Mikami Auto Kyusha Meeting

Mikami Auto Kyusha Meeting

 For all the Kyusha (old cars) lovers, the Mikami Auto Kyusha Meeting is without a doubt the most anticipated event of the year! Owners and fans from all over the country gather during one day at the bottom of the Megahira Ski Resort, in Hatsukaichi city, near Hiroshima, to share their love for Japanese classics.
 
Sadly, the organizers announced that this 9th edition would probably be the last. One more reason, if we really needed one, to join the party!
The Mikami Auto event welcomes all kind of kyusha: from the bone stock oldies in their original conditions, to the beautifully restored classics or even the heavily modified zokusha... A pure paradise!

    

JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 While the Sakura season (cherry blossom) is over almost everywhere in Japan, the trees were in full bloom during the Mikami Auto Meeting (Hatsukaichi city is located at a higher altitude). Lucky!
 
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 6 in the morning, the sun is slowly warming up the vally while the first participants arrives...  
 
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 Team FINAL (Kyushu) MarkII.
 
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 Beautiful GX51 Cresta!
 
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 MarkII x Soarer x Cresta under the Sakura (0v0)
    
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 The large parking gets full at the doors open to public at 10am.
 
 JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 Mikami Auto event is also a paradise for all the wheels lovers! Enjoy this extremely wide and extremely rare Shadow 3-piece!
   
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 Light Star x Tsurikawa combo!
  
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 The shark nose trend, inspired from bosozoku rides, is still strong!
 
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 This small light next to the tsurikawa is called Hotaru Lamp. It imitates the Firefly at night.
 
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 
   JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 The Tomcat Speed was made by Super Star in the early eighties. Here is a beautifully preserved set!
  
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 The PatoLight is a very popular accessory among the Kyusha lovers and bosozoku at heart!
 
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 Fresh barrels for those Devil Japan Shadow centers.
  
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
   
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
  The tsurikawa is not a fashion. It's a state of mind!
  
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 Sexy Gurachan style oldies from the Liberty Walk team!
   
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 Skyline Love! (^0^)v
 
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 Bilbo Riverge produced by Enkei in the early eighties.
 
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 The Takeyari (long muffler) are banned from the Mikami Auto event, but not the wild aero! The Deppa (chin spoiler) on this Skyline Japan is not for the kind hearted! 
  
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 510, Japan, Daruma... Choose your poison!
  
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 The Yayoi from Hayashi Racing is still one of the "most wanted" old wheel in Japan!
 
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 Crystal blue Tsurikawa! We don't see them very often!
 
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 71 MarkII with a very cool livery!
 
 JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 The event officially ends at 4pm but some of the participants leave earlier to avoid traffic jam on the way back home. 
  
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
An other classic, the Focus Racing will never be outmoded!
 
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 Super clean 71 Cresta with Shark Nose.
 
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 Line of Skyline ketsu (OvO)
 
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018 
 Most of the participants come by road (jisou) but few ones (especially the ones coming from prefectures far away) brought their pride and joy on trucks.
  JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 Advance Z10 Soarer waiting for the rest of the convoy before heading back home.
  
JDM Tsurikawa Mikami Auto 2018
 Another day ending too fast... With the Olympics "around the corner", Police is getting more strict with car events, especially kyusha and zoku oriented events. The Japanese government wants to clean the country (and they don't hide it) before the games and will give a hard time to anyone looking to organize such gathering. For instance, an other large kyusha event supposed to be held in Odaiba the very same day was canceled just few days before after the Police threaten to lock down the area and arrest everybody... We might have to wait few years before we can enjoy cool events like the Mikami Auto Kyusha Meeting again... (T_T)
 
Info: Mikami Auto is a small shop located on the North East of Hiroshima city and is specialized in classic car restoration. They also produce original parts mainly for Skyline and Failady Z.
  
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