Carspotting in Japan - Tokyo/Kyoto

"Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder" (pabuuu4) 08/03/2017 at 13:20 • Filed to: None

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So I spent about two weeks traveling around Japan, from the capital to the smaller inaka’s (rural areas) and this is what I have found.

I saw a lot more am

azing cars pass me by, at times when I didn’t have my phone ready. These are the ones I was able to capture.

A common theme we found was that car owners would leave their cars on, with the hazard lights on and then be nowhere in sight. Only in Japan..

A recurring theme this vacation was Lincoln Navigators, in varying states of disrepair. This one was located at the Tsukiji Fish market

Only when you visit an asian country you realize how out of place a RHD BMW 320 looks.

Gotta love the RSFour

Brabus wheels? yeah sure

Do you see it?

Lorinser

All the cars in this parking garage were taken at Narita airport at 4 in the morning while we were spending the night there.. We may have re-enacted some scenes from Tokyo Drift with the baggage trolleys....

I enjoyed this short trip a lot, and I look forward to coming back here and actually be able to spend time on car related events.

MonkeePuzzle > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 08/03/2017 at 13:30

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but mostly I am holding my hand from the pain of carpul tunnel I got from all the scrolling.

epic post. epic cars.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 08/03/2017 at 13:33

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Alfa Romeo 156 GTA Sportwagon?

You now have my undivided attention.

Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder > MonkeePuzzle 08/03/2017 at 13:35

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Clicking the scroll wheel and dragging it down slowly may be easier on your hands next time, but hey glad you enjoyed it!

MonkeePuzzle > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 08/03/2017 at 13:37

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I think I enjoy Japan’s quirky parking spaces as much as the cars.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 08/03/2017 at 13:47

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Of course you lead with an FN2. I know mechanically they’re a less-good 8th gen Si, but I want one so bad.

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > MonkeePuzzle 08/03/2017 at 13:58

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Ditto! I love everything from the little flaps that come up to prevent people from driving away until they’ve paid, to the double decker spots (which I guess are more common in the US now) tothe little parking elevator box buildings. All the colors and lines on the roads are completely foreign though, still not sure what many of it means.

Textured Soy Protein > MonkeePuzzle 08/03/2017 at 14:11

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All of my carpal tunnels are fully intact thanks to my gigantic Kensington trackball . Just wish the paint on the buttons was more durable.

(Actually I need to get a keyboard tray to hang under my desk and put both my keyboard and trackball at a better angle but I may be moving offices at some point in the near future so I’m waiting until after that to ask for the tray.)

6691 zapS > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 08/03/2017 at 14:23

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Cé hé sin > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 08/03/2017 at 15:18

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Most surprising of these: Citroen XM.

victor > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 08/03/2017 at 15:47

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I once saw a LHD XJR in Kyoto.....THINK ABOUT THAT.....

victor > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 08/03/2017 at 15:48

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BTW, glad to see an FCA product in it’s proper environment... on the back of a flatbed.

Steve in Manhattan > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 08/03/2017 at 16:32

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How great is all that! Strangest thing for me was the Buick. And about 18 months ago I saw this in Tokyo:

  > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 08/03/2017 at 19:56

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“A common theme we found was that car owners would leave their cars on, with the hazard lights on and then be nowhere in sight. Only in Japan.”

In Bulgaria that is an operation known as “parking”. Commonly executed in such places as main roads, kerbs, parks, and council driveways.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 08/04/2017 at 06:02

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great pics

nice Citroen XM find too.

Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder >   08/04/2017 at 06:25

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Do you really leave your Ferrari on the side of the road in a busy street with the keys in it, the engine running and be nowhere in sight? doubt it..

Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder >   08/04/2017 at 06:25

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