Itasha

I don’t see most of these cars getting much traction outside of an anime convention. I personally wouldn’t sticker wrap a bunch of anime girls to my car. I do have to give props towards the cars that instead go for anime realism rather than flash, in particular the (multiple) renditions of the Fujiwara Tofu Shop car from Initial D, complete with blinky lights. I’d ride those on a normal day.

Cars of the Toyota Automobile Museum

Shaking off the terrible experience of Ghibli Park, the Toyota Automobile Museum is only a few stops away by train, far less crowded, has prettier buildings and lots of cool stuff to see.

While their car collection are certainly plentiful (and only a selection is on display, the vast remainder of their collection is in private storage), the large museum also fits in an entire car memorabilia section (toys, car magazines, stamps, etc), showrooms, a library of car-related literature and Toyota catalogs (low key interested in buying a JPN Taxi for personal use), a restaurant and large gift shop (which sadly doesn’t do tax-free either, but hey, you can’t have everything).

Overall, much more satisfying place to visit and spend several hours in. It’s not, however, the best place I went to in Nagoya. That will be for a future post.

Mornings Are Annoying

The chaos of traffic.

President’s Motorcade

Mercedes One.
Mercedes One.

Manhattan in a Desert

Looks beautiful from cars. They get to be in the middle of the road.
Looks beautiful from cars. They get to be in the middle of the road.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Response to the Daily Prompt.

Taguto

One of my colleagues made this cool site which makes drivers more “social”. It’s called Taguto and it looks neat! You can comment on license plates saying “I saw you this morning”, or “You’re the jerk who caused a pile-up yesterday”. XD

Old and New

Harriers.
Harriers.