Japan Trip - October 2014

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  1. JamieR

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    Then onwards to Hakone, where I picked up the Hakosuka and ploughed along the mountain passes and touge routes:

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    Spent some time in Mount Fuji, where the owner of the guest house I was staying at allowed me to take out his Cooper S around the many twisties of the region:

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    Then collected the R35 GT-R from Tokyo:

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    After which we swung by Daikoku Futo CP and was dazzled by a good amount of machinery laying about:

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    After a quick bite to eat, we continued down to Yokohama and paid their local OktoberFest a visit at the Big Red Warehouse:

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    Then it was back to Tokyo and a drive through Shibuya Intersection (the famous crossing known to many thanks to Tokyo Drift's movie scene):

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    After Japan, some time was spent in Singapore:

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    Then onwards to Vietnam:

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    Cambodia:

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    ... and finally Thailand:

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    Hope you enjoyed seeing a part of Earth that is completely a world away from anything I've experienced before.

    Will be going back for my 30th and I can't wait!!! :D

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    My finger started to ache from scrolling! Great photos, thank you for sharing!
     
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    Ebisu is a good time. I used to track a couple of motorcycles out there when I was living in Tokyo. Howd you enjoy your trip?
     
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    Trust me, eyes were going blurry from all the HTML code haha! :D

    The trip was simply amazing, I didn't make it to Ebisu on this occasion sadly. But as I mentioned, I'm aiming to go back in a few years so will be hitting up Ebisu first for some seat time with Power Vehicles and then up to Hokkaido for some snowboarding :) Just need to make sure all the schedules align really.
     
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    That's usually the biggest battle. It's pretty awesome place I lived there for a few years. I didn't get as far down south add you did though Fuji was as far south as I went and drag teaching in Sendai was as far north. Glad to hear you enjoyed it.
     

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