Tag: takeshi kobayashi

KDAY!! Is One Of Japan’s Best-Kept Secrets…

I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Takeshi Kobayashi for over a decade now but have never actually been to one of his Kday!! events. It’s an annual car show he does every year and though I’ve been to Japan many, many, times, I’ve just never made my way up to Miyagi Prefecture during Fall. After my trip to Australia, I decided to head to Japan for a few weeks and it just so happened that Kday!! was happening the same month. Yasu had planned to attend with his newly-finished USDM Civic coupe so everything just sort of fell into place. Not only would be be able to present the Civic in its near-final form, I’d finally have the opportunity to experience Takeshi’s labor of love in his hometown…

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Kday C8! Japan Coverage… Part 3…

If you love your ’90s Hondas this is going to be a good post for you guys to kick-off your work week. In the final portion of our Kday! C8 Coverage, we look specifically at some of the cars from Japan that helped to really bring an audience to The […]

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Kday C8! Japan Coverage… Part 2…

Let’s jump right back into the Kday! C8 photos which I totally forgot to post after the event itself happened almost a year ago. By this time, the latest Kday! C9 event will have already happened and from the photos that I’ve seen on Instagram, it looked like another great […]

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Kday C8! Japan Coverage… Part 1…

Once upon a time, some 365 days ago, my good friend Takeshi Kobayashi’s annual event, Kday!, happened. You’re only seeing the photos surface now here on The Chronicles a year later because I am a complete asshole and just never found time to post them up. There was a time […]

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Kday! Chapter 4 2014 Coverage…Part 2….

Ready for more Kday C4 coverage? Well here it is… Seeing photos like this just really make me miss Japan. I love the car community out there and how friendly everyone is. During my travels, I’ve had the opportunity to meet many of the owners of the cars you see […]

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Kday! Chapter 4 2014 Coverage…Part 1….

I always look forward to this time of year… Not only because it means that its finally cooling down because Summer is over, but also because of Takeshi Kobayashi’s annual Kday event. His event falls just around the same time as my annual Anniversary meet so it is almost like […]

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