Other Places of interest we visited in Japan

Super Autobacs (Yokohama)

Global Auto Car Dealership.

UP Garage. A second hand parts shop for aftermarket parts.


The Famous Fuji Speedway complex. An amazing race track and facilities. If only we had a chance to race around the track.




HKS Kansai Service. Very quiet the day we visited.


Signal Auto Workshop. Alot smaller than anticipated.

Endless Workshop. Some very nice cars being built there, but again a small setup.

We visit the Nismo Omori Factory

We visit the Trial Workshop in Japan.

A very big workshop with loads of cars around. Very friendly people and only to willing to show us around.

We attend Tokyo Auto Salon 2009

We were lucky enough to attend this years Tokyo Auto Salon which was held from 9-11 January at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo, Japan. While there we got a chance to talk tuning and engine building with a number of the top companies in the industry like JUN, Blitz, Mukai-san of HKS Kansai Service and Mr Niikura of Mines Japan. The Nissan R35 GTR & Mitsubishi Evo X were well represented at this years show. We also used the opportunity to visit a number of high profile workshops in Japan like Trial, HKS Kansai, Zeni Tani, Endless & Signal Auto. We took over 900 photo's during our visit.