The entire time JR has spent in Japan has been a great example of cross-cultural exchange, centred around the common language of drifting. Even if you can't communicate with words, a simple clutch-kick and smoke of the tyres speaks volumes. So why is he standing next to a lady in a kimono? You'll have to read on to find out. To give JR a bit

Just look at the water in these photos! Soooooo much rain! I've shot photos in the rain before, but I've never ever shot photos in so much rain! See all the water covering the ground in the photo above? This is a photo of our fellow Speedhunter Naoto Suenaga, drifting his GC1 Impreza on Ebisu Circuit's legendary South Course during D1 Practice

Since my previous images from the Ebisu Circuit Summer Drift Festival (aka Natsumatsuri ) seemed to get a pretty good response from Speedhunters readers, I wanted to show you guys a few more photos from this year's event. I was pretty disappointed that my friends from the Kanagawa-based AE86 team named Peak couldn't make it to the festival;

Most people tend to live their lives in some kind of reality tunnel . You see life from your own perspective and tend to push your own value judgements onto your perceptions of the world. Perhaps the most evolved of us live in a very wide tunnel with a semi-objective viewpoint, while some of us live in very narrow bands, and are unable to see anything

It seems like there are more and more expats getting to the drift scene in Japan and it's great to see them documenting their exploits on the net. Thanks to member "Mint" of the Driftworks forums, we have some more photos from last month's Spring Drift Festival at Ebisu Circuit. AE86's take over the paddock. (What's that Evo4