The Affordable Thrill of Drifting: A Journey Through Japanese Culture

As I sat amidst a sea of sleek, high-performance cars, surrounded by enthusiasts who were just as passionate about their vehicles as they were about themselves, it hit me - there's something fundamentally different about the car culture in Japan. It's not just about speed and power; it's about having fun. And that's where drifting comes in.

When I asked these Japanese drifters why they spent so much time and money modifying their cars, they didn't give me any of the usual answers - "because they have to be faster" or "because they want to show off." No, they said it with a grin. They told me that they liked to make things funny. Like my friend's car with Mickey Mouse on the exhaust pipe. I never got that before. But now, I see what they mean.

It's not just about modifying cars to be faster or more aggressive; it's about having fun with them. In Australia, where I'm from, the car modification scene is taken very seriously. There's a lot of pressure to have the latest and greatest parts, and people can get pretty intense about it. But here in Japan, it's all about making stuff that's fast, but also funny.

And then there's the attitude towards drifting itself. It's not just about sideways driving at 100 miles an hour; it's about having a good time with your friends. I was amazed by how friendly and welcoming everyone was. We met these hardcore drifters who were willing to share their passion with us, and they didn't care that we weren't from Japan or that our car wasn't the fastest.

But what really struck me was the sense of community here. When we arrived at the drift event, it was clear that this was a grassroots thing - no sponsors, no broadcasters in sight. Just people drifting whatever they could get their hands on, because they loved it. And when I said to them that our car wasn't meant for drifting, they just laughed and told us to join in.

We ended up getting our own drift event lined up, and we were given the green light to drive onto the track with a bunch of other drivers who didn't care about speed or performance; they just wanted to have fun. And that's when I realized - this is what it means to be part of the car culture here in Japan.

After our drift session, we took a break and watched some of the more experienced drivers put on a show. The crowd was huge, but not because there were sponsors or TV cameras; it was because everyone had come to see the spectacle of people drifting cars and having an absolute blast doing it.

As I looked around at all these smiling faces, waving to each other in Japanese, I realized that this is what it means to be part of a community. It's not just about sharing your passion with others; it's about creating a sense of belonging and camaraderie. And for me, that was a truly inspiring experience.

The next thing we knew, our event was coming to an end, and we had to say goodbye to these incredible people who had welcomed us into their fold so warmly. As we drove back to the city, I realized that if our car had been sent off as scrap after just one day of drifting, it would have been a real tragedy - not just because it wasn't the best Japanese drift car or the fastest; but because it would have meant missing out on an incredible experience and making some truly unforgettable memories.

In Japan, cars are more than just machines - they're part of your identity. They're a reflection of who you are and what you enjoy doing in your free time. And when it comes to drifting, it's not just about the thrill of going sideways at 100 miles an hour; it's about sharing that experience with others and creating a sense of belonging.

The Scary Thrill of Drifting

I never thought I'd be able to say this, but the scariest part of drifting wasn't actually driving side by side with other cars. It was realizing that there were four more cars right next to me, all their headlights gleaming in unison as they sped past us with a loud whooshing sound and a grin on our faces.

It's funny - when you're doing something as fast and reckless as drifting, your mind is preoccupied with the thrill of it all. You're not thinking about what's happening around you; you're too busy focusing on the car in front of you and trying to stay within the boundaries of the track.

But once you look out the window and see how many other cars are there, and how fast they're going... well, that's when it hits you. This isn't just about drifting - this is about living life on the edge. It's about taking risks and facing your fears head-on.

I never thought I'd be able to say this, but the scariest part of drifting wasn't actually driving side by side with other cars. It was realizing that there were four more cars right next to me, all their headlights gleaming in unison as they sped past us with a loud whooshing sound and a grin on our faces.

It's funny - when you're doing something as fast and reckless as drifting, your mind is preoccupied with the thrill of it all. You're not thinking about what's happening around you; you're too busy focusing on the car in front of you and trying to stay within the boundaries of the track.

