It was Christmas, the time of year when many people come together with their families and close friends to celebrate the holiday season. However, last year, Akira Nakai had other…
That’s it. I’m pretty confident we’ve reached peak car show awesomeness. How on earth could you possibly top meticulously laying out 200 air-cooled Porsches on a closed-off highway above the…
At Tokyo Auto Salon 2025, a pair of dark-colored Porsche 911s stopped me in my tracks. Initially, I wondered why these two understated cars were attracting so much attention –…
For more than two decades, Kawato-san of Total Car Produce Magic has dedicated himself to extracting the impossible from rotary engines, earning worldwide respect through his outrageous creations for Mad…
Everyone talks about exporting a car from Japan, but who in their right mind would send one to the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’ instead? Well, UK-based BMW tuning specialist…
There’s something about Tokyo at night that never loses its charm. The constant hum of the expressways that weave through towering high-rises, the soft glow of street lamps highlighting the…
Tokyo hasn’t changed — we have. There I was, deep into a doom-scroll at some ungodly hour, when it hit me: I was trapped in a digital hall of mirrors.…
It’s become a tradition for Dino and I to photograph Liberty Walk cars on Sunday night, after Tokyo Auto Salon. Toshi and Kawamura-san always pull through, no matter how ridiculous…
Whilst Tokyo Auto Salon chaos unfolded in Chiba, there was a much more relaxed, grassroots show quietly going on in central Tokyo. This was the Analogue Automotive Motives Exhibition, a…
We’re a week on from the madness of Tokyo Car Week, so let’s take a look at the event that capped it all off: Peaches ‘Nowhere To Go’. This particular…