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00:00Let's go street cart in Tokyo.
00:07You guys ready?
00:10Do a burnout!
00:24What a way to see Tokyo.
00:26Low underground.
00:29Every time I see people ride these around, I go, what are you guys doing?
00:33And now, I am one of them.
00:47Every time I come here, I find something new and extraordinary to discover.
00:52I feel like a little kid.
00:54It's fun.
00:58It is super fun.
01:00You guys want a ride?
01:02That's the thing about Japan.
01:04It can be bizarre and quirky.
01:06But there's no better place to get inspired.
01:12I'm Sung Kang.
01:13You may know me from the Fast and Furious.
01:18I'm passionate about cars in real life too.
01:22And it's not just the thrill of driving.
01:26Cars are a gateway into diverse and often overlooked cultures.
01:30Connecting exciting communities and people.
01:33Sounds like a jet engine.
01:35So this is my dream job.
01:37Taking you on a global road trip.
01:39To see how cars are changing our world.
01:42And making all of us a little better.
01:44This is the ride life.
01:45I do like driving this K truck.
01:58It's actually the perfect car to drive around Japan.
02:11It's small.
02:12It's compact.
02:13It's good for the road.
02:15I love underdog cars.
02:18And you're driving in car style, baby.
02:21While K trucks may be little known outside of Japan.
02:28The influence of the Japanese automobile industry.
02:32And its car culture spreads far and wide.
02:38Japan has been a major vehicle exporter for decades.
02:41And its tuning industry are trendsetters.
02:44I've come to discover how the Japanese have become such a force.
02:49And what drives them to become masters of their crafts.
02:52Like why they feel that it's something that they're passionate about.
02:57Why they have to perfect it.
02:59Why it's a part of their life and part of their identity.
03:02And why they feel like they have to carry it on.
03:05And look at the view.
03:08You can't beat that.
03:10Japan's mountains are regarded as the home of drifting.
03:14One of the fastest growing motorsports in the world.
03:17One, two, three, four.
03:19One, two, three, four.
03:30It was in the 1980s that videos by professional racer Keiichi Tsuchiya.
03:36Popularized the tire smoking power sliding technique.
03:41That's come to be known as drifting.
03:43There's so much history.
03:48Many Japanese kids like dreamt of becoming race car drivers.
03:56I'm on my way to Shiba to link up with two young drivers.
03:59Katara and Reno.
04:00I want to see what draws them to carry on Japan's love of drifting.
04:05Some 50 years after Tsuchiya made going sideways cool.
04:09Hey Katara.
04:10That's a sexy car.
04:11Nice to meet you.
04:12Pleasure to meet you.
04:13Wow.
04:14Look at that.
04:15Sylvia.
04:16Katara fixes up and exports cars.
04:22But he has ambitions of becoming a professional drifter.
04:23What is it about drifting that you love?
04:25Something about losing control, but you're in control.
04:29I guess you could kind of apply it to many things in life.
04:31What is it about drifting that you love?
04:32Something about losing control, but you're in control.
04:35I guess you could kind of apply it to many things in life.
04:49Katara's wife, Reno, is a model who recently became hooked on the sport.
04:50They've been documenting her steep learning journey on YouTube.
04:54Farino is a model who recently became hooked on the sport.
04:59They've been documenting her steep learning journey on YouTube.
05:08She's been practicing every week, doing a donut and figure eights.
05:13Now she's getting that down.
05:15So we're practicing this S-turn right here
05:18to practice connecting the two turns.
05:22A handbrake is used to lock the rear wheels
05:24and initiate the slide.
05:26While just the right touch on the accelerator
05:30keeps the tire spinning.
05:35Oh, so she messed up there.
05:37Yeah.
05:37Yeah.
05:40She's not reacting fast enough.
05:43Why don't you try to move faster?
05:46Hi.
05:47Oh, how are you feeling?
05:48Good.
05:49Yeah?
05:50It's a good feeling, but I think it's going to open too much.
05:53Axel.
05:55Relax.
05:56Relax.
05:58Relax.
05:59Have fun.
06:02That car is pretty cool.
06:04She's going to get it this time.
06:05Yeah.
06:06Yeah.
06:06Yeah.
06:07Yeah.
06:07Yeah.
06:08Yeah.
