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A Japan section has finally been created!!! :001_005:

Well if you live in Japan or in a surrounding Asian region post up and lets see if we can get some action in here.
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Good Idea!

I'll try to participate...

How many people from this forum actually live in Japan (about)?

Thats it! Just me and Kotetsu???
Anyone in South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, etc etc...???

Well Nick it seems you and I are the only two here in Japan.

I'm from Laos...but live in Tennessee does that count??? JKJK

normally I would say no but hey this section is dead so why the heck not hahaha.
How long did you live in Laos? What took you to Tennessee?

That's right! lol

Circuit Therory and I are the only ones posting down there!

I usta could be over there with you

So I am curious how did you guys end up living in japan? (born there? moved? etc.)

S'up guys. Signing in from Okinawa in Southern Japan.

wow you guys are way down in japan, is there many tuner cars in okinawa

Got to say there's a huge amount of horsepower per square kilometre here in Okinawa, especially considering we have no circuits or 1/4 mile drag strips.

What this ! action in the japan section!!!

Grappler: I moved here just over 5 years ago. Most guys on this site and the "other" have moved here and were not born here.

Hello Soldave, From what I hear Oki does have a lot of Horsies per square kilometer/mile.

i am thinking about talking a hop for two weeks to tokyo via the Yokota air base

Great ! When are you thinking to do that?

probably spring of 2011. i plan on bringing a fair amount of funding so i can have the military ship some stuff home

I'll be out there next week. Leaving out Sunday morning. Mostly gonna be a business trip though. Planning on making it out to D1GP in a couple weeks though.

iki ish!

Its hot as hell in Tokyo.

Any of you Japan local guys going out to D1? I am gonna be out there.

26C and feels like "29C". Come on, that's mild! I've got 29C and "feels like 35" down here in Okinawa! And this is a day when the sun's not out!

I lived in Okinawa from 2000 to 2003, stationed on Kadena AB. I bought an FC when I was there but it was junk so I never got it running lol. A lot of my buddies had FCs they would drag on 58 though. Had another friend that had a first gen, can't remember if it was SA or FB, but it had the rotor shaped wheels on it, SUPER clean. And another friend had an FD right before I left.

I had an S13 Silvia for the last couple years I was there too but it was stock. I will say though, there were quite a few high HP cars when I was there though.

And I do remember it being hot and muggy as shit in Okinawa during the summer too LOL, especially when a typhoon was coming and we were in our wet weather gear that didn't breathe at all, in the pouring rain putting all the equipment in hangars lol.

Yeah there's a bit of power here. Quickest foreigner-owned car is probably an R32 pushing about 900rwhp. It's full weight with working AC and everything too, boosting about 2.2-2.5 bar I think.

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. That is pretty impressive. I am only out here for a couple more weeks sadly. But I will be back in April in an attempt to open a new business and stay for good.

Looking at picking up an FC or FD. I have not really decided. Probably an FC cause I feel bad about beating on my FD already, plus I will be doing a lot of drifting. We will see though.

Yeah Okinawa sucks as far as weather goes, cause I fucking haaaate humidity and all that shit. Tokyo isnt all THAT bad. Its about the same where I live in the states. Its just uncomfortable. rofl

It is impressive, although not my car I should note. Prior to this FC I had a '92 original Mitsubishi Evo which was a daily driver and drag racer (http://soldave.ismysite.co.uk/biginjapan/about-my-car)

Enjoy the rest of your trip. Humidity is a killer, for me and for horsepower.

Yep, I hate humidity and heat also. That's why I love living in Colorado haha.

Yeah I really feel you on that one man. But fuuuuuuuuuuuck I love Japan way too much to stay away from it.

What's going on folks. I live in Atsugi, Japan. Just got here a few months ago. Used to own a 87 TII back in the states but sold it before I moved here. I currently am looking for an FD either out here or back home to start a new project. I am a Nissan lover at heart but I can't seem to stay away from these rotaries! Something about them I love. Anyways, just wanted to shout out and let you guys know i'm here with you.