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Here's a few pictures from the Tokyo Auto Salon and from the trip in general. 
Eiji Yamada, the crash test victim from Option Video.
Our friends in Tokyo: Ishikawa (Formula 3 Driver), Okuyama (Best Car Editor /
Civic Series Driver), Tom Bryant (Race Driving Instructor), Eiko Oka(JAL), and
Yoshida (Civic Series Driver).
Ishikawa at his race performance shop AIRS in Tokyo.
A bunch of girls we met in Tokyo at this large celebration for everyone turning
20 in the country.
Our friends at With Me, a car and motorcycle performance shop in Tokyo. They
also organize one of the biggest sportbike exhibition events in Japan.
Finally meeting the rotary man himself, Mr. Amemiya.
Our friends from Signal Auto. Yumi Mano and Kosuke Kida.
Alpine's massive booth at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Alpine chose to put their stereo
systems into cars like Skylines and NSX's.
Amemiya's touring RX7. I wonder if this is the one driven by Taniguchi?
The Autobachs NSX. Autobachs is a huge chain of car mod stores. It's like
Checkers for aftermarket parts. The Super Autobachs that we visited had a store
about the same size as a Longs with a cafe, huge garage, DJ booth, magazine /
book area, and a division that fabricates their own vehicles.
RX7 by Biot.
Our friends from Grip Video: Jason Ryan and Mike Irion filming away at the
Signal Auto booth.
Gull wing doors on a big something-or-other sedan. This vehicle had a fully
decked out sound system and even a slot machine mounted in the passenger door.
The only hachi-roku that made it into the Tokyo Auto Salon. This vehicle was
completely done up in Initial D treatment, down to the Fujiwara Tofu Shop
sticker.
The Initial D car went even so far as to put the cup holder in the A/C vent with
a cup of water in it.
Hachi-Rokus are actually pretty rare to see in Japan now, since their car
registration standards are so strict.
Not a whole lot of FWD racecars at the Tokyo Auto Salon or in Tokyo in general.
The Hondas that we did run into on the street were almost all Type R's.
Jackie modeling at the Signal Auto booth.
Leaving Hawaii for Tokyo. It's about a 9 hour flight over, so remember to bring
something good to read.
Mazda's massive booth. Probably the largest booth by a car manufacturer at the
show. Their booth contained revolving platforms of RX8's, spokesmodels, dancing
girls, a giant projector television display, and tons of sound and lighting.
Random MR-S.
Another MR-S.
Taniguchi's car. The NOB is now his acronym: "No One Better." Too bad
he finished in second place in the 2002 D1 after the one and only Katsuhiro Ueo
in his Revolver sponsored AE86
Sorry the picture is kind of off centered, but that's because so many people
were rushing Taniguchi's car at the HKS booth, a good picture couldn't be taken.
Ken Nomura's (Nomu-Ken) D1 car.
A Previa at the show. Fixing up vans is a popular trend right now. They're even
making vans with huge spoilers and kits that look like something out of Kikida.
RX8 at the Mazda booth. Mazda is gearing up for a large "Mazdaspeed"
USA launch. Our friends in the Japan car industry expect the RX8 to even outsell
the 350z. Lets see what they bring to the table.
S13 Silvia. Clean and simple.
S15 Silvia. Check out the wheels. It seems like you can never have too deep dish
of a rim in Japan.
Signal Auto's senior staff.
Top Secret's R34. This is the one that Mr. M? drives to 200+ mph on city
streets.
350Z tuned by Top Secret. Want to know how that car is tuned? So do we. It's top
secret.
Toyo Tires booth, complete with rotating models showing off tires. They must be
good tires. Otherwise why would they need chicks to model in front of them?
Nomu-Ken, hard at work at his shop booth "Uras."
One of Veilside's kits for the 350Z.
Veilside tuned MR-S.
Veilside Supra.
Lots of Celciors at the show. Huge rims. Deep dish. Choke money. Chicks with big
boobs. I guess it's all worth it then.
Another VIP car, with a slightly smaller offset than normal. "Only 19 by
10? No big lip? Hahahahaha. Bullshito."
Highway sign on the Wangan highway. I can see why there's so many freeway racers
up here. The highway is very long, very flat, and very clean. Too bad there's
tollbooths everywhere nickel and diming everyone to death.
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