06:08Yeah.
06:09Yeah.
06:09Yeah.
06:10Yeah.
06:10Yeah.
06:11Yeah.
06:12Yeah.
06:13Yeah.
06:14Yeah.
06:15Woo.
06:16She did it.
06:17Yeah.
06:17Yeah.
06:19Good job.
06:21Wow.
06:22That was awesome.
06:24I really admire what you guys are doing, like sharing a hobby together.
06:30But I didn't into it before.
06:35I took her drifting passenger ride along and she wanted to do it.
06:40Yeah.
06:41That makes me want to do it.
06:43Yeah.
06:44So you're so young.
06:45And why this old man car?
06:50Reno's drift car is a Nissan Laurel C33 Turbo, a rear drive family sedan with plenty
06:57of power to get Reno sliding around the track.
07:00Yeah.
07:01I like the square shape.
07:02The VIP table.
07:03Oh, yeah.
07:04This is so cool.
07:06Today, Reno is going to attempt for the first time a tandem drift.
07:13And I'm here to capture it for their social media.
07:17Okay.
07:18Now we're rolling.
07:19Now we're rolling.
07:20So she's going to be the lead car?
07:23Yeah.
07:24Well, because if she make a mistake, I can save it.
07:28Good husband.
07:29Tandem is the ultimate accomplishment in drifting.
07:36Two cars traveling close together, mirroring each other's maneuvers.
07:42To avoid a collision, it requires exact timing and precise control of the throttle and steering.
07:49Let's go for it, guys.
07:52Oh!
07:53Reno let the back come round too far and lost the slide.
08:07All right.
08:08This is going to be the perfect take.
08:09All right.
08:10This is going to be the perfect take.
08:11All right.
08:12Yeah!
08:13Woo!
08:14That was good.
08:15She's mastering it.
08:16Wow!
08:17Yes!
08:18Yeah!
08:19Woo!
08:20That was good.
08:21She's mastering it.
08:22Wow!
08:23Yes!
08:24Yeah!
08:25Woo!
08:26That was good.
08:27She's mastering it.
08:28Wow!
08:29Yes!
08:30Yeah!
08:31Woo!
08:32Great job!
08:33That was fast and furious right there.
08:34Yes!
08:35She's mastering it.
08:36Wow!
08:37Yes!
08:38Yeah!
08:39Yeah!
08:40Yeah!
08:41Yeah!
08:42Yeah!
08:43Woo!
08:44Great job!
08:45That was fast and furious right there.
08:46That was fast and furious right there.
08:47Yes!
08:48Shiba drift.
08:49Yeah.
08:50We got a good take.
08:51Proud of her?
08:52Yeah.
08:53All right.
08:54How do you say, I'm proud of you in Japanese?
08:56Ok.
08:57Yeah, that's fine.
08:58They're awesome.
08:59Yeah.
09:00So happy.
09:01Good job.
09:03I mean, that's what practicing is all about.
09:04You make some mistakes and then, you know, you start perfecting it.
09:06Rino's lessons don't stop at the track.
09:07To help her become a better driver, Katara is teaching her what's under the hood.
09:11I'm hitching a ride to their workshop, where they're preparing for an upcoming competition.
09:16So you guys do everything.
09:18Yeah.
09:19Yeah.
09:20Yeah.
09:21Yeah.
09:22Yeah.
09:23Yeah.
09:24Yeah.
09:25Yeah.
09:26Yeah.
09:27Yeah.
09:28My wife gets mad because she's like, you love the car more than me.
09:35Yeah.
09:36That's what she used to say.
09:38You guys are so young.
09:39I'm like, wow, they have something that they're already doing right now that I should
09:49be doing with my wife, you know?
09:51So you guys are doing good, you know?
09:54Yeah.
09:55Yeah.
09:56Do your parents like support your drifting?
09:59Yeah.
10:00I brought my mom a couple times to the track.
10:03What about you, Rino?
10:04I haven't talked to my family for three years.
10:10So they don't know what she's doing. I know.
10:15Yeah.
10:16Wait a second though.
10:18I don't understand why you haven't spoken to your parents in such a long time.
10:23I went to the US to meet him.
10:28Uh-huh.
10:29I didn't tell them.
10:30I just leave.
10:31Yeah.
10:32So they were mad at me.
