THERE’S NO BETTER WAY TO SEE JAPAN THAN ON THE DSPORT MAGAZINE Tokyo Auto Salon Tour. While the 2009 DSPORT TAS tour received awesome feedback from the participants, we wanted to make this year’s tour even better. For 2010, we added a Kirin Beer factory tour, an UpGarage visit and a stop at Daikoku futo parking lot. VIP extended tour participants were also treated to a TOMEI POWERED factory tour along with a stop at Nissan Global Headquarters and Mitsubishi showroom. Of course, the ever-popular all-you-can-drink Izakaya experience and the Nitto NT05 Drift Day presented by RAZO provided some of the most exciting and memorable times.

DAIKOKU FUTO

The Daikoku Futo lot is a public parking area that happens to be a popular meeting spot for motorsport enthusiasts of all types. On this night, we were treated to a row of R33 and R34 Skylines, a group of Integra Type-R’s, a handful of minivans with bumping sound systems and a group of old school motorcyclists.

MITSUBISHI SHOWROOM

Perfect for our first stop of the day since there was a Starbucks right inside the showroom.

KIRIN BREWERY

Can you pour a perfect glass of beer? We learned how on the tour of the Kirin Brewery. There is nothing better than free beer straight from the source!

NISSAN GLOBAL HQ

If you ever wanted to find a piece of Nismo merchandise, this is the place to go. They also have every current model Nissan on display along with some future concept vehicles.

UP GARAGE

This was our favorite place to shop for used parts. Due to popular request, we skipped the Toyota History Museum this year to hit two different UP GARAGE stores located in Tokyo. Martin (pictured below) managed to purchase a pair of Recaro race seats for $400 and brought them back safe and sound.

TOMEI POWERED TOUR

TOMEI POWERED debuted its new EXPREME Ti titanium exhausts as well as its trademark engine products. We also got a sneak peak inside the dyno rooms and camshaft production areas.

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