I spent the whole day today out on the town in Tokyo on a photo shoot and reporting spree for an upcoming magazine story. One of the thing....
28 Dec 10:47 pm  from  TokyoMango.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Make no mistake: my first foray into upgrades for my 1993 Alto Works RS/X was an unmitigated disaster.  The combination of parts didn’t w....
26 Dec 3:00 pm  from  Big in Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

So the car was up and running again, but I still wasn’t really feeling the big increase in power I had expected from a turbo/ECU/injector ....
24 Dec 6:12 pm  from  Big in Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Two questions: Can you find the asian girl? (it’s like trying to find Waldo) How many internet memes can you spot in this clip? The woma....
14 Dec 1:17 pm  from  Daily Bento   [Profile]  [Recent] 

I frequently say on this blog that I learn from my mistakes, and I certainly do make a few with my car.  The last time I posted about my ow....
12 Dec 8:38 pm  from  Big in Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

If anybody tells you GT5 isn’t going to be the ultimate simulator, just point at Lucas Ordoñez. By winning a European competition to fin....
9 Dec 11:00 am  from  Daily Bento   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Last weekend was the final 2009 edition of the Japan Lowrider Show in Tokyo. The one-day event took place at Makuhari Messe (technically out....
1 Dec 4:19 am  from  TokyoFashion.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Kodomo Tencho, the star of Toyota’s TV commercials, stunned the Japanese geinoukai entertainment world by admitting he was gay. Honnie’....
26 Nov 10:14 pm  from  InvisibleGaijin   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Always on the lookout for good bits of writing that I can put up on my own site if I think they might be helpful or interesting to someone, ....
26 Nov 9:57 pm  from  Big in Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

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19 Nov 5:01 pm  from  1000 things about Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

The Omega Drags was the last racing event of 2009 in Okinawa and unsurprisingly, I was a spectator for this event. And to be honest, as long....
17 Nov 12:25 pm  from  Big in Japan   [Profile]  [Recent]