10:35She tried to contact them, went to the house.
10:39But like, no, don't come here.
10:41Well, maybe you just need to give them some more time.
10:46Yeah.
10:47Yeah.
10:48Yeah.
10:49Do you feel like, you know, the drift community has helped you, like, find a new family as well?
10:55Yeah, for sure.
10:56Yeah.
10:57Yeah.
10:58There's many girls who want to do this, like, get into cars and drifting.
11:02Yeah.
11:03Rino, you're a great role model.
11:05Yeah.
11:06To keep their dreams alive, the couple save money by working on their own cars with the
11:12help of Kataro's brother.
11:13Who taught you to modify the cars?
11:15You do?
11:16I did it.
11:17Like, I don't know.
11:19Well, that's how you learn, right?
11:21You make mistakes and you learn from there.
11:23Can you film how she's gonna take wheels?
11:28Yeah.
11:29SONNA YIKATA SHINAY NAY NAY NAY.
11:32For me, working on a car, you know, it's a reason to get together, you know, with friends.
11:37And she's creating memories with her husband.
11:40Just the stuff that very few people get to do.
11:44Rino is a perfect example of what's changing.
11:47Young woman getting into drifting without feeling like she can't do,
11:51and having a husband support that.
11:54When I look at Kataro and Rino, I see how cars both build communities and nourish relationships.
12:00She says she knows how to take a seat off.
12:03And through the couple's social media, they've become role models that inspire younger Japanese
12:08to continue and share their love for drifting.
12:21Today, I'm swapping my tiny K truck for the equally minuscule but more comfortable K van for a five-hour road trip to Nagoya.
12:29We've come all the way to meet Junichi, one of the founding fathers of low-riding culture in Japan.
12:39I think they are rolling pieces of art. They are beautiful. It is synonymous to California culture.
12:46I'm fascinated by Japan's ability to absorb and reinvent.
12:53You see it in everything from electronics to fashion.
12:57They take the things that inspire them and instead of just copying it, they evolve it.
13:06And it becomes their voice. And then it actually becomes a part of Japanese culture.
13:11In Nagoya, Junichi has taken the Mexican-American culture of low-riding and added his own flavor.
13:19I want to know why. Why is there such enthusiasm for this in Japan?
13:26Hello.
13:28Thank you for coming.
13:30Junichi-san.
13:32Well, you know my name.
13:34Well, I've been looking forward to meeting you guys.
13:36Thank you for coming.
13:38Wow, look at these cars.
13:39Look at these cars.
13:42Wow.
13:43Look at this.
13:45Oh my gosh.
13:55How long have you been doing this?
13:58The shop started in 1987.
14:0187?
14:02Since then, Junichi Shimo Daiira has spent three decades perfecting his builds of bespoke low-riders and hot rods.
14:13As well as starting Japan's first custom car club, the Pharaohs.
14:16How did you get started in this culture?
14:20Just a magazine.
14:21Yeah, magazine and video.
14:23Most impression is the movie Cheech and Chong.
14:27Oh, yeah. Cheech and Chong.
14:29The first time.
14:31Yeah, yeah.
14:32Moving a car.
14:33With the little chain steering wheel.
14:35Everything from the movie Cheech and Chong.
14:38Wow.
14:39Can I sit down?
14:40Sure.
14:41Can I sit down?
14:42Yeah.
14:43Wow.
14:44Really hard to drive in.
14:46Wow.
14:47Oh my gosh.
14:48I feel like I'm in heaven.
14:50Yeah.
14:51Whoa.
14:53One, two, three.
14:55Whoa.
14:56Wow.
14:57It's hydraulic.
14:58Hydraulic.
14:59Oh my gosh.
15:00That's everything.
15:01In the early days, the low-riding stance was achieved by loading the truck with bricks or cement bags.
15:08Newer low-riders are often juiced up with hydraulics that allows cars to hop or rock sideways.
15:16After you.
15:18What the?
15:20What is this?
15:22Holy moly.
15:23The original body has been completely replaced with breathtaking custom fabrication.
15:39There's this like blending of flash mortar, art deco.
15:44There feels like Batman and animals like Beetle and Butterfly.
15:49This is metal?
15:50Yeah.
15:51Yeah.
15:52Oh.
15:53No fiberglass.
