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SilviaNinja240 · 11-20-2005, 06:28 AM

Insipired by Mr.Meph's Tokyo car phootshoot, I figured I'd put one up showing the japanese cuties. So I live about 15 minutes away from where they filmed the Initial D movie, so I figure I'd share some of the pics from some of the infamous places highlighted in the anime/manga.

So first.. Haruna. (aka Mt. Akina in the comic/anime)
The real touge that's highlighted in the comic/anime has only a few sections of the road that are fun driveable, the rest of the road is riddled with speed traps (i.e. dips, changes in road condition, small speedbumps etc..) However the south side of the mountain has hardly any of these and is a blast to drive

Here's some pics (taken in late july):
So thouse dorky swam boats really DO exist!

Some touge, I'm in the back of a van

Beautiful Mt. Haruna

Mt. Haruna at sunset

Next... Mt. Akagi
Akagi is huuuuuge, there are lots of roads I haven't even explored yet up there. You can easily spend a lot of time time there on many different kinds of touge. The main touge featured in the comic is awsome! some parts/turns are pretty narrow and tight, but there are also a couple places you can really smash at, but overall I'd say it's a well rounded course

on to the pics (taken, just yesterday.. sorry winter is pretty much here, the changing of the leaves in Akagi were beautiful!!, sadly I didn't have my camera with me at the time

So pretty much all the trees up there are dead now)
Trying to drive while taking pictures

Again, sorry, crappy time of year, its super dooper uber beautiful in any other season but winter

End of the main touge rest stop

These are thouse damn dips I was talking about, go too fast and bam! goes your oil pan

Some side street on Akagi Mt., and yes.. this is a two way road

Next... Myogi
I have to say, Myogi is awsome! The road up to main mountain is a great well rounded touge, the other really good road close by to Mt. Myogi is Usui which is also pretty rad too. I have to say, Myogi a lot car club meets I've seen on the weekend, a really popular road for car enthusiasts. Sadly, my friend drove up with me to Myogi so we were racing, and I didn't have any time to take pics. But.. we also climbed up the mountain, which was the scariest thing ever!!!111 so I have some pics of that

The pics (taken early August, sorry nothing auto-related this time)
Half-way up to the top, the jungles of Myogi

The top, SCARY AS FUCK!!

Come spring time, I'll take more touge pics

Next.. Nikko/Irohazaka
Getting to Nikko was more fun than the town itself IMO. Going through Gunma you pass through a mountain range to get there, which was great got to see some really nice changing of the leaves, and then at the top of the mountain it was like winter, then it goes back to normal fall weather, REALLY interesting , It felt like I was going through different seasons of the year. Anywho, the main touge of Nikko Irohazaka... The touge is pretty nice, beacause as you know there is no oncoming traffic on the way down, and none on the way up ethier. Two different roads, but they are both the same (if that makes any sense at all, lolz) Anywho, the best best best time to go is at night or on a weekday evening. I went there at the absolute WORST time, a weekend day durring the changing of the leaves season. It took me 5 minutes to go down the touge, and 2 FUCKING HOURS going up beacause of all the traffic due to the changing of the leaves. Anywho, its a great road if there's nobody on it, lots of sharp tight turns.

onto the pics.. (taken in october)
yeah, its just the end of october, OMG snow! (taken on the way to Nikko)

Irohazaka traffic action!! (P.S. I have no idea why that guy has garbage tied to his towhook)

more Irohazaka actions!!1s111

Oooooo snaps!

no way would I 'jump' that

The final 3 bridges of Irohazaka, just like in Initial D

(WTF is up with that guy and his garbage!?!)

So that's it for now,
as a bonus here's one of Gunma's police supercars

The End.

ranisron · 11-20-2005, 07:27 AM

NICE PICS!!!! Got more??

I suppose the gabage bag was hang to be thrown away at the bottom of the touge or mountain?? Most Japanese are pretty good with cleaning up their own mess - try to keep things clean.

*NismoS13* · 11-20-2005, 08:38 AM

Those are some great pics, thanks for sharing!

One question I've always wondered though....what is that wind screen looking thing on the front of the police Rx-7 for though? I've noticed a lot of their police vehicles have them. Anybody know?

-Adam

go240 · 11-20-2005, 10:53 AM

nice pics! man japan looks sweet. next time i go to korea i'll have to make a detour

mistaanime · 11-20-2005, 11:28 AM

niccceee pics....!

Irukandji · 11-20-2005, 12:05 PM

haha nice. get some more if you can

2iv0 sx · 11-20-2005, 12:56 PM

haha those police cars are serious!

P4rD0nM3 · 12-28-2005, 05:22 PM

Dope as hell. They got wind deflectors too.

A Spec Products · 12-28-2005, 05:45 PM

japan is very nice, didnt get to go to that area last i visited though

where are the japanese cuties???

you lucky guy, if i wasnt so tied down here i wouldve ended up teaching english in japan

ya, maybe that guy in the suv pooped in a bag and didnt want to keep it in the car until he got off the hill haha

infinitexsound · 12-28-2005, 07:53 PM

is that what they do in japan.... daymn......... nice pics thanks it was cool seeing the sites of japan... for a change...

