Welcoming 2024, The Daikoku PA Way

Waking up on the break of day on January 3 and heading all the way down to Daikoku Parking Area in Yokohama has change into second nature.

Regardless that I’ve been attending the Daikoku Latest 12 months meeting for so long as I can remember, I at all times look ahead to it. For me, this continues to be the best unofficial automobile gathering Japan has to supply.

I arrived before 8:00am, but even then your complete parking area was already full with an assortment of makes and models that will make any automobile otaku drool.

As at all times, I’ll let the pictures from the morning do a lot of the talking.

There have been so many gems, I actually did feel like a child in a candy store.

Setting out with this Ferrari 365 GT4 BB, which I’m pleased I snapped just a few pictures of once I did, because the owner ended up leaving quite early.

But not to fret, as other rare sightings were all over the place I looked.

See what I mean?

It’s at all times hard to say if cars like this Speedster are the actual deal, but it surely’s still amazing to witness such variety.

JDM-style Euros, anyone?

I don’t think too many individuals would have checked out this Z32 Nissan Fairlady Z droptop, but they’re a reasonably rare sight in Japan now, especially with a manual transmission like this one has.

Is there anything higher than a white Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI on white RAYS Volk Racing TE37s?

Here’s that Ultima GTR again.

I actually have to provide an enormous because of the owner of this Z20 Soarer, who gifted me some sick ‘Ibaraki Style’ stickers.

SR311 Datsun on point.

I’m undecided what I used to be more surprised to see – the brand latest Lotus Emira, of which there will not be many in Japan yet, or this Nissan Silvia S13 on Australian license plates.

I often see a Subaru Alcyone or two at Nostalgic 2Days, but it surely’s so cool to see one out within the wild.

When the police began their announcements, asking people to not park within the truck spots, many house owners began leaving Daikoku.

But at the identical time, just as many cars continued to roll in.

This S30 Fairlady Z is an absolute beauty.

I even spotted Alec‘s latest project automobile in the combination.

Ferrari 328 or Jaguar XJS Cabrio?

It’s at all times refreshing to see a 964 with its original narrow body.

Pretty soon, the cars arriving at Daikoku were slowed to a crawl; there just weren’t any more automobile park spaces to accommodate all of them.

So some ended up creating their very own spaces.

This Skyline Japan shows us the way it’s still hip to be square.

As at all times, a big crowd ended up forming on the parking area’s exit. Here, some owners will get on it as they head up the ramp back onto the expressway.

It’s at all times nice to see a well-used GT3.

You’d be forgiven for pondering this was some annual Lamborghini meeting.

I’m at all times shocked by what number of Lambos show up at this gathering, and never a single certainly one of them is stock.

Where else would you see a stanced 348 next to a Hakosuka?!

I actually don’t think there’s any higher option to have a good time the Latest 12 months, than at Daikoku PA on January 3, and I hope this post showed you why. Glad 2024!

Dino Dalle Carbonare
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