During my time in Japan I reached out to some veteran car journalists to see what they had to say. One of the people who got back to me was Taryn Croucher – former Speedhunter and the founder of JapanCarCulture.com.
Read MoreTo most of Tokyo’s denizens, Daikanyama T-Site is a multipurpose café/bookstore/art gallery that happens to have a very convenient parking lot. However, on one Sunday morning each month, that parking lot turns into a very quiet showcase of some of the best cars in the Tokyo area.
Read MoreHot rods are so popular in Japan that several companies there just specialized in shipping parts from Los Angeles to Japan. Or to put it another way, one of those importers justified his business saying “How can we compete when these people seem to love Hot Rods more than we do?”
Read MoreAs mentioned several times, The Nash is a weird dude. But it’s that weirdness that allows him to standout in a Japanese parking lot, and it’s his awesome strangeness that says just as much about Japanese Culture as it says about himself.
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