Revolver Ocelot · 12-28-2005, 10:54 PM

I would like to see that police car in hot drift pursuit down the touge.

Dousan_PG · 12-28-2005, 11:01 PM

haha awesome
i go to the same area of Japan when ivisit (Gunma) but we go drifting at those spots. ill get some pics in a week or so. snow drifting in the K-car hahahaha
winter is fun

nice pics though! thanks!!

woodchuck · 12-29-2005, 12:07 PM

dang - time to save up those paychecks and take a trip out to jahpan

SilviaNinja240 · 12-29-2005, 11:41 PM

yay thread is re-born (^_^)
Its pretty hairy right now though, all the mountain passes are caked with snow. No more touge till mid-end of april or so

addicted2sp33d · 01-19-2006, 04:17 PM

Snow? That's perfect! You need to find a friend with a Celica GT-Four, then have him kidnap your girlfriend.

Dousan_PG · 01-19-2006, 04:53 PM

we were in Akagi doing snow drits in the kcars for hours
funny thing is these guys (my friends) drive D1gp, ADM, BM Hai and various events. and they love the yuki dori
but who wouldnt when your car costs 100 bucks! hahaha..

sorry for HUGE pics, didnt resize yet too lazy

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...n/IMG_4197.jpg
here we are before going out

Hirotaka Hoshino (D1GP driver/D1 Street legal)
Me (d'oh)
Hiroshi Tabei (D1GP/ADM/D1 Street Legal)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...n/IMG_4191.jpg

NO EXCUSES!!

the little white car suburu vios? was 'mine' i trashed on it so much hahaha
went out w/ those 2, and 4 other guys from the team, all drive bm hais or adm or d1 series, or some are 'beginners' out equivilant to a 3 year drifter stateside. their touge 'courses' are better then most tracks here. and some of them are dead end roads haha..awesome.

yukidori course was a circular course and there was nearly no traffic. shouldnt be when its -15 celcius and wind blowing hard. no fun.

sushimonster · 01-19-2006, 07:09 PM

niceee pix love the policeeee
super cars hehehhee

[QUOTE=Dousan_PG]
Hirotaka Hoshino (D1GP driver/D1 Street legal)
Me (d'oh)
Hiroshi Tabei (D1GP/ADM/D1 Street Legal)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...n/IMG_4191.jpg

QUOTE]

kakkooooooooooiii all that missing is the peace sign lolx

SilviaNinja240 · 01-19-2006, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by addicted2sp33d

Snow? That's perfect! You need to find a friend with a Celica GT-Four, then have him kidnap your girlfriend.

Interestingly enough I do know of a guy, lolz

cool pics dousan

Dousan_PG · 01-19-2006, 10:38 PM

i have lots more of the yuki dori and my 'beater car' and TAS..too lazy ot resize though. meh

kuramaya · 01-19-2006, 11:00 PM

damn nice pics...

I miss Mainland

11-20-2005, 06:28 AM	#1
SilviaNinja240 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Shibukawa, Gunma Posts: 1,152 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	My Initial D photojournal (kajillion pics, 56K stop living in 1990) Insipired by Mr.Meph's Tokyo car phootshoot, I figured I'd put one up showing the japanese cuties. So I live about 15 minutes away from where they filmed the Initial D movie, so I figure I'd share some of the pics from some of the infamous places highlighted in the anime/manga. So first.. Haruna. (aka Mt. Akina in the comic/anime) The real touge that's highlighted in the comic/anime has only a few sections of the road that are fun driveable, the rest of the road is riddled with speed traps (i.e. dips, changes in road condition, small speedbumps etc..) However the south side of the mountain has hardly any of these and is a blast to drive Here's some pics (taken in late july): So thouse dorky swam boats really DO exist! Some touge, I'm in the back of a van Beautiful Mt. Haruna Mt. Haruna at sunset Next... Mt. Akagi Akagi is huuuuuge, there are lots of roads I haven't even explored yet up there. You can easily spend a lot of time time there on many different kinds of touge. The main touge featured in the comic is awsome! some parts/turns are pretty narrow and tight, but there are also a couple places you can really smash at, but overall I'd say it's a well rounded course on to the pics (taken, just yesterday.. sorry winter is pretty much here, the changing of the leaves in Akagi were beautiful!!, sadly I didn't have my camera with me at the time So pretty much all the trees up there are dead now) Trying to drive while taking pictures Again, sorry, crappy time of year, its super dooper uber beautiful in any other season but winter End of the main touge rest stop These are thouse damn dips I was talking about, go too fast and bam! goes your oil pan Some side street on Akagi Mt., and yes.. this is a two way road Next... Myogi I have to say, Myogi is awsome! The road up to main mountain is a great well rounded touge, the other really good road close by to Mt. Myogi is Usui which is also pretty rad too. I have to say, Myogi a lot car club meets I've seen on the weekend, a really popular road for car enthusiasts. Sadly, my friend drove up with me to Myogi so we were racing, and I didn't have any time to take pics. But.. we also climbed up the mountain, which was the scariest thing ever!!!111 so I have some pics of that The pics (taken early August, sorry nothing auto-related this time) Half-way up to the top, the jungles of Myogi The top, SCARY AS FUCK!! Come spring time, I'll take more touge pics Next.. Nikko/Irohazaka Getting to Nikko was more fun than the town itself IMO. Going through Gunma you pass through a mountain range to get there, which was great got to see some really nice changing of the leaves, and then at the top of the mountain it was like winter, then it goes back to normal fall weather, REALLY interesting , It felt like I was going through different seasons of the year. Anywho, the main touge of Nikko Irohazaka... The touge is pretty nice, beacause as you know there is no oncoming traffic on the way down, and none on the way up ethier. Two different roads, but they are both the same (if that makes any sense at all, lolz) Anywho, the best best best time to go is at night or on a weekday evening. I went there at the absolute WORST time, a weekend day durring the changing of the leaves season. It took me 5 minutes to go down the touge, and 2 FUCKING HOURS going up beacause of all the traffic due to the changing of the leaves. Anywho, its a great road if there's nobody on it, lots of sharp tight turns. onto the pics.. (taken in october) yeah, its just the end of october, OMG snow! (taken on the way to Nikko) Irohazaka traffic action!! (P.S. I have no idea why that guy has garbage tied to his towhook) more Irohazaka actions!!1s111 Oooooo snaps! no way would I 'jump' that The final 3 bridges of Irohazaka, just like in Initial D (WTF is up with that guy and his garbage!?!) So that's it for now, as a bonus here's one of Gunma's police supercars The End. __________________

