Where to Watch Street Racing in Japan
As the name implies, street racing being another form of auto racing, takes place on the streets and can be properly planned or can be spontaneous. The spontaneous street racing usually takes place on an intersection where the drivers of the two cars halt at a red light before thay begin. On the other hand, a well planned and well coordinated street racing event, is properly organized a day before and comprises of staff members that are responsible for the organisation of the event.
The types of street racing and the areas where these races take place can be briefly described as below:
Drag Race
This type of street race can take place in any ordinary street and usually involves two or more vehicles starting from a point to race until a given distance is covered by either of the racers or until only one racer remains in the game.
Highway or Road Racing
This type of street race is commonly famous for being a spontaneous race and is usually held on the Tokyo’s Shuto Expressway. These spontaneous races usually end when only one racer is left in the game. In Japan this type of racing is named as “Wangan” and is held every Friday night.
Touge
This form of street racing implies mountain passes that are too narrow that only one car at a time is permited to cross it. The common areas where these types of races are common include California and Mount Haruna, located on the island of Honshu, in Japan and on the Del Dios Highway in Escondido.
Blackraces
These races named as blackraces are legal races and are quite different from ordinary road racing events. This race is strictly an amatuer race and is played by road legal vehicles. The areas in which these types of races are conducted usually consist of roads with closed ends and are played against time rather than other competitors in the game.
Cannonballs Runs
A cannonball Run race is an illegal road race. It is played by a group of racers and usually starts from one part of the country to the other. Whoever covers the distance in the shortest possible time is declared as the winner.
Japanese Car Design
Japanese car manufacturers seem to have an obsession with perfection. Therefore, it should be no surprise that they put in a lot of time into the design of their vehicles. Not only do they put a lot of consideration into the design of their vehicles, but the color as well. While Japanese cars seem to have the normal black, white, and simple colored cars; they also have some vibrant colors and different color schemes they tend to use as well. Used Japanese cars are easy to pick out as they try to be different from American, German, and other car manufacturers worldwide.
The Japanese are well-known for their graphics and flat patterns. With this in mind, they transfer their skills in the graphics world over to the design of their cars. Japanese cars tend to have the appearance of a two-dimensional flat pattern. This is most common in their older models. Some cars have continued with this look. However, since computer modeling has become available many manufacturers have changed their design by using this. Now with the complex curves that the Japanese seem to be incorporating into their car design, the geometric opportunities have multiplied for them with their creativity.
As you may look around at the cars in your area, it should be easy to pick out a Japanese vehicle. Some examples are the Toyota Celica, the Honda Civic, and the Mitsubishi Eclipse. These are probably three of the most common Japanese cars on the roads today. You can see the intense curves in their body style. You can also see the vibrant colors used. Some even have complex designs painted directly on them. They are three very popular Japanese manufactured cars. Their design and colors definitely differ from the other cars on the roads today that are produced by non-Japanese manufacturers.