Tokio - where to go?

[mo-racing]

a friend of mine is going to the tokio motorshow. now thats one good chance to check out some other interesting places as well. at least he hopes to find some time to crawl around. he has 4 days and he must be at the show to take some pics. there is very little time left so it would be nice to have an idea where to find the "real" interesting places without spending much time asking around.

i heard there is a district known for tuners. maybe its mentioned in the lonley planet tour guide anyway?

any idea where to go ???

wreckers ... shops ... tuners .... road maps in english (not japanese!) ... links .... anything is welcome

maybee a cousine or a friends friend was there and has an idea where to start searching.

cheers, mo

[Mux213]

Definately visit mt Akina

Is that actually near Tokio?

[mo-racing]

no idea ....

if i think about the traffic expected something nearby would be nice ... hope they have fast public transport

[Plex]

Tokyo?


Do you guys spell it Tokio? weiiiiird...

[mo-racing]

uhhh. bad mistake of course you are right Plex should be a y. in german it sounds the same...

who was there and has an idea ???

[Plex]

lol nono, its not a big deal.. I was just curious

[banpei]

mux213 Wrote:Definately visit mt Akina

Is that actually near Tokio?

Euh, well... If you look at the map of Japan it is quite near Tokyo, but in real life it should be almost a day driving in distance. :/

[robokill]

Hmmz tokyo and mt Akina are very far away from eachother ....... Prolly a day or more talking more than a couple of 100 km

Tokyo has some backstreets with good shops a friend of mine was there but in case of cars he doesn't know i would check local scrape yards for AE86's :-)

[Widar]

Wow i really wish i could go to Japan.. It'd be so nice.

Tell your friend to make some nice contact so we all can order crazy AE86 stuff trough him!

[mo-racing]

i wish i could go there too. it is getting cracy on the show for shure.

we will see what he will do there. it´s only 4 days ... with jet-lag .... and a big show. maybee he gets a few days more but anyway there will be very little time left so he should know where to start.

any idea? is no one going to japan on summer holydays e.g.

i am searching for something like these (but more specialized in used performance parts or that like)

http://www.rizubi.com

http://www.carland86.com/information.html

http://www.j-garage.com/imports.htm

i have no idea where these citys are .... really extrem names

he should first get a good road map!