I remember seeing a 67 Mustang while on a trip to Japan, naturally I assumed it was a U.S service member stationed there but instead it turned out to be a 30 year old Japanese dude wearing some stupidly expensive clothes. Obviously I told him how nice his car was and he just responded with “Respect!” while driving off into the sunset.
I'd love to see Donut Media do an episode on China's love affair with Buick. Honestly China is the only reason Buick didn't get the ax along with the other GM brands to be shut down during the bailout of the great recession.
When I was in China back in 2002 Buicks were everywhere! With the exception of seeing only 2 Caddy's(Seville and Deville which was rare) Buicks were the only American car I saw there and they were bigger than most cars the road
As a Japanese who own two American cars, I'd like to say that this video is well researched and pretty accurate. The American car community in here is relatively smaller compared to the others, but it does exist for sure. Great job man, keep up your good work!
Really!!!!! Then why in anime we see so low amount of American cars!! Last time I checked I only saw them in Black Lagoon, eX-Drivers, Wangan Midnight and in this new anime called The Millionaires Detective
Just when I thought I had a good understanding of japans sub- cultures and regular common place ideals I find this. Cool, peculiar, and very cool. Keep collecting my Japaneese friend! What is your favorite American made car?
When I was in high school I was so into lowriders. A few years later when I was stationed in Okinawa (early 2000s) I saw a few lowriders in Naha and it blew my mind. I love that they love American cars, and I'll keep loving Japanese cars.
I was stationed at Atsugi base around that time. Had a friend on base who had a Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham with switches. Also remember going to a car show I believe was in Roppongi and seeing two low riders bouncing and one crashing down on the other.
@@mardu2416 my nephew was stationed at Atsugi at that time too. He talked about going to Roppongi a lot. He was on the Kitty Hawk and they'd fly down to Kadena occasionally so I'd get to see him on the other side of the world. Kinda cool.
Yeah I'm still young but I have had bad experience with American vehicles my last and newest car is a Honda and i haven't had any problems with getting stranded on the side of the road so thats a plus. Fuck that Chrysler they scammed me
Hence why I believe the GTRs wouldn't be even close to as valuable as they are now if they were available in the U.S immediately. Especially seeing as you can get regular skylines here in new zealand for the same price as a civic, and the R33 GTR sells for the price of a basic new car. Sure the R32/R34 would be worth more than the R33, but they wouldn't be hitting these $100k + prices that they do now.
Intercepting Fist Haha yeah, I’m from Canada and I imported a 98’ Evo V few years back. Why? Because of Jackie Chan, Gran Turismo and basically wanted to stand out.
@@Pheatan Infiniti G37s are as fast if not faster than stock R34s, and they're being driven by mom's and grannies. Of course you can make the same argument with teslas and ferraris.
No one: Literally no one: Donut Media (USA): the surprising obsession of American cars in Japan. Sushi Media (Japan): the absolutely insane obsession of Japanese cars in the USA.
@@doubleaentertainment9943 It's actually is a ball of sweet rice dough made from glutinous rice! It's pounded into a paste then shaped afterwards. Sometimes it has red bean filling, sometimes ice cream, and sometimes you have ice cream that's flavoured like mochi! ^^
@@adamspitfire mine has a 305 in it right now, but it's starting to go out just from age. I'm contemplating putting a 350 in it now cuz to rebuild a 305 will cost the same as buying a 350 with the warranty.
When I was living in Tokyo I was very surprised when I seen a Dodge Nitro there, especially considering that a lot of streets there are narrow, hence the popularity of kei cars in Japan. A big piece of Detroit steel lumbering down a Japanese side street just looks odd. I did see a lot of high end European brands, though, and quite a few Lamborghini's. I also seen a 5th Gen Camaro, which made me happy because I own one myself :) I miss Tokyo :(
@@shadowkillz9606 This is true, but Japan is also one of the highest ranked nations in terms of population density, only outdone by certain city states, Korea, and China.
@@pridelynx565 eh most of them are actually built in the mid-west like Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois etc, though there are some cars being produced in British Columbia
Obsessed is a wrong word for Japanese. They just do things what they think is cool as long as they are legal. For example, blonde hair is offen associated with Deliquents there but there is a massive raise of bleaching hair,also there. They just DO things.
Americans: imports rare JDM car and destroys it by drifting and trying to get 1000HP out of it. Japanese: imports American cars that Americans wouldn't look twice at and turns it into a show car.
@@user-uu7fe9wi2k It only destroys cars, it's the same here in Argentina. Drifting consists of abusing the shit out of your car and laughing about it. Drift bois are the WhistlinDiesel of car culture.
There was a reddit thread where a guy that worked for Toyota admitted that Chrysler is one of the only brands straight up not considered to be a competitor because of how little respect they have for them.
I wonder what the Buick Grand National does to the hearts of Japanese fans of American cars. It captures both the ludicrous power, and the yakuza look.
When I attended college in the early 2000's we had a big Japanese exchange student program. They were all rocking the most absurdly American cars they could get their hands on. Camaro, Oldsmobile, etc
I love the whole idea behind the dajiban thing. It's completely ridiculous, and awesome at the same time. I kind of want to get a late 70s Ram van and do a sort of half dajiban/half 70s custom van thing. Big mural on the side, metallic paint, shag carpet, and then a 360 with a 727 under the hood pushing 400+ horsepower, and Hellcat brakes.
