Note - To kick off "Skyline Week", here's a repost of a retrospective I did during Nissan Month in November '08. The Skyline is one of Japan's longest running car models and Nissan celebrated the 50th anniversary of the car in 2007. 50+ years is a long time for ANY car model, especially a Japanese one. Actually, to say "Nissan
When I visited the East Car shop in Toride earlier this fall, I planned to shoot one of their finished projects and as soon as I arrived, this white Hakosuka Skyline jumped right out at me. The Hakosuka is one of the quintessential vintage Japanese cars and a perfect fit for our Nissan month. Like I stated in the previous story about East Car, the shop's
Throughout the next month I will be doing a number of "101" posts about different aspects of Japanese car culture and I don't think there is a better place to start than with the classic car scene in Japan. After all, the Japanese tuning culture that is so popular around the world would not exist without these nostalgic machines. While
I can't believe it's June already, I guess time flies when you are working on Speedhunters. Here in Japan, June means endless rainy days and sticky, humid air. As I sit here watching the rain fall outside, I thought it was a good time to look back to January and the Japanese Classic Car Association New Year Meeting in Tokyo which was held under