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Japanese shop owner finds effort-free, cold-as-ice way to punish illegally parked car
- Casey Baseel
Jan 16, 2018 - Tweet
Cold weather along Japan’s northern coast assists in letting offender know what he did was not cool.
Toyota proposes a future where cars become pizza shops, hotels, and occasionally cars too
- Master Blaster
Jan 11, 2018
The future is looking mighty bright for Toyota in this cartopia.
- Japan
- (automated driving • cars • CES 2018 • driverless car • e-Palette • TOYOTA)
Japanese police officer pursues, pulls over Lamborghini supercar…while on a bicycle【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 22, 2017
573 Italian horsepower vs. two legs of a Japanese cop.
- Japan
- (bicycles • cars • cool • crime • funny • Lamborghini • police officers • video)
Our car painted with magic markers vs a car wash: Which will win?
- Master Blaster
Dec 11, 2017
When we painted a car in permanent marker many asked; “What if it rained?” So, we did you one better.
So long, Satomobile! We repaint our car with magic markers for Japan’s cheapest paint job【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 5, 2017
A year of driving the Mr. Sato itasha turned out to be far too long for its owner, so we bid it goodbye in the cheapest way we could.
Now you can rent an anime itasha in Japan for the authentic otaku driving experience
- Casey Baseel
Dec 1, 2017
Not ready to convert your own car into a shrine for your favorite anime characters? No problem, this rental car company will loan you one!
Beautiful Japanese booth babe uses her fingers to create the Suzuki “S” sign on her chest 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Nov 7, 2017
A sure-fire way to stop traffic, no matter what car you’re driving.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • booth babes • cars • cute • hand signals • hands • Japanese women • poses • race queen • Suzuki • Tokyo Motor Show)
Beautiful Japanese race queens bring the glamour to Tokyo Motor Show
- SoraNews24
Oct 26, 2017
Mr Sato and his friend Butch paid a visit to the biennial auto show ahead of its official opening day.
- Japan
- (automobiles • beautiful women • bikes • Butch • cars • motorbikes • Mr. Sato • Tokyo • Tokyo Motor Show)
Gackt to guys not interested in cars: “Are you queer?”
- Master Blaster
Oct 23, 2017
Psst Gackt, your age is showing.
Japanese custom of bowing to cars at crosswalks keeps locals safe, warms Internet’s hearts【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 16, 2017
Even people born and raised in famously polite Japan are amazed by Iwate Prefecture’s manners.
You can drive this car with a PlayStation controller, meaning Gran Turismo is now real【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 11, 2017
”The real driving simulator” indeed.
- Japan
- (awesome • cars • cool • Gran Turismo • GT-R • motorsports • nissan • playstation • Sony • technology • video games)
How to most effectively use your itasha anime car windows for a clever trick
- Krista Rogers
Sep 5, 2017
What happens after you roll up this car’s window is bound to give you a good laugh, courtesy of Madoka Magica‘s Mami Tomoe.
- Japan
- (anime • cars • funny • itasha • Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha • otaku • Puella Magi Madoka Magica • video)
Japan’s Top Twenty roadside service stops, destinations in their own right
- Richard Simmonds
Aug 31, 2017
All the more reason for a Japanese road-trip.
- Japan
- (cars • highways • hot springs • michi no eki • onsen • road trip • travel • Trip Advisor)
Japanese department store designates female drivers priority parking spots in parking structure
- Casey Baseel
Aug 29, 2017
”Ladies floor” implies that men should park their cars elsewhere.
- Japan
- (cars • department stores • gender • society • women only)
Japanese convenience store demands ransom from owner of car parked illegally in its lot
- Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2017
Parking in this store’s lot even though you’re not a customer? They’ll just keep your car then.
- Japan
- (cars • conveience stores • crazy • funny • parking • parking lot • revenge)
Praying mantis in Japan hitches a ride, does a little dance for his driver【Video】
- Meg Murphy
Aug 2, 2017
When you’re truly on it like a bonnet.
Honda Fit and Weekly Shonen Jump magazine create stunning Japanese itasha manga car【Pics】
- Kay
Jul 13, 2017
“Itasha” (literally, “painful cars”) don’t have to look painful at all when done by the right pros!
Pikachu, Porsches, and mouth-watering ramen: The amazing cakes of M Cakes Japan【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 1, 2017
Hokkaido-based cake artist draws on a wide variety of inspirations for jaw-dropping edible art.
Over a dozen pigs occupy part of the Osaka expressway following delivery truck accident【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 9, 2017
Non-porcine traffic forced to use the slow lane.
The secondhand Suzuki that has been everywhere, including the moon?【Video】
- Richard Simmonds
May 10, 2017
Visual effects artist Eugene Romanovsky goes all out to sell his beloved Suzuki Vitara.
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