15:54No fiberglass.
15:55I don't like fiberglass.
15:56What?
15:58You know, this is sheet metal.
15:59This is hand beaten, hand forms.
16:02Hours and hours and hours and hours and hours and hours of work into this.
16:09I mean, this is a true labor of love.
16:12I don't even know what to say.
16:13I just have to, I have to just bow.
16:20That is a hot ride.
16:24It's like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
16:27This 1927 Ford Model T Roadster has gone next level with the fully worked Chevrolet Impala 348 motor.
16:38It's like a spaceship inside.
16:39Yes.
16:40Yes.
16:42For Chicanos, low riders were a statement of pride by a marginalized community.
16:48Oh, that's so sick.
16:50But for Junichi, these cars are all about the joy that comes from the expression of creativity.
16:56You're not saying, oh, if it's Mexican, it has to stay Mexican.
17:01Or it's American, it's American.
17:03Or Japanese, Japanese.
17:04It's fusion.
17:05Yes.
17:06Yes.
17:07Yes.
17:08It's a lot of people.
17:09Yes.
17:10Yes.
17:11It's a lot of people in Japan that are not people thinking.
17:12It's not that they can't really make a car.
17:15It's not that they can't really make a car as a car as a roadster.
17:17It's a lot of people in Japan.
17:18I would have to put a car in a hot rod and put a car in a car.
17:21Just my poor opinion.
17:25Sorry.
17:26I totally respect your opinion.
17:28You just get to create without worrying about the social politics.
17:32Yeah, yeah.
17:33Just a car hobby.
17:35Oh, no border, right?
17:36Yeah, yeah, no border.
17:38No border for expression.
17:41It would be an honor to be moving in one of your masterpieces.
17:49Junichi's picked out a 1936 Ford Coupe from his stable.
17:54And we're going cruising with the Pharaoh's Club.
17:56Why did you guys pick the name Pharaoh?
18:06From the movie American Graffiti.
18:08Oh, yeah.
18:09Oh.
18:10I know that.
18:11The bad guy is the first.
18:14When you decided to be an actor?
18:17When I was in America, I felt like because I was an Asian boy,
18:23people just kind of invisible.
18:25Nobody see me.
18:26But when I was young, I said, how do I have expression?
18:30And I saw Bruce Lee.
18:32Oh, yeah.
18:34And I think because since I was young, I loved old car.
18:37Yeah.
18:37Somehow car and movie kind of come together.
18:41Yeah.
18:41You know, interesting, yeah?
18:44Yeah.
18:46Wow.
18:46Wow.
18:47Junkyard.
18:48From LA to New Mexico, cruising and barbecues go hand in hand.
18:53Here's my shop.
18:54Oh, that's so cool.
18:55It's like a movie set.
18:56And the crew at Cholo's Customs have put on an impressive spread.
19:00My life.
19:01Hello.
19:02So beautiful.
19:03Wow.
19:04Thank you so much.
19:05Oh, Karen.
19:06How many years have you had this shop?
19:0950 years.
19:10So he was your teacher?
19:11Teacher, teacher.
19:12No, no, no.
19:13He's very talented.
19:14Very talented.
19:15Back teacher, back teacher.
19:16Back teacher.
19:17Come on, family.
19:18Yeah.
19:19Come on, family.
19:20Yeah.
19:21I eat everything.
19:22Itadakimasu.
19:23Itadakimasu.
19:24Itadakimasu.
19:25Itadakimasu.
19:26Itadakimasu.
19:27Itadakimasu.
19:28Itadakimasu.
19:29Itadakimasu.
19:30What an amazing day.
19:31To come to Nagoya and just be welcomed by Junichi-san and his crew and be able to get insights
19:42and get in the mind of a master.
19:44What a great takeaway.
19:45To be humble, to be generous, to be passionate, to use different inspirations, different cultures
19:56to absorb that, and then make it your own.
20:00They take a deep respect for the Chicana traditions and celebrate it in a way that everyone can
20:06appreciate.
20:07Borderless.
20:08And then be able to be welcomed here.
20:10Good day.
20:11It's a good day.
20:12Kampai to Pharaoh's Club.
20:16Kampai.
20:17Kampai.
20:18Kampai.
20:19Kampai.
20:20Kampai.
