WHY JAPAN AND DRIFT MACHINES !!

 

      In terms of iconic cultures, there is no location on the planet with a more fascinating and entertaining cultural history than Japan. There is something for everyone, from big franchises like Pokémon, PlayStation, and Godzilla to delicacies like sushi, ramen, and teriyaki, to niche activities like origami, karaoke, and manga. Each one is meticulously crafted with brevity, ingenuity, and style.

           The same can be said for one of Japan's greatest technological gifts to the world: its thrilling and unique approach to automotive development, as well as the subcultures that have sprung up around them as a result of numerous Japanese sociological and cultural characteristics. This article will look at the strange and beautiful aspects of the Japanese automobile business, as it navigates its way through professional race tracks, technical advancements, and a slew of illegal racing organisations. Japan is a vehicle inventor in every meaning of the term, for better or ill.

Drifting, a style of controlled and prolonged oversteer pioneered by Kumimitsu Takahashi in the 1970s, is one of the principal techniques of Japanese vehicular expressiveness.

Keiichi Tsuchiya, renowned to his followers as the "Drift King," popularised it even more, seeing its potential as a spectacle that might spice up normal races. This generated a variety of international drifting contests, in which racers competed in flamboyant way, sliding around corners in delight, as well as a racing manga and anime series titled Initial D.

                     On the dangerous mountain roads that encompass much of Japan's city periphery, rebellious young people compete in less-official drifting championships.  it's a vehicle subculture that embraces enthusiasm, legacy, and danger. "All I hope is that I don't crash, that I make it through the night, and that the cops don't show up." But it's worth it – right in the midst of the corner when I get the perfect drift is the best feeling I've ever had," says a 21-year-old drifter who obviously recognizes the hazards involved, drifting under the most extreme conditions with equal proportions of joy and unashamed guile.

These racers drove the latest and most modified supercars, such as the Lamborghini Countach, Ferrari Testarossa, and Nissan GTR: thin, streamlined vehicles capable of reaching speeds of up to 300km/h on their dimly lighted urban race tracks. Even the Midnight Club had its own set of rules.

No racer could compete unless they had a car capable of reaching 250 km/h. Each new member had to go through a rigorous training programme that required them to attend every meeting. They were also adamant about not putting non-members in risk with their high-speed races. They'd take on the Wangan expressway as faceless ghosts, roaring around in noisy supercars through a concrete tunnel of whizzing lights and grey concrete.

Despite infrastructure crackdowns, Japan's social settings have generated this sort of car culture: an ecosystem of legacy, creative obsession, and an ever-present expressiveness. Japan's innovative automotive culture will never fully disappear as long as a neon-colored fender sits nicely on a Japanese man's social-media Lamborghini; or a modest Tokyo kei car plastered with cutesy anime characters; or a young man drifting his way towards victory or doom on the rural slopes of Mount Haruna.