Going to Tokyo, any recommended VIP shops/places i should visit?

[Dominik]

As stated in the title i am leaving for Tokyo on Tuesday, for 6 days on my way to Europe :D

Can anyone recommend some places i can visit during my time there? I really only have one day to go 'car shopping' as i will have my gf with me :tickedoff: but its all good, i plan on returning some time in the following year anyway. I'm staying with my old host family in Nishi Koiwa if it makes any difference

So yeah, i already plan to visit Car Friend, and a Hasegawa/UpGarage... And I found some parts shops in last months VIPStyle mag but not sure if there is anything I should be looking out for?

Any tips?

[shawnthemonster]

have fun.....no vip shops i know in tokoyo but if you want to go saitama i know a good one in kawaguchi city but i would have to find the location for you.....anyways just a a ton of yakiniku and some mos burger, rice burgers mmmmmmm. ;)

[carb0]

hm... isnt deuce and vipchamp in tokyo?

[{-.-}]

Yeah go to Hasegawa used car place........... never know what you might find USED for your car. The wheel shop is up the street large selection.

The address is in your VIP magazines......... its NOT only for VIP parts but they have a large selection of stuff even go carts.

To bad im going out of town during your stay :(

[Dominik]

VipChamp/Deuce? I'll look them up...

Oh, where is Daikoku Futo? When do they do the big car meets there?

Robert, yeah its a bummer would have loved to visit/meet up with you somewhere. Next time i will try to come in May which is supposed to be a great time to visit... Then i hope to make it to a couple of VIP meets!

[Pagong]

Yeah go to Hasegawa used car place........... never know what you might find USED for your car. The wheel shop is up the street large selection.



Nuff said!

Let me know if you can source me a good set of anything :2funny:

[JDMJim]

For what it's worth, you could hit up an Autobacs. They do sell Garson products. I have realized in my time spent there, you need wheels to get ot any reputable sjop. And then they don't have a lot to see. Best thing is to figure where you want to go and e-mail them. They could arrange for a couple demo cars to be there when you get there. They like to amuse Giajins interested in their product. I did that when I went to W-Blood and most of the vans were there. Maybe you could even get to a Yellow Hat or even better, Yellow Corn. They sell Automobile paraphanelia like Autoart, Team jerseys, F1 stuff etc, etc. Have fun. Go to Mega Web at O-Daiba if you want. That's a cool place with lots to see and it's free. Hang out near Chinatown/Yokohama on the main roads. you'll se some badass cars there too. I get emotional when I see the EXE/VIP vans rollin around there. It's so cool.

[UpTownGS]

just skip it all together, get out to Roppongi and have fun w/ the jamaicans...!!! its crazy i dont even remember my stays in Japan. :uglystupid2:

be safe and enjoy your trip! It's a great culture.... just do the whole tourist thing, 1st trip you should'nt even think cars....

[shoez]

Eat a Mos Burger for me!! ;D

[Dominik]

Uptown, this is certaintly not my first time to Japan - i lived here for a year when i was 18, so there is definitely no touristy things to do. Currently i am having the time of my life remembering all the things i used to do here (drinking in Harajuku and Yoyogi koen, nomihoudai karaoke), and its all very good

I have seen a few VIP cars around, but nothing crazy yet. I get the feeling that most of the widebody etc cars are not in tokyo, but in the country areas.

I will be going to Hasegawa and some other places on Saturday or Monday (Havent decided yet). Car friend is actually quite a fair way out of tokyo so i wont be going there this time; I am DEFINITELY coming back, so there is always next time

I'll post pics when i get back (7th May), but i'm really enjoying myself - tonight i ate puffer fish (sashimi) and some other fish which i dont know, but i do know that it was still moving when the plate came out!

YUM!

[{-.-}]

tonight i ate puffer fish (sashimi) and some other fish which i dont know, but i do know that it was still moving when the plate came out!
YUM!


Yum Yum at least your alive to talk about this........... ;)

Big spender or your friends paying for this cause that plate is $$$

Enjoy yourself if you have a cell phone or something email me the number.

[firelizard]

Wow, puffer fish (actually, it's fugu..sashimi is just fish prepared in a particular manner)...that's really daring! Don't die on us now :P

[555]

Oh dom, r u japan?can u help me buy something small?hehehe :P ;D

[RASRX7]

check these shops out...taken from AF EXE.....

http://www.autofashion.com/af_exe/shop/main.html

[swifty949]

Daikoku Futo is located off of the Rainbow bridge. You'll see the off ramp sign. It says it in English and Kanji. Usually Friday and Saturday nights. If its cold or raining, usually it's pretty dead.

I would recommend Megaweb, and the mall around that area that is designed to look like 1940's japan

[JDMJim]

Daikuko is a rest stop on Yokohama bay bridge on the Bayside Highway, not Rainbow Bridge. That is in Tokyo itself.

[swifty949]

yah, fuck i always get them confused. mah bad.

[Stickz]

A Bathing Ape store?? :smitten:

[{-.-}]

He left Japan already..........

[Pagong]

He left Japan already..........


Did you guys get to meet up?