@OliverJia1014 Was in Tokyo for a few weeks this month and was amused at the supermarket prices. 600 yen for a sushi plate, negitoro bowl or hearty bento that would cost something like 13 bucks in a US store. But also 350 yen for a tiny cup of melon that’s too small to even sell in America.
The reason they are doing this is because these “JDM experience tours” are also geared toward non car enthusiast tourists who just want to take photos and think leaning on everything, including a stranger’s car, is fair game for social media posing.
@reopom2710 It is strange because these are built in Japan at the Tahara plant, but not sold in Japan. Same as the 5th gen 4Runner. You just need to hijack the truck before it gets to the port!
The cars and parts are harder and more expensive to get, and require a lot more effort and dedication on the part of the owner. Thus a lot of the American cars in Japan are more cohesive and have a higher attention to detail than the cheaper, more casually acquired cars in the US
There's something distinctly Japanese about the way they style and modify cars. It's hard to explain. I feel like if you put an American modded Charger next to a Japanese modded Charger, I'd be able to correctly identify the Japanese one.
Very cool.
@GarageGuyChase This isn’t just a NASCAR thing, it’s all AI slop from overseas. They have the same copy and paste made up stories about every facet of sports and entertainment. I’m just not sure why Meta allows this junk to proliferate on their platform.
@NinjaH2_kani I’m American who has visited Daikoku many times and I don’t like this. It now looks more like a theme park or tourist zoo than an organic car meeting spot.
@_DanielCespedes@Alyx2448 I see Denny’s 2025 playoff run as both living and dying by the old system. He banked race wins to
advance and probably “deserved” to win Phoenix, but lots of domiant cars have ended up not winning a given race. This was an explicit (intended?) possibility for the one race finale.