Karuizawa Meet in Nagano 2012
This is the first look at Rod's 2 part coverage of the Karuizawa Meet for 2012.
Photos and content by Rod Serikaku/AUTOnGRAPHIC
May 27, 2012
Today I went to cover Japan`s largest Roadster gathering, the Karuizawa Meeting in Nagano for MazdaRoadster.net This is the definition of Japan Roadster style. Unlike the trend stateside the past few years of running Miatas super low on extremely deep dish wheels Japan`s take is usually very subtle changes, never lowering a car too much, or rims with too little offset, to not throw the suspension geometry out of order.
Karuizawa is located in Nagano Prefecture about an hour ride from Tokyo via bullet train. It is mostly known as a leisure getaway for those that want to get out into nature and still do some high end shopping at the same time. I, however was not interested in any of that. I was there to see Japan`s biggest Roadster meeting of the year. Before you even get into the main show area you need to walk through the parking lot, which for me was like walking through MX5 heaven.
Nagano, Japan
When I arrived I was greeted by this Yellow MX5 Roadster Coupe. I had only seen two of these up until now in my 4 years living here in Japan, but upon entering the lot I saw five of these in the span of a few minutes.
NB Roadster Coupe
This event is BIG, here is a shot from one corner of the lot!
And from Above
A parking lot full of MX5 Roadsters, a wonderful sight for sure!
One of the Roadsters that stood out was this NA with a bunch of carbon fiber trim, Garage 502 Mirrors, M2-1001 front bumper cover, Volk Wheels, KG-Works Rear View Mirror, Custom Rear badge from Club-NA, Stage-21 Fenders, and RS Factory stage exhaust.
Burnt Orange Miata
There was so much to see my brain was on Miata overload! Check out these two TD-1001R NB Roadster's
Another famous conversion, the Pit Crew Racing, this one was running carbs, pretty common to see Roadster owners running carburators instead of ITBS. Gotta love the old school mazdaspeed seats.
Check out those Tires!
Much more to come.......................
http://www.karuizawa-meeting.com/
http://www.MazdaRoadster.net/
http://autongraphic.blogspot.jp/2012...ter-style.html