20:21Kampai.
20:22Kampai.
20:23Kampai.
20:24Kampai.
20:25Where's the corona?
20:26Corona.
20:30The charm is beautiful out here.
20:34It's like farming country.
20:36In most places, car drivers view trucks as a necessary evil on the roads.
20:43They're big, slow, and heavy obstacles for cars.
20:47But at my next stop in Ibaraki, I'm gonna see how even the hardest working vehicles can
20:52brine our day.
20:54Now Ryuji-san is a truck driver.
20:57He is part of the old school, the old regime,
21:01part of this wonderful fabric that made Japanese car
21:04culture celebrate it all over the world and made it unique.
21:10So I want to go meet him.
21:11You know, I want to get into his mind, see what inspires him,
21:14why he loves his truck so much.
21:21Hello.
21:23Oh, this is Sanka.
21:25Yes.
21:25It's covered.
21:27Oh, yes, nice.
21:29Ryuji-san and his brother, Yukihiro-san,
21:31have spent a lifetime on the road
21:33behind the wheel of their Deku-Tora, a decorated truck.
21:39You're a big boy, baby.
21:41In this subculture, you can never add too much bling.
21:45The brothers estimate they've each spent
21:47around $400,000 US dollars on truck mods.
21:50Wow.
21:52It's so elaborate.
21:53This is crazy.
21:56What is this?
21:58Does he do all the modifications himself?
22:01Yes, yes, yes.
22:02Design and make it.
22:04This looks like a piece of art.
22:08Deku-Tora started in the 70s, most likely with advertising
22:12signage on the trucks.
22:16A series of trucker movies then help propel the decoration
22:19to even more extreme levels.
22:20So, this is really your first love.
22:25Does the truck have a name?
22:27so this is really your first love does the truck have a name
22:44ryuji stainless steel and led bejeweled beauty clocked over two million kilometers before retiring from daily transporting duties
23:04over the years his truck has become a memorial for his friends their names are during the top of the
23:24trailer that's your wife number five
23:46wow look at this this wife
23:53what what it's transformers
24:02wow wow wow what baby transformers were inspired by deca taurus i mean it is like this this moving
24:15like light show and the tribute to all the people that he's loved all his lost friends that are no
24:21longer with him it needs to wake people up and make people happy right and excite people right
24:27they have to feel the energy because that's the whole purpose of this truck
24:31i'm invited aboard yukihiro's fegas on wheels to go hang out with some of their deca torah buddies
24:50these boys sure do laugh a lot but they do know when to be serious
25:04after the great hanshin earthquake there were amongst the deca taurus who leap into action
25:14anytime a natural disaster strikes
25:16anytime a natural disaster strikes
25:16anytime a natural disaster strikes
25:17demme korro it so god Ayik da siしたりなんかやってたり
25:21I was from the most of the storm in the East.
25:28I was from there.
25:34I was from there.
25:36I was going to burn or do something.
25:39I was going to give you something.
25:43I don't have to do anything.
25:46I don't have to do anything.
25:47And as they convoy humanitarian supplies to stricken areas,
25:54their traveling light shows add an extra lift to spirits.
26:03Recent regulations banish these old-school trucks from central Tokyo.
26:11Forcing Ryuji-san and his Dekotora buddies to hold get-sugethers on the outskirts of the city.
26:17POP!
26:21POP!
26:23POP!
26:25POP!
26:26POP!
26:27POP!
26:28POP!
26:29How many years have you known each other?
26:31I was like a kid.
26:33I was like a kid, too.
26:34When I met him, I was too young.
26:37When I met him, he was younger.
26:41It was so cool.
26:43I was like, I don't know, but he was like a dude.
26:45When I meet you, when I meet your brother, you have an enthusiasm for life.
26:53And I think you guys are older than me.
26:55But when I see your face, I see your eyes, it's as bright as these trucks.
27:00I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
27:04I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
27:07I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
27:11I'm sorry.
27:13Well, it's been an honor to meet you.
27:16The lesson I've learned is, even with cars, if you have a deeper reason to help others,
27:22to use these things, to cheer them up a little bit, even in the hardest times, gives you a purpose in life.
27:28These trucks are an expression of pure joy that literally light up people's lives.
27:34Thank you so much.
