Official 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***
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Derek Smith said:
HighwayStar said:
We’re on a full on guided tour, in Kyoto 6-8, race is on 7th.
We could only get weekend tickets but we’re only there race day, the only day that matters.
Cheers for the offer, will definitely PM you if tips or advice if needed.
Can't we block posts such as this until after the race? Dear me, it'll be bad enough with the timing of the race. I mean, only, that's the word, only there on race day. Not only that, there's two days going begging. We could only get weekend tickets but we’re only there race day, the only day that matters.
Cheers for the offer, will definitely PM you if tips or advice if needed.
Can it get any worse for us?
Anyone got a flight I can hitch a lift in?
3 days in Tokyo in full on tourist mode.
PhilAsia said:
He'd better. That's all I will say.My lad has been to many countries and he reckoned Japan was the first one that felt completely foreign, despite many signs being in English. He loves it. He goes two sometime three times each year.
Derek Smith said:
PhilAsia said:
He'd better. That's all I will say. 
My lad has been to many countries and he reckoned Japan was the first one that felt completely foreign, despite many signs being in English. He loves it. He goes two sometime three times each year.
PhilAsia said:
Yes, it is quite arms length at first encounter, but I love it. I also love their attitude to anything they find of interest. Once interested, many/most will research into the minutiae. Lovely people. Few sweeping statements there, but generally true, I have found.
My lad was confused by a map he had bought of the centre of Tokyo. He asked a woman on reception in an office. She closed her desk and walked them to their nearby destination, thanked them and returned. He realises now, after many visits, that he'd put an obligation on the woman, something the Japanese would not do. He married a Japanese woman and, in order to impress his in-laws, researched sumo wrestling, the father being a fan, and discussed with him the up-coming Basho finals. He must have said something because he was given a ticket to the event, somewhat expensive, and probably at the expense of a relative. It started at 7.30am and went on forever, according to him, but probably only until 6pm, and he was not helped by sitting on a microscopic cushion on top of boards about 8" from the ground. Again, it seems, he'd placed an obligation on his father-in-law. When he went out there reporting on the football world cup finals, he bought tickets for various matches and, due to relatives' returning the favour, he actually missed a couple of matches.Cultural differences must be part of the attraction of going abroad. After 15 years of marriage to a Japanese woman, and many visits, he is still called gaijin san, foreigner, and it took a while to earn the san.
An interesting and sometimes bewildering country, but it has a GP that's one of my favourites.
Derek Smith said:
PhilAsia said:
Yes, it is quite arms length at first encounter, but I love it. I also love their attitude to anything they find of interest. Once interested, many/most will research into the minutiae. Lovely people. Few sweeping statements there, but generally true, I have found.
My lad was confused by a map he had bought of the centre of Tokyo. He asked a woman on reception in an office. She closed her desk and walked them to their nearby destination, thanked them and returned. He realises now, after many visits, that he'd put an obligation on the woman, something the Japanese would not do. He married a Japanese woman and, in order to impress his in-laws, researched sumo wrestling, the father being a fan, and discussed with him the up-coming Basho finals. He must have said something because he was given a ticket to the event, somewhat expensive, and probably at the expense of a relative. It started at 7.30am and went on forever, according to him, but probably only until 6pm, and he was not helped by sitting on a microscopic cushion on top of boards about 8" from the ground. Again, it seems, he'd placed an obligation on his father-in-law. When he went out there reporting on the football world cup finals, he bought tickets for various matches and, due to relatives' returning the favour, he actually missed a couple of matches.Cultural differences must be part of the attraction of going abroad. After 15 years of marriage to a Japanese woman, and many visits, he is still called gaijin san, foreigner, and it took a while to earn the san.
An interesting and sometimes bewildering country, but it has a GP that's one of my favourites.
I read, 20 or so years ago, that if you were in someone's residence, not to comment if you found something pleasant to look at, as it is traditional to gift what you find attractive to you - that included the wife!! I presume that tradition is now obsolete, but I haven't asked.
EDIT: I just had a thought...Horner would be in his element!
Another big Japan fan here,
Since Oct, I've thoroughly enjoyed spending nearly half my time working here, helping to fast track the learning experience of some very capable, extremely bright, young, determined motorsport design/engineers
Amazing country, friendly/polite people, fantastic food and a very car centric culture
Definitely put a visit on your bucket list, you won't be disappointed!
Since Oct, I've thoroughly enjoyed spending nearly half my time working here, helping to fast track the learning experience of some very capable, extremely bright, young, determined motorsport design/engineers
Amazing country, friendly/polite people, fantastic food and a very car centric culture
Definitely put a visit on your bucket list, you won't be disappointed!
marine boy said:
Another big Japan fan here,
Since Oct, I've thoroughly enjoyed spending nearly half my time working here, helping to fast track the learning experience of some very capable, extremely bright, young, determined motorsport design/engineers
Amazing country, friendly/polite people, fantastic food and a very car centric culture
Definitely put a visit on your bucket list, you won't be disappointed!
Very cool! Since Oct, I've thoroughly enjoyed spending nearly half my time working here, helping to fast track the learning experience of some very capable, extremely bright, young, determined motorsport design/engineers
Amazing country, friendly/polite people, fantastic food and a very car centric culture
Definitely put a visit on your bucket list, you won't be disappointed!
Maybe next year!
marine boy said:
Another big Japan fan here,
Since Oct, I've thoroughly enjoyed spending nearly half my time working here, helping to fast track the learning experience of some very capable, extremely bright, young, determined motorsport design/engineers
Amazing country, friendly/polite people, fantastic food and a very car centric culture
Definitely put a visit on your bucket list, you won't be disappointed!
I've only been the once,i had a meet and greet with all the top brass of the Japanese tuning industry straight off the plane, followed by an insistence of a night out on the town with them, then a night sleep before a dyno test, blown engine on the dyno so overnight rebuild, hit the track, blown engine due to oil surge issues, another overnight engine rebuild, hit the track, great result, event over, one night kip then hit the tourist trap sites i could in a day, then sleep all the way back on the plane. I've never been so knackered. Since Oct, I've thoroughly enjoyed spending nearly half my time working here, helping to fast track the learning experience of some very capable, extremely bright, young, determined motorsport design/engineers
Amazing country, friendly/polite people, fantastic food and a very car centric culture
Definitely put a visit on your bucket list, you won't be disappointed!
That small can of Red Bull equivalent that has numbers like 20,000 on the side are immense, anyone who drinks that stuff regularly must never sleep!Loved Japan, what little i saw of it, driving through Tokyo in the HKS Demo EVO getting engine parts was extremely memorable.
marine boy said:
Another big Japan fan here,
Since Oct, I've thoroughly enjoyed spending nearly half my time working here, helping to fast track the learning experience of some very capable, extremely bright, young, determined motorsport design/engineers
Amazing country, friendly/polite people, fantastic food and a very car centric culture
Definitely put a visit on your bucket list, you won't be disappointed!
100%Since Oct, I've thoroughly enjoyed spending nearly half my time working here, helping to fast track the learning experience of some very capable, extremely bright, young, determined motorsport design/engineers
Amazing country, friendly/polite people, fantastic food and a very car centric culture
Definitely put a visit on your bucket list, you won't be disappointed!
We always enjoy Tokyo.
Many countries could learn a thing or three from Japan.
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