11-20-2005, 07:27 AM	#2
ranisron Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bloomington, IN Age: 43 Posts: 766 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	NICE PICS!!!! Got more?? I suppose the gabage bag was hang to be thrown away at the bottom of the touge or mountain?? Most Japanese are pretty good with cleaning up their own mess - try to keep things clean. __________________ U13 and S13 zilvia members are friendly

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NismoS13 Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Delaware Posts: 243 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Those are some great pics, thanks for sharing! One question I've always wondered though....what is that wind screen looking thing on the front of the police Rx-7 for though? I've noticed a lot of their police vehicles have them. Anybody know? -Adam __________________ FOR SALE -LOTS OF S13 SR PARTS! (GReddy vspec intercooler, Blitz downpipe, Kouki Taillights, Koyo Radiator, GReddy Type S BOV, Blitz clutch & flywheel, Cusco Triangle Bar, JDM Gauge Cluster, Apexi Exhaust, Custom Test Pipe, Nismo Motor Mounts) Please PM Me With Offers, Brand New Parts That Must Go!

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Dousan_PG Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Orange County, California Age: 46 Posts: 16,640 Trader Rating: (23) Rides Gallery: Dousan_PG Feedback Score: 23 reviews	haha awesome i go to the same area of Japan when ivisit (Gunma) but we go drifting at those spots. ill get some pics in a week or so. snow drifting in the K-car hahahaha winter is fun nice pics though! thanks!! __________________ Aaron Pink GodziRa www.geocities.com/pink_godzira

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SilviaNinja240 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Shibukawa, Gunma Posts: 1,152 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yay thread is re-born (^_^) Its pretty hairy right now though, all the mountain passes are caked with snow. No more touge till mid-end of april or so __________________

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Dousan_PG Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Orange County, California Age: 46 Posts: 16,640 Trader Rating: (23) Rides Gallery: Dousan_PG Feedback Score: 23 reviews	we were in Akagi doing snow drits in the kcars for hours funny thing is these guys (my friends) drive D1gp, ADM, BM Hai and various events. and they love the yuki dori but who wouldnt when your car costs 100 bucks! hahaha.. sorry for HUGE pics, didnt resize yet too lazy http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...n/IMG_4197.jpg here we are before going out Hirotaka Hoshino (D1GP driver/D1 Street legal) Me (d'oh) Hiroshi Tabei (D1GP/ADM/D1 Street Legal) http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...n/IMG_4191.jpg NO EXCUSES!! the little white car suburu vios? was 'mine' i trashed on it so much hahaha went out w/ those 2, and 4 other guys from the team, all drive bm hais or adm or d1 series, or some are 'beginners' out equivilant to a 3 year drifter stateside. their touge 'courses' are better then most tracks here. and some of them are dead end roads haha..awesome. yukidori course was a circular course and there was nearly no traffic. shouldnt be when its -15 celcius and wind blowing hard. no fun. __________________ Aaron Pink GodziRa www.geocities.com/pink_godzira

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sushimonster Leaky Injector Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: nj Posts: 72 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	niceee pix love the policeeee super cars hehehhee [QUOTE=Dousan_PG] Hirotaka Hoshino (D1GP driver/D1 Street legal) Me (d'oh) Hiroshi Tabei (D1GP/ADM/D1 Street Legal) http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...n/IMG_4191.jpg QUOTE] kakkooooooooooiii all that missing is the peace sign lolx

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