I'll be out in japan doing that "tourist thing" with a few friends from august 29th - september 15th.
we've been working on planning out the itinerary, and if it wasn't too out of the way, id like to try and work in some rotary and tuning shop visits.

could anyone of you guys familiar with the area give me an idea where Knightsports, Spoon, feed, amuse, top secret, or any up-garages or autobacs are...ie, what cities, trains, stations?

i was able to dig through some old threads and i have a fair idea where RE-A is, but i couldnt find any other information for anywhere else


carol

google will help you find their addresses

here's autobacs

http://www.autobacs.com/index.html

then mapfan and yahoo maps japan will give you search boxes you plug those addresses into

then print off the maps and compare to paper maps

you'll probably also want to buy the orange covered english all japan road and train mapbook from most big bookshops when you get here

eric e

if you can, definately head on to knight sports. awesome bunch of guys and there sales manager can speak a little english if nesscasary, when i was there i was welcomed with a coffee and even a 220kph blast up the road in their demo supercharged rx8, ive actually got video footage of it i will upload. when leaving they offered me a ride to the metro station, and gave me all manner of souviners tshirts etc. they truely know how to make a guest welcome

don't waist your time with Autobacs....find a Super Autobacs....i just got back from japan yesterday....didn't do the car thing...but still its a blast!....the train stations and subways are really easy to figure out....just get you a english map from your hotel and also the fares for the subway in Tokyo range from 130-230ish yen....trains are a bit more...also a quick tip....if you're in Tokyo and find your self in Ikebukero (sp?) and need to get to Shinjuku....don't take the subway M line....its a big 40min horshoe and you can take a 6 min train ride (i felt so dumb when my friend told me about the shortcut)

agreed, autobacs is like the worst car shop ever, people go there to get cup holders and curtains for there cars. Dont bother! Theres some more posts about this on nissansilvia.com

hey guys im in tokyo right now. and will also be out in osaka later.
any tips...or directions on what
JR lines and what stops I need to take to get to say...
knightsports, top secret spoon, feed, amuse ...?

carol

NICE! Take tons of pics Carol, I'm jealous

I shot you a pm with contact info. If you cant get to a phone you can send me a pm!

i got to spoon and type one today via the jr yamanote line -> chuo line -> ogikuba....but they were closed ;_; i'm giving circuit theory a call tomorrow morning :big thumb:

wooohooo...take lots of pics!

hey gene, definitely did
links and pics are here https://www.rx7club.com/good-members-184/circuit-theory-japan-tours-685193/

hey gene, definitely did
links and pics are here https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=685193

Makes we want to go back and visit Japan again. Great pics.