I must say that after my earlier post , the feedback I have received from readers has been tremendous. I have read all of the emails and comments and I think I have come up with a plan for the future of this site. A lot of people have asked to see more about daily life and other non-car related aspects of Japan,while others have suggested that this site remain true to its original car-related focus. I have decided that I will start a new blog that will cover more of my daily life, Japanese stuff, and other random things I find worth posting. I cannot gurantee it will be very interesting, but I also have friends and family back in the United States that are interested to see what is going on here. Hopefully it will be up within the next week. My main focus,however, will continue to be improving this site and delivering more and better car-related content as well as continuing to collaborate and work with other publications from around the world. Here are few of the ideas I am working on for this site's content-
Car Movies, Comics, Games,Toys - In Japan there are a lot of car related comic books (like I have posted about before), TV shows, movies, and video games and many of them were never released outside of Japan. I am stumbling across new ones everyday so expect to see more about this sort of thing.
Feature Cars- I am working on doing some feature cars in the future. I plan on focusing on the privateer-owned vehicles and the grassroots motorsport movement. As much as I like the high-tech, big dollar stuff, I know people can relate to the "little guys".
Shops and Garages- There are so many small tuning shops in Japan and all of them have something interesting about them. I plan on showcasing some of these shops on the site. Some specialize in classic car restoration. some focus on drifting, and others only specialize in one type of car (IE Garage FK and their Hondas)
Video Content- This will probably be one of the biggest new additions to the site. In the future I will begin recording unique video content at various events and races I cover. Pictures are great, but I can't recall how many times I have posted a picture and thought to myself. "If you could only hear or see this in action." The photo content will remain as well, I will just be that much busier when I cover events. The videos will not be Hollywood-quality but hopefully they will help bring the cars to life.
Again, I really appreciate all of the feedback. It has really made me happy knowing that you guys enjoy reading this site as much as I do putting it together. Thanks for taking the time to tell me your thoughts. Please continue to let me know what you would like to see or what I can do to make the site better.
GC, bro. Don't forget to JOIN THE PEPPERS ON A FITNESS FIESTA. EL TORRRRITOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! I'm excited for the vid content. LGAPS4LYFE
Posted by: peter | January 29, 2008 at 08:50 PM
hell yeah dude, your site kicks ass! Keep us updated on whats up.
Posted by: ace | January 29, 2008 at 09:14 PM
Plans sound awesome! I think if you just never close the site you'll be good to go, lol.
Posted by: Josh / F/M Tuning | January 29, 2008 at 09:36 PM
Word. Improve it, or keep it the same because it'll be a rad blog either way!
j!
Posted by: Yawnny Cash | January 29, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I like the idea of two separate blogs.
Posted by: Bundi | January 30, 2008 at 02:35 AM
Awesome! I can't wait to see your plans coming together!
Posted by: Il | January 30, 2008 at 10:11 AM
The blog is great as is and with the addition of shop coverage and video footage, it's gonna be top notch material. Excellent idea...I love this blog.
Posted by: Edward Uche | January 30, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Man you just rock! Your pictures have always been nice, and now I see that you'll make videos so it cant be better than this!
I'am also glad to see that you'll start another blog more "japanese life" related which interests me a lot too.
Posted by: Warren | January 30, 2008 at 04:50 PM
You could do a s30 best in japan.I am building one in the states (2year project so far)and I like to be inspired by other bad ass cars.I am going for old school meets 2015.Videos are cool.Your site is the best.More Z footage would make me happy.You can do more 240sx.I do love these cars and have a project 1989 s13 in the works.Does anybody run new Celicas out there.I would like to see what they build in japan.My daily D is a 2001 celica.
just a thought,
James
Posted by: James Salvato | January 30, 2008 at 06:20 PM
Excellent news mate, i think it'll be great to cover more. Can i ask how you fund all of this and do you personally take all the photographs? They are superbly shot images, i love it. Peace out.
Posted by: Rick | January 31, 2008 at 02:45 PM
Excellent news mate, i think it'll be great to cover more. Can i ask how you fund all of this and do you personally take all the photographs? They are superbly shot images, i love it. Peace out.
Posted by: Rick | January 31, 2008 at 02:46 PM