Japanese car culture goes impossibly hard. On the first Saturday of every month car geeks in the area will cruise through the famously busy Shibuya Scramble Crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo. If you want to avoid that Times Square-level of congestion, you can move a block or two away and still catch all of the cool cars setting off for the Scramble. The folks who built and drive these cars took everything to a new level, whether it’s home-brew tuners or Los Angeles-style candy paint lowriders, they don’t half ass any of it.
Japan car culture capturer, YouTube’s Noriyaro, used to go down to the corner and live stream cars as they rolled past on Twitch every time the cruise was on, because “…y0u never knew what would roll past.”
If you have a spare 18 minutes to sit and watch some incredible machinery roll past, this video is worth your time. You can see everything from Cadillacs hittin’ switches to cherry Volkswagen Beetles and original Nissan Patrols. I’d say everything else in between is there, but it’s more than that, it’s everything around, over, under, and through, as well.
It’s always fun to see how Japanese car people put their own little spin on everything. The vast majority of American builders and collectors don’t take things quite to the level that Japan’s car enthusiasts do. There’s an extra level of attention to detail and crafting of unique aesthetic that gives even something as simple as a five-door Volkswagen Golf an extra level of cool.
I could sit and watch videos like this for hours, because it makes the automotive attention deficit monster in my brain feel soothed. Maybe if I watched more videos like this, I’d spend less time on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist. Probably not, though.