Back with the rest of the photos from the recent “Phantom Day” event held in Chiba, Tokyo, Japan. Though this was a smaller event, I can imagine how much fun it would have been to just walk around all day and shoot some of these builds while shooting the shit with my friends over there. Hopefully sooner than later, I’ll be able to do just that when I can head back to Japan. For now, we’ll just have to look at these great photos captured by Yasutaka Shimomukai from Exceed Japan. I’m glad he’s been around me long enough to understand what cars I’d capture and what angles I like to shoot them at. He sends them over to me and I process them the same way I process my own photos. The end result are photos that look just like mine, honestly. Only people that are incredibly familiar with my photography and level of detail will notice the differences.
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Phantom Day 2022 Coverage… Part 1…
Admittedly, I’m a bit bummed because I wasn’t able to attend Tokyo Auto Salon this year due to the ongoing global shitstorm. I thought Yasu was going to go, at least, but I couldn’t even convince him to be inside the Makuhari Messe venue and be exposed to the plethora of possibly infected humans. I knew I was going to miss 2021 because they cancelled the event outright but was looking forward to going back in 2022. This actually marks the first time I’ve ever missed a TAS event since I first started attending back in 2013. From what I heard from friends in Japan, the event was much smaller and the crowd was definitely smaller, which was expected. I think my friends were trying to make me feel better because the show wasn’t nearly as big as it has been in the past but the thought of just being able to shoot the cars there with a smaller crowd sounded amazing. It’s usually pretty impossible to get a clean shot while the show is going on but from what I’ve seen of the photos posted online, you could definitely tell that the show was smaller. I’m hoping Japan re-opens by spring time so I can finally return and visit friends there but at this rate, who really knows?…
Read MoreWreckin’ Meet Japan 2016 Coverage… Part 4 of 4…
…And to kick start your Monday evening, I present to you, the final concluding portion of the 2016 Wreckin’ Meet Coverage. Enjoy…
Read MoreWreckin’ Meet Japan 2016 Coverage… Part 3…
What’s up all! Back again with some more coverage that I dug-up from the 2016 Wreckin’ Meet, shot by my friend Shota Mori. Today I’m actually gonna let him give you some words about the event since he was actually there. It’s all translated but I’ll try to paraphrase it […]
Read MoreWreckin’ Meet Japan 2016 Coverage… Part 2…
…And now, for the stunning conclusion of the Car Limbo tournament, much more exciting and competitive than the NCCA Basketball Tournament that hasn’t quite happened yet. I’m kidding. This is great stuff. I love Japan and all that comes with car culture from their perspective. Please enjoy more from the […]
Read MoreWreckin’ Meet Japan 2016 Coverage… Part 1…
HO LEE FUK… …am I late with these photos… Normally, after so much time has passed, I typically wouldn’t even post up photos from an event this late but I just recently remembered I had these in my possession, and well, they are just too good to not post. Hopefully […]
Read MoreThe Chronicles 2014 Japan Trip Coverage… Part 8: We Go To Arvou With L2P And Then Some Adventures On The Tokyo Highway…
Good to know that everyone seemed to enjoy last night’s update featuring the guys from Lowered2Perfection. I know not everything I cover will always be universally popular with everyone, but when going on trips like this in other parts of the world, I try my best to capture everything that […]
Read MoreThe Chronicles 2014 Japan Trip Coverage… Part 7: A Visit To Gunma To Meet The Guys From L2P And IB Complete…
It’s pretty wild that we are already on Part 7 of this series and in real time, we are only covering the Sunday of my trip to Japan. If it seems like we did quite a bit in just three days time, believe me, it felt the exact same way […]
Read MoreUSDM Jam Ver. 10 Coverage…Part 6 of 6…
Alas, our journey must come to an end… It has been an amazing journey seeing all these cool builds from USDM Jam Ver. 10, especially through the eyes of Shota Mori and Koji Karimata. I appreciate everything these guys do from getting their cars prepped, making the long drive, and […]
Read MoreUSDM Jam Ver. 10 Coverage…Part 5…
I want to extend a huge overseas shout-out to all my supporters from Japan. They’ve done a great job of sharing the last four posts via various social media outlets and I really appreciate it. I don’t advertise anywhere or really promote this site anywhere else besides my own social […]
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