7STORE – DRIFT TENGOKU HACHIROKU SPECIAL!

We’ve had a lot of emails about this particular magazine edition of Drift Tengoku featuring a wide range of Toyota ’86 goodness. It’s the April 2011 issue and it seems it’s a pretty hot item right now but after getting in touch with the producers of the content and letting them know of the demand, we’ve secured 50 copies to distribute among our 7tune readers. So read on to find out how to secure your copy today… Read more

Terminally Pretty: Kasso Club AE86

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After laying eyes on this AE86 you would be quick to think that it belongs in a wrecking yard, scrap heap or basically anywhere but on a circuit. Remember though how when you were young your mother told you not to judge a book by its cover? Read more

Nanko Drifting In Its Heyday: October 2000

I dread spring cleaning. As a male I can’t see the point of it really, but it does uncover some long lost treasures sometimes! I found some old photo albums from almost 10 years ago when I first came to Japan and my first visit to the Nanko area in Osaka and its now-infamous drift spot. Read more

Upcoming Event: Tokyo Drift in Odaiba

May is definitely an exciting month here in Japan. As you have seen, the weather has been progressively getting warmer and the green light for a whole host of events has been switched on. This month has already brought with it the Drift Matsuri in Ebisu and with it comes another exciting must see drift event, the D1 exhibition round in Odaiba. Read more

Ebisu Circuit: Spring Matsuri Day Two

Well I hope you’ve all been enjoying the coverage from one of the biggest drift shows on earth. It’s been exactly a week since matsuri finished but I’m already hyped for the next one later this year! Read more

Meihan Sports Land Video

Here’s a short video from when we went to Meihan Sports Land a few weeks ago. As it says in the notes at the beginning of the video, we weren’t expecting to take any video that day and everything was very rushed so a slightly dodgy “handheld” movie is all we could get. I promise we’ll be more prepared for video next time, hopefully I might have someone come and help me out too because at the moment I’m doing everything myself!

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The Day I Nearly Died: Drift Matsuri..

Now that I’ve got your attention..  I though I might post up a small reel of shots that I took whilst shooting over at Kita course over the weekend. Read more

Ebisu Circuit: Spring Matsuri Day One II

I hope you all liked the first installment of the pictures and I’m looking forward to bringing you the rest in a few more articles.
Lets quickly jump over to the Nishi Course though, where things were looking like an AE86 meet than a drift festival. Read more

Ebisu Circuit: Spring Matsuri Day One

Well it has been a very long and brutal weekend. It its now Monday night and I am just starting to recover from what has been an epic Spring Matsuri at Ebisu Circuit. What’s this Spring Matsuri thing you ask? Well.. To put it simply, it’s a drift party that starts in the wee hours of Saturday morning and doesn’t stop or sleep until Sunday night. Read more