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 […]
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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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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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We continue on our explorations at the annual SEMA Show and meet up with Ryan from Rywire, where he goes over his latest customer project that debuted at the event. He gives us a detailed look at the Civic at the Toyo Treadpass section of the show and then we […]
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The day after The Chronicles Year11 event, we hosted a smaller gathering at the shop simply called “Year11.5”. It was our last ‘Chronicles and Coffee’ meet of the calendar year that I wanted to do after the big anniversary event to get more of the people who came from out-of-town […]
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