27:36I'm looking forward to returning to Kyoto, Japan's spiritual capital, because I get to catch up with an old friend, Kai Mira.
27:51He's like my big brother.
27:53I would argue that Mira-san is one of the masters of body kit design in Japan, or perhaps even in the world.
28:03His Pandem Rocket Bunny brand has a signature style of a wide body with low stance and bold over fenders.
28:11Mira-san and I have a deep history because the first car that I've ever modified was a Datsun 240Z, a 73.
28:20And Mira-san created that body kit for that car.
28:24He blended, you know, the new with the old, took what made the 240Z amazing and special.
28:33He was able to have, you know, connective tissue to this new sensibility of wide body.
28:39It was a build that the whole world came together to celebrate their love affair for old Japanese cars.
28:47But there's an even deeper motive for my visit.
28:51In getting older, you know, I have these questions to life and purpose and like, why am I here?
29:00Mira-san, his priority is, you know, searching for his purpose as well and his contribution to this world before he dies.
29:08And he uses the cars for that.
29:13There's always something to learn from him, aside from the cars.
29:17Hello, Mira-san.
29:18Hi.
29:19How are you?
29:20Jun?
29:21Jun.
29:22Nice to meet you.
29:23Nice to meet you.
29:24Mira-san's English is as good as my Japanese.
29:26So his friend Jun is helping us translate.
29:29And I'm wasting no time checking out progress on Mira-san's latest body kit.
29:34Oh, wow.
29:35This is it.
29:37So all the frame is already done?
29:39Yeah, already done.
29:40For the 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon, Mira-san is transforming a 1993 Toyota Hilux pickup truck into a drift car.
29:50This is the body kit.
29:51One, two, three, four, five.
29:53Five?
29:54Five piece only?
29:55Yeah.
29:56Yeah.
29:57Oh, that's so simple.
29:58This jigsaw body parts began with sketches, computer renders, and cutting foam molds.
30:03And I'm gonna help assemble the pieces.
30:05Uh-huh.
30:06What do you think?
30:07This is it?
30:08This drill?
30:09I've used it before.
30:10I've used it before.
30:11I've used it before.
30:12I've used it before.
30:13I've used it before.
30:14Of course I've used it before.
30:17I have tools.
30:20Before getting to work, Mira-san shares his design vision.
30:24Why Hilux?
30:25Why Hilux?
30:26I'd like to tell anyone as well, even though he's at the bulk of a truck, he could perform a different performance.
30:36He doesn't like a million dollars car?
30:38Cheap car.
30:40Yeah.
30:41I can relate with this.
30:42I like cheap cars too.
30:43Yeah.
30:46When he works on like this, Hiilux truck drift car, what is the inspiration or like, what is the process in this head?
30:54You put your soul
31:24In everything you do
31:25And if that's not speaking truth
31:27Then it's not going to sell
31:29The people are not going to accept it
31:30I relate with it because
31:32The hardest part for me is
31:34After the film
31:36I go, did I leave a piece of my soul
31:39In this film?
31:41It becomes part of history
31:42It connects with people
31:43His reputation as a game-changing designer
31:48Creates an air of excitement
31:49Around all of Mira's projects
31:51I can do that
31:52And everyone is going to know
31:53If I mess up his Hilux
31:55So you've got to master
31:58How to just put it in a screw first
32:00So we're starting with the basics
32:02I don't think he trusts me
32:04Okay, okay
32:09Yeah, yeah
32:10Good, good
32:11Oh, good
32:11These molded fiberglass panels
32:14Get bolted to the steel body
32:16All right
32:19Bolt
32:20Washer
32:21Okay
32:22What?
32:24Okay
32:25Okay
32:25Meru-san, do you have a apprentice?
32:29No
32:30Why?
32:31Just難しい
32:32I can teach him
32:33Who can you tell the chef
32:37What can I teach?
32:38I can tell the master
32:39Come on
32:40Yeah, he's teaching like a machine
32:42He's teaching always about the hardware
32:45Oh, so he can teach the technique
32:47But he can't teach the art
32:49Yes
32:49Yeah, I see.
32:52Wow, that changes the whole car.
32:55Look at that.
32:56Exposed fasteners are a signature look for Rocket Bunny,
32:59so every bolt must be positioned perfectly.
33:05OK.
