SPEED HERO Blog — tokyo

Mysterious Concrete Dragons

Daikoku Futo rest stop is one of those mystical mecca's of car culture. You've seen it in videos and magazines, it's been immortalized in manga. It sits on some island outside of time and space somewhere between Tokyo and Yokohama. Of course we ended up there mid-week which made for a mediocre mecca but it was still great to be there and bask...


I'll Pretend They're Bugs in my Mega Web

So this post is heading back to Japan, a place where robots powered by magic do everything including pour your beer. I just realized that this machine was pouring beers while I was in having a sashimi breakfast. Breakfast beer is the Japanese way. No trip to Japan would be complete without a trip to Mega Web Tokyo's Toyota/Automotive theme park. You can't miss it, it's the place with the Ferris wheel. It's more...