
The white Mark II in the back is the personal street
car belonging to Saito Daigo !! So~~~ jealous !!!

hiro

Belated Pic.

I got a nice fruit basket for my BDay gift a while ago...and I got a pic for that. It was yummy & great! Thank you as always, Ayame chan! =)

Yoshie

New Year Resolution

A Happy new year...as usual belated...

Anyhow, I gained (and still going on?!) some weight in winter (my pants got smaller...not really, I got bigger.)

I got a scale w/ body fat rate, body water rate, and bone density rate yesterday.

I haven't weighted myself for more than half a year, so I was afraid to know the reality...hahaha

It wasn't as bad as I thought...but yeah, I gained weight as I felt. hahaha

I haven't decided my new year resolution, but definitely I need to lose some meat...before it gets too late. hehe

Yoshie

some random JDM-ness

the remote control golf cart :


the suspended parking lot :


hiro

Fuji Speedway !

I went to check out Fuji Speedway with my friend.
Luckily it was a nice sunny day and the view was awesome !

There was bunches of these 'oil dump' cans.
Very driver friendly environment !
Fuji D1 Grandprix corner !

From the hot pit area.
All the building, pavement, rooms, were all very new
and sooooo nice !!!

Media room.
Big screen tv and electric outlet for each person.

The Drift course !

The Gymkhana course !

The Fuji 800 Short course !

The remains of the old Fuji super high speed Oval course !

Me and Mt.Fuji from the Fuji main track !

This day was not only a fine sunny day, but there was
an event going on at every single available track, so it
was like an amusement part for car lovers.
It's definitely the nicest track facility that I've ever been to!!

hiro