33:06Oh.
33:19That is a master right there.
33:23Perfect.
33:24Perfect.
33:27Does it worry him?
33:28Or does he care that after he dies,
33:31that no one will be able to carry on Rocket Bunny?
33:34No, not at all.
33:36No, not at all.
33:37No, not at all.
33:38No, stop.
33:39No, not at all.
33:40No, not at all.
33:41No, not at all.
33:42No, not at all.
33:43That is a master right there.
33:48He doesn't care if the young people copy,
33:50because that's how they learn.
33:52So it's his gift to them.
33:58The first time you saw it put together?
33:59Yes.
34:00Wow.
34:01Very good.
34:02How do you feel?
34:03Good, good.
34:04Very good.
34:06No.
34:07Maybe.
34:08Yeah, thank you.
34:11It's hard to explain when you look at a car
34:14and you see the kit finally on it,
34:16and then it just does something to you.
34:18And there's this, like, chemical reaction.
34:20And it's not even painted.
34:21It's not even complete.
34:22But then, butterflies in your stomach, in your heart,
34:25and you can't stop staring at it.
34:27Let's go together.
34:38Hmm.
34:39I'd love to.
34:42I've never been a spiritual person,
34:44but I'm open to joining Mira-san at his favorite Shinto shrine.
34:48Why is this place so special for Mira-san?
34:53When he's a teenager, always playing in here.
34:58If you didn't be żeby to die in here,
35:00you would person change everything.
35:05or just-
35:06You know, I would like to ask Mira-san why he felt like he needed to bring me to the shrine.
35:12You know, I would like to ask Mira-san why he felt like he needed to bring me to the shrine.
35:23He needed to bring me to the shrine.
35:53He needed to bring me to the shrine.
35:58But if I understand it,
36:01I think it would be a good thing.
36:03I think it would be a good thing.
36:08I think it would be a good thing.
36:17You have to find the master in you.
36:20You have to find the reason
36:22why you're going to leave a piece of you
36:24in the thing that you choose to follow in your life.
36:29And I think that's what a master truly does,
36:31is that he's teaching you self-discovery.
36:43It always feels like a Friday night here.
36:45The city that truly never sleeps.
36:48Tokyo Nights.
36:51It's my last night in Japan.
36:53And I'm nearing the end of a long drive
36:55to a must-see experience in Shiba.
36:58Wow, there's a lot of cars here.
37:03Tokyo car meets like the famous Daikoku parking lot
37:06have grown so big they're often shut down.
37:10So car enthusiasts are now gathering out of town
37:13at places like this abandoned shopping mall.
37:17Wow, look at all these people here.
37:19Everybody's so young.
37:21I mean, this is what Japanese car culture is all about.
37:26Look at this.
37:28Whatever you want.
37:30It's a buffet of cars.
37:32Doesn't get any better than this.
37:34What's up, Robbie?
37:37What's going on, son?
37:38How you doing?
37:39It's good, man.
37:40Welcome.
37:42Robbie Nishida is a former professional drifter
37:45who now commentates on drifting and Japanese car culture.
37:49You got, you know, American cars, European cars,
37:53and obviously the Japanese cars.
37:55And here you'll see all the cars where you got the vans,
37:58school guys that have just classic cars.
38:01Whatever you like, you just bring.
38:03And it doesn't really matter what type of car.
38:06Everybody kind of respects you because, you know,
38:08you're either modifying or you're preserving it.
38:11Events like this show how Japanese car culture
38:14is built on the passion of grassroots enthusiasts.
38:18There's so many hot Chirokus.
38:20Tonight, the car park is filled with over 150 cars
38:24and hundreds more car fans.
38:26You got everybody trying to show off what they got.
38:30Just like, you know, going out with nice clothes,
38:32going out with a nice car.
38:33You want people to look at you, you know?
38:35Owners go to extraordinary lengths
38:37to grab their share of the spotlight.
38:40I can pass up this living room setting.
38:44I like this guy's self-expression.
38:46Yeah, that's right.
38:47This is what you call pimplelicious.
38:49Look at this guy.
38:50He's just like chilling.
38:51Look at this.
38:52Oh, there you go.
38:53Oh, yeah.
38:54Look at this.
38:55He's like, like this.
38:56This looks right.
