From today we are suffering a series of articles bandall about the spring trip Russian drift delegation to Japan's bokamu.ru. I think, it will be much more convenient for those who want to know what surprise was Japan. And one of the articles bandall will be the story of the first stage of the D1GP, held in Osaka on an artificial island Maishima.
Japan has given the world many wonderful things. From practical bandall and convenient as an automatic pencil with replaceable pencil lead, to downright weird and obscure, but no less attractive - the same Pokémon. And, of course, only in Japan could emerge drift.
It does not matter whether bandall you are a fan of Japanese cars, music, clothing, anime, specific food or anything else, you probably once thought so escape to the Land of the Rising Sun. However, even though a lot of tour operators across the country offering tourism services in Japan, not every venture on such a journey. Reasons enough - from the banal to the high cost of the trip complete misunderstanding of what is out there waiting, and, of course, the language barrier.
I was lucky. Each year, the Russian Drift Series removes his Champion in Japan for the legendary race track Ebisu - understand bandall the origins of drifting. As the reigning champion is Maxim Kostyuchik, team leader Tornado Energy Miwaku Crew, Tornado kindly invited me to join the trip, for which I am very grateful!
In three articles, I will try to tell you in detail about these ten days, which in many ways changed my attitude to drift and allowed better understanding of the country. I hope my story will help you - decide to visit a mysterious and a coveted Japan.
In fact, I like all participants in the trip, lucky twice. After all, usually limited to the participation of all in the Drift Matsuri Japanese and non-Japanese championship for G1GP. Do not get me wrong - it's very interesting! However, this year it was decided bandall to combine the regular program with a visit to the first stage of D1GP, which was to be held in Osaka, on an artificial island Maishima. D1GP! The cradle of the world drift, which are the strongest drivers of the world! And we were not the usual audience, watched the scene from the stands only - as personal guests Team Orange we opened the service park!
Emotion, emotion, emotion! A variety of emotions - that left behind bandall a D1. And a lot of food for thought, including quite unexpected. So do not expect me to dry the story of the series: "A bandall pilot made a mistake on the initiation, because of what the pilot B ..." If you are hungry for it - see entry in Youtube. I try to tell about the most famous in the world championship Drift exactly how I saw it.
And for me, as well as all of our company D1GP began in the bus, where we met with Japanese schoolgirls who made every effort to surreptitiously photographed with gaugino. It turned out that this is a local idol group Osaka Shunkashuutou (大阪 春夏 秋冬), who came to speak at D1. Scenes, by the way, was a lot of territory - almost every self-respecting sponsor in addition to tents with products and promotional materials, as well as a demo car exhibited also a scene in which competitions were held, conducted the show and danced Kawainui chan in the colors of the company. By the way, these same promo girls, in addition to the traditional function of "furniture walking" and successfully dealt with a variety of other tasks. As I understood from their meager knowledge of the Japanese language, they might tell you interested about our products, to help navigate the site and even played on the main stage in a kind of verbal contest where told about themselves, bandall about why they like the company they represent and much more. Entertaining! Hopefully, to reach such a time in our country, stopping to dial "on the ads" Mademoiselle, who drift from Formula 1 to the two steps can not distinguish.
On the main stage were designed and our new friends. There for two days served heels of similar idol groups, as well as DJs and older group. bandall Generally show in the viewing area was so dense that it was quite possible to spend the whole day running from scene to scene, never even took the podium. Contributed to this and numerous stalls with souvenirs, as well as an extensive "obzhorny series", where you could eat, varied and inexpensive enough to eat. Well, the same demo cars around which is constantly bubbling with life.
By the way, almost every company felt it my duty to put in as a demo car Toyota 86 fresh one (the one in Europe known as the GT86). Of course, there were other machines, however, dominated the new "Hachi". The same trend was observed in the closed park - if a year ago, the Toyota pilots D1GP was a rarity, but this is not every team has found the strength to give up the "new bandall videos". Say what you will about the "heir" of the legendary AE86, no doubt, that in just a couple of