But once you look out the window and see how many other cars are there, and how fast they're going... well, that's when it hits you. This isn't just about drifting - this is about living life on the edge. It's about taking risks and facing your fears head-on.

The Sense of Community

As I looked around at all these smiling faces, waving to each other in Japanese, I realized that this was what it meant to be part of a community. It wasn't just about sharing your passion with others; it was about creating a sense of belonging and camaraderie. And for me, that was a truly inspiring experience.

When we arrived at the drift event, it was clear that this was a grassroots thing - no sponsors, no broadcasters in sight. Just people drifting whatever they could get their hands on, because they loved it. And when I said to them that our car wasn't meant for drifting, they just laughed and told us to join in.

We ended up getting our own drift event lined up, and we were given the green light to drive onto the track with a bunch of other drivers who didn't care about speed or performance; they just wanted to have fun. And that's when I realized - this is what it means to be part of the car culture here in Japan.

After our drift session, we took a break and watched some of the more experienced drivers put on a show. The crowd was huge, but not because there were sponsors or TV cameras; it was because everyone had come to see the spectacle of people drifting cars and having an absolute blast doing it.

As I looked around at all these smiling faces, waving to each other in Japanese, I realized that this was what it meant to be part of a community. It wasn't just about sharing your passion with others; it was about creating a sense of belonging and camaraderie. And for me, that was a truly inspiring experience.

The End of an Era

As we drove back to the city, I realized that if our car had been sent off as scrap after just one day of drifting, it would have been a real tragedy - not just because it wasn't the best Japanese drift car or the fastest; but because it would have meant missing out on an incredible experience and making some truly unforgettable memories.

In Japan, cars are more than just machines - they're part of your identity. They're a reflection of who you are and what you enjoy doing in your free time. And when it comes to drifting, it's not just about the thrill of going sideways at 100 miles an hour; it's about sharing that experience with others and creating a sense of belonging.

