Hi all, don’t worry, I didn’t forget about the second half of the Wekfest Hawaii photos, I’ve just been super busy here in Japan. We’re in the midst of a three-day Osaka Auto Messe event and I’m typing most of this at a tiny desk situated right in-between the No Good Racing booth and the …
Wekfest Hawaii 2020 Coverage… Part 1…
Somewhere wedged in-between my multiple trips to Japan is the annual Wekfest Hawaii event. People often ask me why I go to Japan so often in such a short span of time and my main reasoning behind it is simple; I have to go to Hawaii. It’s often considered paradise to many people but being …
The Chronicles in Japan 2020 Part 9: More from AF Festival Japan…
It’s crazy to think that it took me this long to unpack all the photos I shot from Japan last month and I’m now already getting prepared to go back. In total, we all just went through about 428 photos together in all 9-parts of this series. That’s not even counting the five Vlogs that …
The Chronicles in Japan 2020 Part 8: AF Festival Japan…
After we left Central Circuit at around 11:30 AM, we hopped in Yasu’s Civic and headed back to Osaka. The Autofashion Festival event had started already but we knew we’d have plenty of time to see everything since it didn’t end until 4. I missed last year’s event since it was scheduled later in the …
The Chronicles in Japan 2020 Part 7: Central Time Attack Challenge…
I’ve always lived under this assumption that I was a spontaneous person and that I just like to “go with the flow”, but maybe I’ve just always been a poor planner. In some ways I think that has helped this site grow to what it is today but I’m not gonna lie, there are times …
The Chronicles in Japan 2020 Part 6: Impact Magic and TRA Kyoto…
The next morning after an epic visit to Car Make ACROSS, Yasu and I hopped into his FK7 Civic so we could head out to Kyoto. We were set to meet up with Kei Miura from TRA Kyoto to discuss some future plans but when we arrived, he was nowhere to be found. If you …
The Chronicles in Japan 2020 Part 5: Car Make ACROSS, Trial Tuning Spirit, and Speedforme…
We pick up right where we left-off in the ongoing Japan Photo Series. After we left Factor Racing Service that afternoon, we decided to make some more shop visits in the city of Sakai. Yasu wanted to stop by CHARGE, a shop he was sponsoring some product for, but on the way I asked him …
The Chronicles in Japan 2020 Part 4: Tokyo Nights, Hong Kong Meet, and Factor Racing Service…
One of my favorite things about being in Japan is having the opportunity to see just how intertwined custom car culture is with every day life there. It’s hard to explain in just words and photos but anyone that has been there any length of time can attest to that. You can be cruising around …
Final Day in Japan at the Autofashion Festival…CHRNCLS Vlog 2020 #5
It’s been a blast in Japan but all good things must come to an end as I wrap-up my adventures and head back home. In the previous episode, you saw us at the Central Time Attack Challenge event in Hyogo. Around 11:30 AM, we hopped back in the car and went back to Osaka to …
The Chronicles in Japan 2020 Part 3: Spoon Collection Event…
It’s a tough time out here in Los Angeles and I’m sure the rest of the country, even the world, is feeling it now. We lost a great man yesterday in Kobe Bryant. He was our “Superman”, you know? He was an icon lost way too soon. I found it so difficult to come up …