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Monday after the “Klassisches VW Treffen” we decided to do one more trip to Tokyo and Yokohama…  with our Vintage VW’s… visiting some Japanese VW friends…

Isn’t that cool? Your own split window and a Japanese freeway sign…

Terror Garage Team make the drive along!

Toll boots are an experience on its own in Japan..

Team Terror garage for today was Steve from Kuala Lumpur Malasiya, Michael from Bandung Indonesia and Kimbel from California USA… all in the Heb!

First stop in Yokohama was Moon Cafe…. for lunch!

Our guide for the day… Shin from Let’s Play VW fame..

Now how cool is that to park your own split before Moon Area 1 ???

Off course we do support their major event… the Yokohama Hot Rod show..

Happy meal @ Moon!

After some shopping in Moon and buying souvenirs time to load up…

some more pictures in the back…

hey I’m looking @ you! You’re a weird car… we don’t see too many of you…. the eyes like to say…:)

Moon Garage has always some goodies inside!

and cool stuff outside..

next stop… Toa International…

private collection….. ssst here sleeps worlds most famous Type 3 collection…

The scale models from Shin (owner of Tao) are maybe as world-famous as his cars, it’s a museum on their own,!

The 1969 Panel squareback…. crazy car!

Shin is always happy with foreign visitors, next time in Japan go by and say hi!

Thanks for the visit Shin, You still have a real cool place!!!

and back to Flat4 HQ, for dropping our car of….  and say hi to our guide for the day… Shin from let’s Play VW fame!

What a trip, while this is being published where back on our way home…. thanks to everybody that made this happen… this was a real unforgettable experience….

Special thanks to Nao from Flat 4, without you it wouldn’t have worked…. also special thanks to Yanto and his Terror garage team for joining us!

See You back in Belgium later this week!

Wowh, what a Japan trip and the fun just continues… yesterday we spend full day as a selected participant at the “4th Klassisches VW Treffen” near mount Fuji… the most iconic land mark in the whole country of Japan…

The BBT split sitting proud on its red carpet… thanks to Nao san and his team… our splittie was really a selected VIP car!

Nice line up in beautiful setting! Imagine this show like  a cool Japanese Garden, with extreme cool and well-selected Vintage Volkswagens in between!

2 Hebmullers and a Karmann Convertible in one row… not your every day sight…

Long time friend Mr Shigeo from Bug Werks fame had a real nice swap booth… ! Eriba Puck is really popular in Japan.. more than likely because of its size…:)

Garage Vintage  from Osaka was out full force! Garage Vintage and BBT goes back loooong way!

Extreme cool Porsche 356 engine conversion into the Companies Barn door “Shop truck”

nice bus huh?

Seeing back my old Fridolin was over the edge… I used to own this car twice and it used to be one of my support cars when we tried to get BBT USA from the ground… The owner was real happy he could learn about his car and meet me in person…  Signing the dash was a owners request…:)

Extreme cool Low light was just one of the six in attendance…

BBT  trading booth was nice and well visited!

what a show!

Another highlight of the show was a real photo studio! For a small fee You could let picture your car in a real studio, the BBT split was honoured! The previews are wild! what  a difference… hmmm maybe I have to make  a picture studio @ home…

Best of show… 1952 standard split, extreme nice detailed!

winners coral…  all happy faces! BBT special award was given to the Barndoor pick up with tilt… awesome car… hope to show pictures in detail in the upcoming weeks…

We like a very special thanks to Mr Komori for the hospitality received and all help with the BBT split in Japan…

Mr Komori please accept our deepest form of respect for your help to make the VW community a good one! Domo arrigatou!

Today we will drive to Moon for lunch in the MOON cafe… and off course You can expect us to show up in style… stay tuned…

Wowh what a day yesterday! … We did start @ Flat 4 HQ on our cruize to the “Klassisches VW Treffen in Japan”… a strictly vintage VW show in the land of the rising sun…. are You ready to join?

Journalist and photographer Shin, from Let’s Play VW fame, all ready for action pics in his own pure style…

VW’s on the Japanese “Autobahn”….

Marl Merrill and Kimbel Ritch, both from california USA,  in the Hebmuller “loaner” car out of the Flat 4 collection….

The BBT split, with Japanese temporary license plates… a dream came trough for yours truly in order from my wish to drive my own VW’s on every continent and asq many countries as I ever can…. one step closer to my target…. I’m super proud!

How beautiful is this???,

low light Ghia convertible cruized happily along…

stops down the road where a real fest for the eye!

Japanese are very dedicated collectors… there is so many beautiful VW’s here!

many years been given away by their license plates… from all countries ever visited license plate culture must be the strongest in Japan!

Barndoor pick up with matching color standard split window…

The Belgian BBT split with dual license plate up front,  avery strong Belgian Japanse connection!

Just motoring around…:)

…. at the toll booth…. everybody is extremely polite….  handing your change with two hands is a form of respect… this a normal thing in Japan! Respect is everywhere…

yes, also this edition was close to mount Fuji…

a brief cruize stop for a picture moment in an extreme cool location…

Terror Garage family had the Hebmuller fully loaded!

yammie barndoor..

our split fits perfectly…

with a big BBT fan…” plse sign my rear window”…

Long time BBT friend of Da Houze Yoshi and is recently finished Cognac color Low light Ghia! almost entirely build up with NOS parts….

cool low light line up…

and even more cool split window line up!

After a cool day cruisin’ a very welcome to the show… our final destination today!

“Konychawa” from the show,  tomorrow You get full show report!

Saturday event ceremony included a small word of respect and a big thank You in a speech from yours truly…

and also from friend Mark Merrill, a really first time an US collector visited this show..

and finally a real cool kind a “VooDoo” gift from Indonesia for Mr Komori, handed by Terror garage Yanto in person!

Who can say more? Nice gift to the organisation and mr Komori from the US club from Kimbel Ritch

Tomorrow a full show report, forecast is good, promised to be a wonderful VW day…