As we drove away from the track, I knew that this was something special - a moment in time that I would never forget. And I knew that no matter where life took me next, I would always be grateful for the experience of drifting in Japan.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwe're in Japan to get a deeper understanding of their grass roots modified car scene and the best way to do that is to meet some locals and modify a car so the first thing we need to do is go and buy one okay so here we are in a safe hour in Hokkaido in Japan and we're here to buy a car we're here of course at car shop Zenith which is our the place we like to come and buy coke 22r so we need today to see mr. Sato I see mister how are you I have a Sanka how are you Oh your English is so much better now good I'm very good thank you of course we have Steve King here our interpreter we're very sorry about his current colored thing anyways we'd like to buy car from you today mr. Sato have you got something for us could I make a tender get a moon ready mister oh you better got a dog skin let me get yeah he said all these cars for sale so go ahead everything that's here everything we see is for sale ok ok if it's ok with you Marty and I are gonna have a look around we'll find a few things that we like and then we'll come back and we'll do a deal Joe come on little oh ok this is a typical card that you'd see throughout Japan but unlike the fantasy Japanese cards are not full of just GTRs and thousand horsepower supras there's all kinds of cars big and small and our job today is to find one and buy it this is an r32 GTR that's for sale here today in Hokkaido now this car has around 350 kilowatts at the wheels which is just ridiculous it's already got like so much done too as well gauge pods Recaro seats of course let me show you under the hood which is just ridiculous I'm so excited man this is missons nestings nuisance aftermarket radiator front now big turbos pond filters earthing kit remote oil filter coil overs it's just very very exciting so the asking price over here is around under 10000 Australian dollars it's on 63,000 case on the clock so now we have to do a deal with mr. Sato and mr. Sato we like this one look at McKinney to us did it now I'm hoping that you can do us a bit of the deal off this price nonetheless it'll never key you know Horner great again they're gonna consider maybe key okay down ya down Marty you got your so what how much how much this is everything we have so that's $10 that's about 300 Australian dollars don't earn your money only some manga is there no no I mean we could give him that's everything we have I mean that's probably about 350 Australian dollars that I can't conversion right my gum but did someone go cigarette was gonna come agra money no no slowly no no is is can we get anything for this this is everything we have come on come on your son's can die in this get on that nanny car are you mustard Nanako he says he's gone yeah you don't ya yes Brits in the backyard out the batter can you tell me a little bit about this car you have can accrue blinky-dos if he goes that turbo I don't need a translation for that term I don't good young four-wheel-drive good exhaust turbine exhaust and yeah and why is this car out the back door nothing cook when you're in this bed scrub scrub : corner scrap corner come on man come on man it looks like it's raining some weird Ram raid Wow oh man it's got like a TV anything on it its remote control this this is this is turbo and for driver yes it's just like a GTR then it is dude it's the same GTR it's Japanese it's all-wheel drive and it's gonna be mad skis on the windows already down in the rain that's great and the bonnet doesn't what doesn't work oh look at it dude I'm Claire by tappy the GTR sister Bo as well I'm just a bit wondering why it's here so we just asked him why is here yeah why's it away from everything else a bit more now you look good hey sir no no that's cuz he's gonna scrap this crap yeah no mr. Sato okay okay deal deal okay city okay we've saved this 1992 Daihatsu Mira from the scrap heap and picked it up for 30,000 yen this is a naught point six liter 3-cylinder 22 year old engine that delivers around 35 kilowatts at the wheels this is literally the same kind of power you get from a motorbike or a lawn mower like many JDM vehicles this l200 mirror gets an interior that's years ahead of what we ever had at home it's got power windows air conditioning sporty seats and rust this one has had a hard life in many snowy winters in the North Island of Japan but has survived to take us on our journey it's a five-speed manual it's all-wheel drive turbocharged and now it's ours for just 300 bucks oh man doesn't stop well um I still love it even if it doesn't start someone just to sit in it and pretend that I'm like cruising the roads of Hokkaido sideways around drift tracks would like a whole bunch of drifters it's going to be me dude and be like Daria with my helmet on it's gonna be so good I am disappoint Wow that's an exhaust leak what happened to the exhaust can you ask him said this Prolia hard although it snaps you see this like nobody's out there right am i right I thought we were done with I had seems to be on until no Eli yes fill the seat push me this is way better than that GTR I mean not better all that stinks repent oh I think that's because it's kind of coexist yeah yeah the exhaust is armed I had a look underneath so I snapped it's like not connected I said it's just basically a dump right and there's just a just a dump right dude we are we happy to know the brakes at excellent yes yep one of these things dude yeah I