SPEED HERO Blog — Japanese Culture

The stakes are higher and the prizes bigger in the coming rounds, it should make for fierce competition from hungry drivers. Check out Cap D's site for current standings and all the info on the coming event. Find your way out to Western Speedway next event is Friday. Bring a friend, bring all your friends. I've already invited your mom.

Just like Arthurs Irbe was my hero when I was a goalie as a young child, Katsuhiro Ueo is my drift hero. :) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4GS1ErbEIw]

It was a grey day spent in Gyro park. Luckily the rain was happy to drool lightly over the hot cars without giving us the full shower it was threatening. The Vancouver Island Datsun Enthusiasts put on a well organized and entertaining show and the crowd exceeded everyone's expectations. I have a ton of shots to go through so for now I'll leave this rarity for all you wacky convertible fans. Possibly the only Soarer Aerocabin in North America.

These videos popped up in my recommended list. I found them kind of shocking, simply because these are the days BEFORE the internet. So the origins and sharing of this style of 'euro' lowriding in my mind was centralized mostly to the United states, especially Florida and California....However, these videos are straight from Japan. Who influenced who and where was the spark originally? What types of medias were being watched and by whom? I used to be an avid follower of Lowrider and Eurolowrider magazine when I was younger, and there was no Japanese influence I remember being written about...

That's right. Platzalottapus. Thanks to Alexi from Noriyaro for some of these sweet pictures.