I really had no idea I shot so many photos this time around in Japan. Granted I was there for almost two weeks but I don’t even remember having my camera on my that much. I didn’t shoot much or at all while I was in Hong Kong but then […]
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The Chronicles in Japan 2020 Part 1: Arrival and Tokyo Auto Salon…
2020 marks my 7th year in a row going to Japan. What once started out as a bucket list trip for me has now become a regularity. I never thought I’d have many of the opportunities that have been presented to be over the years but if there was one true “game changer” for The Chronicles, it most certainly would be my first trip to Japan in 2013. Going to Tokyo Auto Salon and seeing everything else that came with that trip really opened my eyes to a new level of potential for what I could do covering car culture—and I’ve been going back ever since. Every trip since has offered so many new opportunities to see more of what Japan had to offer. I find it funny now when my friends ask me if I’m going back to Japan every January because for me, it’s a certainty. Unless I’m absolutely unable to afford the trip, you’ll definitely find me there…
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A Private Tour of RAUH-Welt Begriff…
We are gonna go ahead and take things out of sequence for once and leap forward in time since I have so many photos from Attack Tsukuba to post soon. The Vlog featuring my visit to RWB went live yesterday and it generated a pretty good response, considering it isn’t […]
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Adventures in Fukuoka at M&M Honda – CHRNCLS Vlog 2019 #7
On the evening before our final full day in Japan, I make the executive decision to take a bullet train ride down to the Kyushu region, Fukuoka in particular, to visit a tuning shop that I’ve long been wanting to visit but just never found the right time to. M&M […]
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Speed Forme, Trial Japan & Yuta’s Big Reveal – CHRNCLS Vlog 2019 #6
This is a big one! We are back in Osaka, Japan hanging out with just a few days left before returning to the USA. Salem had already left that morning so after we dropped him off at the airport, Yasu takes us over to Speed Forme where we visit some […]
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Garage Excellent and The Legendary Sennard – CHRNCLS Vlog 2019 #5
The ghosts of Honda one-make racing’s past make an appearance in this very special Vlog when we visit the legendary (but often unknown outside of Japan) Racing Garage Suzuka Sennard…known simply in the Kansai region as “Sennard-O”. This engine building facility is known to build some of the most potent […]
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The Uncommon Cars of Common Snapper! – CHRNCLS Vlog 2019 #4
Tokyo and Osaka were fun but we were off to yet another part of Japan to visit more shops and see the unseen. On this episode, we head to the countryside of Mie, an area more popularly recognized for the famed Suzuka Circuit. We visited Suzuka Circuit for the first […]
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Osaka and The Hidden Gem! – CHRNCLS Vlog 2019 #3
We’re off to Osaka! After completing our adventures in Tokyo and finishing off a car-free day of just shopping and eating, it was time for us to head off on the Shinkansen to Osaka. We set-out to find more car stuff that many wouldn’t be exposed to or have seen […]
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Spoon Sports and Level One Japan Meet! – CHRNCLS Vlog 2019 #2 (Part 4)
After leaving Tokyo Auto Salon that Saturday afternoon, we headed down to a different part of Tokyo to check-out the Spoon Sports “Kanpachi Auto Salon” event, which is an annual gathering hosted by Tatsuru Ichishima and Spoon. They haven’t participated at TAS the last few years and have decided to […]
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Tokyo Auto Salon Day 2 Wrap-Up! – CHRNCLS Vlog 2019 #2 (Part 3)
Photos & Words by Joey Lee TAS 2019 is in full effect on this episode. We decided to skip Day 3 as we always do because it’s just way too crowded, so we made the most of our Saturday exploring the rest of the show and highlighting the more talked […]
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