think they like aerial things true we might guess looks like there's an aftermarket turbo timer which is pretty funny that physical if I were going that fast quarter of a turn of wheel before you actually Wow Timmy reducing though really actually the opposite Martin you want the least amount of slop possible in a drift car you want that to be direct no slop oh wow it rips the eight grand it's pretty good on the style what is that little boost line is that a boost one yeah looks cool gonna need some fuel for it too smells really bad and feels good it works last time we rented the car modified it we didn't get out a posit back so this time we're much happier being in our very own car that was very pretty cool but it's mad look at it one hundred three thousand thirty thousand yeah sorry hundred bucks a night it's time to boxing my dropping around Japan in our own turbocharged all-wheel drive car and that is pretty exciting there that's an e-book so this isn't a bug if we go smashing yep Eureka is about to get pumped hard just letting you know what's the retail on one of those smoking my so we're on our way to up garrow's now to get some a JDM mods to turn this into a performance JDM monster yeah these are not the most fun horn we're going to up garage there aren't that many of these floating around and the particularly modified ones so parts might be a little bit thin on the ground but being that as JDM and being those turbocharged there's a lot of mad stuff that should fit now Marty's speaking of thin on the ground we've had some awesome STI Barstow anyway are we but no petrol we're actually on empty at the moment so that's probably something that we should attend to shortly there it is excellent so up garage is kind of like a Bunnings but it's full of performance car parts ah it's huge it's will show you when we go in there it's a massive super store for ridiculously awesome things for your vehicle secondhand yeah which is sort of cool and the prices will just blow your wormhole into another stratosphere I mean it's like it's just out of this world and I mean the first time we went in there we bought some wheels for a show car didn't we and he was around 130 dollars they were raised to loose most that was for a set so they're around $25 each and that's um it's just ridiculous so here we are at gosh we're gonna take you inside and show you some of your some things but most importantly there's another STI there's another record wagon and there's all these VIP cars the big done up link I'll do there's a Colt done all properly mad look at that oh wow that's so cool the girls so many wheels oh this is great so excited right now honda odyssey and a massive exhaust and cambered yeah amazing up garage is a chain of second-hand car parts stores where parts can be as much as 90 percent less than what we pay in Australia as you can see this shop is just full of the most awesome secondhand stuff I mean it's just amazing like everything that you can want the seats this spring for body kick parts like this whole wall is just exhaust this is just so one problem with not having a Nissen Toyota or Subaru and in particular having a key car is that parts for the Daihatsu are much harder to come by but we did manage to find some lowered springs that will help us with what we have planned with that done it's time to get some fuel getting some petrol Mountain yeah man so to figure out how to do this thing sure it's much the same so even every other country Julie which ones premium in Japan you prepay for your fuel and then guess how much you're gonna need with the automatic Bowser prices are fairly similar to Australia but in Japan you can also get a hundred octane almost everywhere it's like a full-on gun man yeah it's crazy yeah so the pumps are automatic which is illegal in Australia and this is a little bit of brilliance is not just like you put your cap in there normally there's nowhere to put it it's more Japanese ingenuity isn't fun there are awesome cars everywhere you look in Japan but we are now on a mission because we're heading to the outskirts of the city where we're going to be meeting some people who will be helping us with the next stage of our plan going to are how are you this is so cool there's like drift cars everywhere this cappuccino there's GTRs this audience and mx-5s it's just ridiculous so we're here is naka you son this is his garage here which is called the 88 and it looks like you've built a lot of drift cars here there's there's so many drift cars here it's crazy can you tell me a little bit about the Japanese drift past style and drift acog are in this kiddo the Honda riff sukarno my Kongregate are stylin Ichigo mechanic my mother we taking a we first the the exterior of the car has to look cool yeah mahasin tammini hello are giving and then for driving you got to increase the power yes of course the lower the better basically it seems that it's more about the actual function of the car then the look of the car things like things like this and things like this is it fair to say that with this JDM style that how the car works is more important than how the car looks sort of yeah yeah that's right yeah so a good example of the cars actually being more about their kind of how they function is things like this on the back of this massive turbo here they don't actually have these parts that are required so they just make them all themselves but as you can see they're just doing what they need to do to actually make it work and so you can't get this part that you needed here in Japan but much like a home place didn't want to do and they don't have oh okay so just a bunch of pieces of