Most hardcore, model specific shops in japan are the most often tucked away in suburbia or the rural areas, far away from the cities their ganjiro population and their traffic. 80% of the time messy in appearance with piles of parts or cars adorning the front or rear of the buildings, but despite the chaos, they always have an aura to them which feels like a cultural ‘ground zero’ to the fanatics.

Silvia fans have iconic shops like Yashio Factory, rotary owners, RE Amemiya so on and so forth. To AE86 owners, this clean, profesisonal, well presented hidden away shop in the Izumiotsu area of suburban Osaka, Revolver is one of those icons.

Despite their rich history, which includes part construction of D1GP series winning 86 of Ueo, N2 cars and more, Revolver is now a sub-venture, renamed Sargent Racing Division, who deal primarily with circuit Hondas. AE86’s make up a minority of their sales, but not forgetting their roots, the showroom is adorned with AE86 memorabilia, including D1 trophies, images and more. History reeks in this place i tell you. If you come to Japan, come here – know your roots.

Way more cool shit to come, and we’ve already hit over 11,000 views this month alone… Stuff to come includes BMX life in Japan, Jammin (Kyoto) & Circle Geek (Osaka) shouts, Osaka night life… My hosting bill hates me!

There’s some buzz over this car on the internet. Seeing it driven hard in videos and pictures gives you a sense of its history, but never its presence. For that you have to see it in person. Not the prettiest of cars, but the fact how it lives its life, gives it character. Something that can far out shine glossy paint and sprawling vinyl layouts and meticulous sticker placement any day. The car of course belongs to Jesse Streeter, who lives in the greater Osaka area with his wife who we met along with him when this photo was taken @ Shane’s work within the Osaka port.

He then proceeded to climb in, and drive it home. It sounds pretty mean, a TD06 & hefty cams I’m told, and you could hear it from a good kilometer away. Only in Japan.

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