Behind The Scenes>>a Day & Night Of Speedhunting – Osaka Style
Working as a Speedhunter may be the best gig on the face of the earth, but I certainly wouldn't call it an easy job. There's the travel, the long days, and the rigors of shooting in all types of...
View ArticleEvent>>osaka Nights – The M&l Party Pt.1
My visit to Osaka over the weekend was both rewarding and eye-opening. For a couple months I'd been planning my visit around Osaka Auto Messe, but it turns out that Saturday night's "M&L Party" car...
View ArticleEvent>>osaka Nights – The M&l Party Continued
As I finish up the recap of my action-packed and unforgettable weekend in Osaka, I’d like to share some more scenes from Saturday night’s M&L Party. It’s already been a week since this meet, but I...
View ArticleCar Spotlight>> Kanjo Veteran
Last month during my visit to Osaka I was able to get an up close look at the area’s underground car culture thanks to my new friends from Tactical Art. Just as things were wrapping up at the M&L...
View ArticleCar Craft Boon: The Osaka Jdm Guys
My Speedhunting adventures had to sooner or later take me to a little special garage nestled in the Sakai-area of Osaka city. I hadn’t heard of Osaka JDM up until that warm autumn day in Fuji Speedway...
View ArticleKanjo Style: The Osaka Jdm Ef9 Civic
Staying true to your roots is something very important but at the same time equally hard to do. When it comes to cars, the lure of modern machinery, new technology and the ever-increasing levels of...
View ArticleMaster Of Design: Kei Miura & Tra Kyoto
After having seen the Rocket Bunny FR-S in full detail back in October, as well as the countless cars wearing what has to be the most talked about aero conversion of the moment, this video from Luke...
View ArticleKanjo Tribe: Osaka Night Fighters
From a distance, Japan might look like a pretty uniform nation. It doesn’t matter what area you visit – everyone pretty much speaks the same language, the buildings and streets look similar, the trains...
View ArticleEndless Night: The M&L Party
I hope you guys have enjoyed the 2014 Osaka Auto Messe coverage I posted last week. Auto Messe is always one of the highlights when I visit Japan in the winter, but to be honest what I look forward to...
View ArticleKanjo Life Dictates
I won’t mention who I was with or what exactly we got up to, but a few weeks ago I had my very first Kanjo experience. Up until that point all I knew about the Osaka Loop was that in its heyday it was...
View ArticlePaying Homage To Kanjo Culture
Why? Because just like Thailand and Indonesia, Malaysia has strict import rules and ludicrously high tax rates on cars manufactured outside of the country. If someone wants want to get into the car...
View ArticleTire Stretch & Motor Swaps At Fitted Lifestyle
Over the past decade, Speedhunters has done an excellent job thoroughly covering virtually every segment car culture around the globe, however, going back as far as I can remember, there hasn’t been a...
View ArticleA Kanjo-Inspired Civic In Russia
Dmitry ‘Dima’ Chugunov‘s Civic isn’t one of those, but its spirit is well and truly channeled from the JDM tuning scene. The left-hand drive Honda hatchback came to Russia via Germany where it had been...
View ArticleBoost Creepin’ In A 500hp EK9 Civic Type R
Normally, when I don’t cover a particular aspect of car culture, it’s because I’m actively trying to avoid it. The strange thing here is that I really like Hondas, and in particular the EK9s and DC2...
View ArticleHonda Overload At Circuit Festa
What race meet draws the biggest crowd to this small circuit nestled in the mountains of Hyogo Prefecture? No, it’s not GT cars, nor is it Porches. This close to Osaka, it could only be one celebrating...
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