different pipes that you had laying around the place so yeah so his basic concept there's three parts of it number one is to build a car that looks good number two is to look good while he's driving and number three is to have the power to win well I guess the thing is for us now to apply those three principles the car to look good the car to look good when it's in motion and the car to have the power to win and we to do that to our Miura we go to this net so no Iman or shot that can go gotta go kill any mob scooter Kaku gosh it it cuts dumb any power that's it so most of it they or Iman or meat of it okay unlike the big-budget drift teams you see on TV these guys are doing it themselves with limited resources and a limited budget but that doesn't stop them creating some awesome cars so we're gonna have a look around for some inspiration explosion under the ocean waiting for new password oh my hair let's go there's more we're so inspired by everything we've seen but our first question for naku son is can we get camber on our little mirror even though we don't have coil overs we're gonna drill out the bottom hole dude and we're gonna pull them out the goal is to take this humble little car to a drift event tomorrow and the 88 only have two hours to help us get ready which is going to be a challenge because we don't even have any parts being all drive underpowered and falling apart it's about the worst car we could have chosen which is why it's going to be so much fun and probably very dangerous okay so now we know the three things we've got to do to our car it's got to look good it's got to look good in motion it's got to be able to win so we need some more power that's right we've got a couple of guys here to give us a bit of the hand they're kindly lent us their workshop and their hoist we've got a few parts in advance we've got some springs to make it as low as we possibly can we're going to try and get as much Canberra as we can on those stock struts and fix that leaky exhaust and then Marty we have to make it look as good as possible because tomorrow there is a drift vent and I'm not going to a drift event just to spectate dude I'm going to win let's get to it something a little bit different he's trying to figure out what all the different tools are names are in Japanese it slows you down just a little bit but it's good fun Neku son said the car has to be as low as possible so we can slide around corners instead of rolling around them on our roof lowered springs are going in front and rear usually you need a spring compressor to get the springs onto the strut but we don't have one so Marty's compressing the springs while I wrap cable ties around them to get them to feel we're drilling the lower shot bolt holes to get some more camber on the front wheels of our hatchback while one of the 88's gives us a demonstration on how to drift it's so amazing to be on the other side of the world in this garage working on this car now the guys that are helping us obviously they don't speak any English we only speak a couple of words of Japanese but together we're communicating with sign language and through a tour one of the 88's who's been fixing the exhaust has put on three pipes in a triangular shape I've seen this on some of the cars outside so I went to ask him what it was all about this is your car okay so there's a few things that we see a lot of we see a lot of drift damage and we see a lot of gaffer tape okay but what we don't see a lot of in Australia yet is this whole like Japanese look can you tell us a little bit about that damage you want me to seek a political help how do you convey this is good data Scott oh yeah it's Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse Mickey on the left of my scene obviously okay so this is this is Mickey with the ears and this is Minnie Mouse with the bow in her hair yeah we got to do it man but he did a little part then what like it support the guest is just coming out of that one no one there right yeah and the rest is just to look like Mickey Mouse is that because Mickey Mouse is popular in Japan so no Mickey Mouse got any Honda tsuzuku you may Nikita Coretta Scott even even the grass cannot I guess me because he likes it well what better reason to do it so there it is Mickey Mouse exhaust and we're gonna do the same thing he's their exhaust pot straight through the hallway like I said I to him up a full-on drift style no cat this is a dump I'll repair the hole in it as well so now we're actually going to be making coal our power we go the guys have found an old bleed valve which we've installed to run some more boost in a feeble effort to try and get the wheels to slide one of the 88's has a vinyl cutter and said he'd have some custom stickers ready for us in the morning for that authentic drift walk do not try this at home but with the lower bolt holes drilled out we've now got a few extra millimeters of camber which were hoping will make all the difference on the drift track can you give us some advice on what we need to do without air filter on our little mirror to get the most power I'll meter the thought each of our weight over there krajina keep it that national heat up down or listen as your debut said with that cut if you really want to go crazy just take the filter out just take the filter out completely comes into a brighter smile sort of each of our your Baltimore yatin legs yeah you said it'll sound a lot better if you do that - all right we'll remove the filter we're in Japan so we do when in Rome do as Romans so we're gonna remove the filter completely sayonara done so here's a handy little tip from our mirror so you may