38:57This looks right, yeah.
38:58This is what you call chilling at a car meet.
39:01We got the father and son at a same car meet.
39:04Father and son.
39:05Now, did he, like, learn to love cars through his father?
39:09Yes.
39:10Do you like old cars?
39:11I like old cars.
39:12I like old cars.
39:13I like new cars.
39:14I like new cars.
39:15Yes.
39:16Just like cars.
39:17Like any of them.
39:18Yeah, yeah.
39:19So this is where the car culture is going to stay alive,
39:21especially with, like, younger generations like him.
39:23Yup.
39:24And I wish I had a dad like you,
39:25because, you know, this guy looks fresh.
39:27Why do you think Japanese car culture, I mean, has been so rich?
39:36Like, where does the passion for cars come from?
39:39Japanese people didn't invent cars.
39:41Yeah.
39:42They brought it in, and they said,
39:43hey, how can we make this good?
39:45Like, using style from all over the world
39:48and using it as their own self-expression.
39:50Yeah, yeah.
39:51I think Japanese people are really good
39:53at taking it to the next level.
39:55Yeah.
39:57Now that is Bososuku right there.
39:59Exactly.
40:00With that front lip like that.
40:01That is a big old lip.
40:06Bososuku roughly translates as violent running trot.
40:12The exaggerated styling began in post-war Japan
40:15with rebellious motorcycle gangs.
40:19And eventually found its way to cars.
40:22The Bososuku are still linked to outlaws,
40:25but they're also admired for their audacious creativity.
40:29Woo!
40:34Oh, we don't want to get in trouble.
40:36It's all good.
40:40Wow.
40:41It just works.
40:43Nice to meet you.
40:44Nice to meet you.
40:45Nice to meet you.
40:46Wow, this is beautiful.
40:47My gosh.
40:48My gosh.
40:49My gosh.
40:50My gosh.
40:51My gosh.
40:52My gosh.
40:53My gosh.
40:54My gosh.
40:55No cause.
40:56My gosh.
40:57My gosh.
40:58My gosh.
40:59My gosh.
41:00Yeah, so the Kaido racer style.
41:01So it looks like a race car.
41:02The race car had bigger arrow and crazier arrow.
41:06and this is pretty much a formation of that in their mind.
41:12Essentially, he's a caretaker of Japanese car history,
41:15making a car like this.
41:31Man, every time I come to Japan,
41:33I'm always shocked at the level of detail and expression in these builds.
41:40It seems like the world comes here to get inspired, right?
41:45At the other end of the spectrum,
41:47our cars fully blinged out with the latest custom parts.
41:51I love that you guys are just squatting in front of a wheel, sharing.
41:55What are you guys talking about?
41:57I designed these wheels.
41:58You designed this wheel?
41:59The Nissan GT-R is nicknamed Godzilla because it crushed all competitors on the track.
42:06It's one of the most coveted Japanese cars.
42:09Wow!
42:10Everything is modified on this.
42:13Every bit and piece.
42:15Carbon fiber hood.
42:16Yeah.
42:17The only stock parts that are on the car are probably the glass.
42:19And this steering wheel, man.
42:21Wow, when you get in this, you must feel like you're just transporting into like a movie, like a manga.
42:27The energy here is so respectful, but you can feel the passion.
42:35You can feel the expression.
42:37You can feel the uniqueness and you can feel the history.
42:40It's just great that there's all these young folks here that have taken upon themselves to be the future caretakers of this beautiful community.
42:52Japan will always represent a place of beauty and a very special place in my heart.
43:07And every time I come to Japan, I'm so surprised of what I learned.
43:10That is a hot ride.
43:11The analogy I would give to the Japanese car culture is to be a master at what you do.
43:17They find purpose beyond just like being cool or just fitting in.
43:21They want to put their soul into it.
43:23And a hundred percent of their soul.
43:25Oh.
43:26You know, this search for the brilliance and the excellence is like, the lessons are limitless.
43:35Yeah!
43:36Woo!
43:37Yes!
43:38Yeah!
43:39That's what makes the Japanese car culture unique and special.
43:46Hmm, Yeah!
43:48Yeah, we're when y-you.
43:49Woo!
43:50Woo!
43:51Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo!
43:53Woo hands-oomay sunglasses lukewarm
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