Well all, the last month has been quite exciting for me. I was able to make it over to Japan to catch the second to last F1 race of the year at Honda's very own Suzuka Circuit. Im not much for words so ill let the pics to the talking. I was also able to invite a couple honda-techers to meet up with me in Tokyo, so i showed them around for a bit and we had a great time. Please enjoy the pics. Thanks to Kengs san for the great recomendations as always.

on with the show....

left phoenix 6am (first flight to LA)
LA to narita12.5 hours
narita to Osaka by shinkansen 5 hours
Finaly make it to where i sleep about 24 hours later I need a beer!

( for the Nippon junkees, I stayed in Osaka with friends =free, and there was a special express train in the morning to the race track 115min, for me this worked best)

gota love Narita Booty its always there to greet me

Suzuka Circuit the night before qualifying..

Although Suzuka isnt the most spectator friendly track, it was certainly the best venue for a honda enthusiest!

met this guy when i walked in... considered him an honorary FAR east cost weetodd. Kanpai Opie san!!


get er dun! i wasnt F'N around here...
oh like you wouldnt have either....
for the non beer drinkers...
on with qualifying!! incase you missed the race footage back in the states.. qualify was a wet one!!!

honda's presence there was everyewhere. this stage was huge!

the crowds split and they called me on stage for some presents for coming so far to cheer on honda! and yes the flag is now hanging in my garage. no its not for sale.

luckily it dryed up for race day and the R marshall came out to make sure the track was race ready!!


sato san rolling deep in the honda s100!
he looked a little bit better in ithis though.. unfortunately he did horablly in the race
schumi san


not sure if this was exactly safe or not.. can i get a second opinion from RJ on this?...
race chics rule!

so does race track beer!

this one is for Kengs san.. yes i tried the beef and it was DERICIOUS!!!!

the trains were unbearable so we had to get off at Nagoya station and hit a late night happy hour until the last train was to take us back to osaka.

Thats all from F1.. ill throw in some random pics from the trip and mix them all up. but heres some from a place i think youlll all be familiar with....
id like to meet up with this decorator..

honda JAZZ FIT K20A 260 HP four wheel disc brembos ect...

IM sure youve all seen this concept..Honda Legend equipt with Lemans spec V8 engine. Brake pedal felt very nice too

and you thought v8s cant rev....
The legendary double seater Mugen Shifter kart. This shifter is actually used for demonstrations for handicapped people. HOLY GO-KART RIDE!!!

mugen parking lot of course


MikeHonda what!?!?

jdm civic > usdm one of course....

what else would mugen put in thier cars..


what the hell was this doing at mugen?!?!

oh wait ,it wasnt thats spoons new " Dorifto" s2k. what the hell are you thinking Ichichima san!?!?
welll after pondering this question i asked him...

this is a little more my style..
anyone need a new motor?

No CHAD, i cant find you the new D1 video game for ps2....
toyota mega web building a monster 86..
test drive anyone?

teaser of the night life.. athough im sure its more scary than promoting...

things getting out of hand... gota love theme bars with the newbie J trippers ( kengs recomended this place to me )


jdmers ( is that a word) cant hang with the looseboys


tsukiji fish market is a must... IF you can get up at 430 am..

wasabi anyone?

you havnt had good sushi till youve eaten at Tsukiji.. biggest and freshest fish market in the world.. mmm O toro
random pics.....
hakatta ramen in Hakatta Kyushu...
best ramen in the Japan ..

beef pic of shane san..

shibuya crossing of course

thats all for now. hope you enjoy the pictures i shared.

Cant wait till next spring, anyone wanna go?..




Modified by R you serious at 7:26 PM 11/3/2005

 

me = hungry + jearous

wish i could've made it over there with ya - looks like u had an awesome time

 

awesome

 

Nice trip yo! Looks like a great time. Thx for the fun pix/commentary

Chris - also hungry and jear00s of the derisious f00d.

 

HOLY CRAP!!! too much to comment on!

Bah! You're so lucky to go to the Japanese GP. That's one thing I've got to do. Taku may have retired from the race, but at least you got to watch him and Jense race.. Me, on the other hand, went to Indy this year for the USGP. Michelin & FIA..

Sooo lucky. Thanks for sharing the pics and I don't have to ask if it was fun. Dang!


That sign of Taku swigging the Super H2O is hilarious. bahaha

 

taku has announced that he will be driving next year with a NEW team!! woot. a second honda team maybe?....

 

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Oops, sorry, when I said retired I meant from the race.

Yes! Hopefully he'll be racing for Super Aguri F1! *crosses fingers*

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns15877.html

 

g00t recap

y shi - who noticed lots of typos but none of the jdm words/names were misspelled !r0r

 

konya wa choto yoparai sugi. gome gomen

 

I just noticed the 10,000 RPM redline on the Mugen LM V8 engine in the Legend Max.

If Honda never gets the wild hair to produce that baby, I hope to at least see some video of the concept car in action.

 

awsome trip jeffu san thanks again! osaka next year?

 

of course daniel san

 

Nice pictures! Great captions! Crap...I was going to say something really scarcastic...hmmmm.

Pointless fact: Shibuya....that little intersection right there and the immediate surrounding buildings is the most exspensive realestate on the planet.

Nice trip. Might have to do that soon to visit some friends. No excuse not to go considering I'm only a 5 1/2 hour flight away.

 

Nice pics, Jeff!

Boy, did I miss out.

 

DAMN IT!

I wanna go to japan too!

Good pics!

 

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no mondai.

y shi - who nihon ni ikitai naa!

 

I need to get my *** to Japan already. Must of been damn nice! Nice shots Jeff!

 

flippin sweet! wowwee

 

My favorite is still the gold showcar Accord at Spoon.

 

DAM you right racer girls rules. i need to go there and meet them racer girls.

 

Great pics/commentary. Yes, I wanna go next year!!!!

 

Mommy....


Tristan
00-0503

 

Thanks for the tour!

 

dammmmmmmn, that looked like a fun *** trip lucky with gifts from the circuit event

 

more pics!