look in your air box and look at your air cleaner and go hey that looks kind of clean and and white and nice until you do that then realize you have pretty much the filthiest air cleaner in all of Japan Hokkaido and the world and this one also is covered in oil which is not a good sign for our little car but something to survive one more drift and then it is scrapper mu tries to explain that loud blow-off valves are illegal in Australia and the Japanese guys find this very strange so you want one in Japan that's okay those in Australia mom-mom okay Bob jail police yeah yeah you got but you're allowed to drink alcohol well second unlimited Oh none day in Australia so you can drink one or two drinks and then you can drive no problem is that strange to you kinda stuff yeah me home Monday mmm yeah so in Japan I have a drink even a little bit yeah which to me makes more sense to me no alcohol and a blow-off valve to me makes sense the Springs and struts are back in the car and it is now officially lowered but we're still having trouble with our exhaust because it's hitting the subframe yes I just found out the oldest brother the second youngest brother so cool it's a family affair the guys found an old pod filter and threw it on so we wouldn't be sucking up too much dirt the car's got winter tires on it so they're very big and they're very sticky how will they go like drifting and the Koala grew my few tires he didn't apply yeah yeah you tied it there is too soon oh come on I know that it's actually easier to be oh yeah yeah awesome so we have we have the right tires to drift drift is your not tire got seat illative of the day so come right up oh wait console video 3 correct elephant Holga yeah it's what easy to to slip the skid and winter tires so awesome beautiful cookie or a vermiculite negra cane and a young kid oh it took a young tango key role model iturra kinetics video tonight he's probably gonna double the amount of air that's in there as well and I get lazy to write dances at the game so if you go over like a curb or something I left back okay all right cool we've decided to go for a side exit exhaust to keep the engineering simple but we need to make a hole in the silk to make some exhaust hangers JDM style out of wire we've now got a straight-through turbo back exhaust that exits to the side of the car so it's getting late in the night and we need some snacks now these awesome guys here's if I change the next one hundreds is that correct gzipping so 100 the match against me they brought us some dinner this is Japanese cream cake I don't know what that means but look at that ah what's I don't know that it's that's just to keep it cold look at that there's some creamy creamy cakes in there there's only five cakes and there's more than five of us so I guess I'll start with you by now our Mira was supposed to be on the back of a truck headed for the scrappy but instead it's coming off a hoist blessed by the magic touch of the 88 all prepared for its very first and our very first Japanese drift event we've got our power back with our mods we've got up lower to the ground and tomorrow morning we'll have custom stickers the three essential ingredients that Nicole son said make up every successful drift car but will we have the power to win these guys were so awesome to give up their time to work on this crappy little car but we absolutely love it we wave goodbye to the 88 because we have to get somewhere really important when our closing along the streets of Japan in the rain in a little modified mirror there's no snack better than a Japanese snack you can get you can get hot foods and cold snacks and look at this ridiculousness potato chips and chocolate what are these things a waffle cut yes there's some wacky Doritos play but this one is soup is pre flavored dude this is I think that's fruit you know yeah well have a go a raisin treat bite dude it's the big bag mutton oh wait on here sorry Martin I'm gonna try this thing the chicken giblets touch sardines pink so that is that's a really really big apple oh my god Martin this is just madness weird matey chunks what's a blending stick do that's a lot of snacks so this is the Japanese snack that I just bought and if any of you can read this I'd love it if you could tell me what it is that I'm eating because I have no idea but it's really cool see it has these numbers one two three so you pull down one first and you pull that all the way up and then you pull off number two this way and then you pull off number three this way and then you fold the seaweed around and that is the snack mmm tastes a little bit like an eels testicle dude our car rocks we've arrived at the first Mighty Car Mods made in Japan it's pouring with rain but that hasn't stopped a huge group of people turning out to meet us and show us their cars I know you've waited so long time intelligent all you say is that I did you wrong so you turn your back on the world pretending to be strong but you're crazy inside now you put up now you act like you don't know me at all every time you see me no it's not the same brand new you put the pill it's a change you still see me you together and should I let go of me fast forward for every moment that you make me smile I can't I just but somehow you start sending me your lovely self in a world just roam in my arms you are crazy cuz you can babysit every guy that takes you you let me see you it was my do what I had to do because you deserved what's funny what I can't see anyhow Garnett the hurt said away and bring back what we made it was changing that on it sorry for everything a crap we don't the meat wraps up with the most sad a car park exit we've ever seen the next morning we hit the highway with a convoy of modified cars okay so we're on our way to a drift event in Hokkaido how we got a bad convoy of cars money rasili we're gonna add 33 GTR Evo Tim and then we are in ha ha ha our modified mirror and we're keeping our it's very very skatey so obviously is the reason that we came to Japan this time is to try and investigate the kind of mindset behind this whole JDM so now the thing that stood out to me the most so far is when talking to these guys and saying you know when you're just using screws and just screwing things straight on like he's that kind of a style or you're trying to be cool and they just look at you with a blank face and say I just had to put the ring on first Bhutan was in Australia he did the same thing he'd be making someone a statement whereas here they just kept ears when you say why have you done that like why wouldn't you do it that way I was trying to figure out a baby is it is it because some of those cars particularly the able to do cut is so cheap it's like why on earth make it work and then go smash it around the track you know exactly to get credit as far as I can tell all business there's no comprehension to them that there's anything cool about it when I said to them that this is the kind of culture around the world that people look at Japan and there's this fair to see about what it is what it needs to be like a driver in Japan or a drifter in Japan but to them these are just their local cars see it's just like doing a burnout in a Commodore to this because there's none of that mystique that we've placed onto them we've often wondered when we see these kind of crazy cars in Australia and then they've got little Hello Kitty things on them all weird toys and the kind of epiphany that I had yesterday meeting to a whole lot of these really hardcore drifters is that they actually just have a sense of humor like you think why do you got a 400 kilowatt car and the Hello Kitty thing on earth they're actually just being funny yeah I never got that before yeah they just think it's silly / you / the girlfriend things whatever and then actually you don't have said what anyone else thinks and just like the guy we met yesterday whose car had the exhaust he had like that Mickey Mouse of the Minnie Mouse and he just like yeah it's funny that's why I do it but there seems to be this culture in Australia that nobody would do that because the the car modification scene is taken really seriously and in a way it's been misplaced from the core of what they're doing in Japan which is just making stuff that's fast making stuff that's funny whereas in Australia it's about making something fast but there's also this attitude about it having to be really serious that's right it's like this statement here is completely heroes on you statement is nothing I am now part of your seat because I did it a certain way just like up yeah yeah exactly bring it delete all go to attend to yeah yeah and I loved that last night when we went to the body comas maintenance really representative of the carnot body common traits we've had around all these different kinds of cars and it's not because everyone's welcome it's not because of that philosophy it's because everyone actually is walking because everyone is doing their own thing it's right I love it it's such a such a healthy quality here a couple of hours later we arrived at a proper grassroots Japanese drift event the kind of stuff that dreams are made there's no sponsors here no broadcasters there's people drifting whatever they can get their hands on because they love it you disclose when they knock it down No we've just been told that our event is up next and luckily our stickers have also arrived in time along with a few we brought from home and with that done it's time to head out onto the track see is the update we're at a drift event in Japan we're in an all-wheel drive kei car that's not meant to the drift at all and we're about to pour onto a track with where this is after you go go go go in this window go oh well this way is sliding right at us check the end out and then follow those guys and then big drift at the end dude japanese drifters once again bit more why not money so listen man you are living the drifting and we have things like a spectator sport and that's our audience up there here we go it's so long and we're gonna walk so might we come to Japan we've built a drift car out of the cake our $300 for $300 we're now at all the chitchat Bernie's drift event drifting in our little take are in tandem with some comfortable with a Japanese audience so I would say that is mission success leaving we've spent the rest of the afternoon drifting because we knew that as soon as we drove the key back to the city from where we bought it the little car would be loaded onto a truck and sent off as scrap which was sad because even though it wasn't the best Japanese drift car or the fastest or the best modified it allowed us to have a truly unique experience and gave us a genuine insight into the automotive spirit and most importantly the people who make up the incredibly friendly and welcoming car scene here in Japan that was so much fun man you know I think the scariest bit is not the going sideways at 100 days an hour it's realizing you're going side boats then you look out the window and there's four more cars there next to you with their head hanging out the window screaming something in Japanese that sounds like they're angry but they're smiling and laughing I guess they don't often see cars like this on the drift race oh dude oh so good thanks man you you\n"