@@tomatodamashi I agree that American bases throughout Japan can be a burden to the locals, but wouldn't that be the fault of the central government more than anything? After all, they haven't done anything to fix the noise pollution around Futenma in Okinawa for decades.
tomatodamashi hey, just letting you know that my boys and I bought hella soapies in Japan. They loved our business and loved us long time #happyendingsforall
I'll never forget the first Import poster I saw when I moved to Japan. Was an import-only car show.....covered in chevy and ford. Chrysler's are super popular here too!
Guess there isn't much footage of actual Yakuza members, especially the high tier ones with the ultra-expensive cars. I really doubt they would have liked to be filmed.
I remember a few American vehicles at Japan in a EF Tour years ago. A black '05 mustang, a 90s Tahoe, and a Dodge Ram in Tokyo. Its very rare to encounter those vehicles.
There are literally hundreds of American muscle cars at the Mooneyes shows in Japan. All Americans don't really love Japanese cars either, just the silly kids. The Japanese cars are all slower, unreliable and don't last as long. My 73 Mustang still runs and drives with the original engine but I've never seen a Japanese car that old running on the original build.
@@RickyGExtra_TX they are rare tp spot in japan for sure and the price to get it is a lot higher in japan, when i first came to america which is where i live now i was surprised that 50% of the cars here are japanese
I live in Japan and own a 2006 Mustang "Itasha" (graphic wrapped with anime girls, for those who don't know) and 1999 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. Costs me a fortune to maintain, yes, but it feels quite special to be driving such iconic cars over here. Whenever you see another American car owner, you instantly connect with them in some way.
@@JMDrives .......goddamn right.... See....my great uncle who was a marine & fought all over the Pacific.....used to give my dad shit for driving a VW....he'd say... "Why dont you buy American dammit"?....my dad: "It's America. ....I buy what the fuck I want".....
@@dre4011 Most people don't realized that most American cars are made outside of US and most import brands are made here in US. If they are buying American cars just cuz they are made by American people, well they are being fooled. I own a Toyota Corolla made in Canada, Honda Civic made in USA.
They are also really into American Vans. If you haven't seen them, look them up. They go all out customizing them. Some of them get very serious about racing them, and they have racing series and you can find videos of them racing hard as hell in empty and heavily modified cargo vans.
We Americans love and our proud of our American muscle cars. I have no doubt that any other county would appreciate our American cars as much as we do.
The tax increase on driving a car with a larger engine displacement gives me a whole different outlook on economical class when I see a car driving in Japan.
@@onionkekw4832 Not sure what you mean by "road tax" but here in the US... well, at least in Illinois because every state has their differences, the only taxes you pay are the going retail tax rate for the vehicle purchase, which is the same tax percentage you'd pay on a cheeseburger. The registration, and maybe a city sticker depending what town/city you live in. Registration is more for SUV's, vans, and pickup trucks I think, but nothing unbearable.
@@man_on_wheelz our road tax is a tax we pay every year, we have a little sticker to stick on the windshield of our car to symbolize it, the tax measures with engine displacement.
@@onionkekw4832 Wow, yeah, they don't seem to care about engine displacement here, only vehicle weight class. And our sticker that we pay for every year goes on our license plate. Sounds like you guys are taxing people for their impact on the environment and we're taxing people for their impact on the roads themselves.
Thank you guys for making this video. I love all of them but this one was truly unique in the sense that i would have had no idea that was a 2 way street without this video.
My sister went to Japan a few years ago and she said that Japan and America are mirrored countries. They copy each other's culture in a lot of aspects.
Here its like "Oh its a GTR, ok" but sometimes we're like "ITS THAT A V8 STANG OMFG?!". The situation is abit flipped. Not everyday you see a muscle car.
@@ilham7345 Not everyone would like to own a huge V8, not with the absurd annual displacement tax. People here prefers small displacement turbocharged cars because its the only thing they can afford really.
Kimi Rules that’s just crazy to me bro. I see mustangs of every trim almost every day, Camaros, corvettes, challengers and chargers, etc. I see left hand drive GTRs fairly often but I’ve never seen any of the old skylines in person, or a 240sx, or the Honda version of the nsx, or a right hand drive manual Supra. Those are all incredibly rare here
@@bruderschweigen6889 yeah but they love hip hop culture go figure In a way I get it like in the African-American community, most of us love marital art films but look at Asian people sideways, I'm proberly going to catch heat for saying this oh well.
@@franwex I'm not talking shit but you know Spanish comes from Spain not Latin america lol I'm just saying as a whole japan is very racist towards anyone with darker skin.
I’m a Canadian now living in Tsujido辻堂 in the Kanagawa prefecture in Japan. This town has a very large 70’s low riders with crazy hydraulics. I see them parked out meeting up nearly every night. I was so surprised at first this is so popular here, it’s great!
I loved that mustang! I love American muscle cars, but the idea of having a nissan engine in a mustang wasn't because shaun wanted a nissan engine it's because it was what was available for him. Heck if I had a rolling chassis and parts laying around I would have done the same. But yes on some cars it is understandable to swap engines from other manufacturers like in drifting an LS in a JDM because reliability, power, ligntweight, but on some cars I would prefer to keep stock or keeping engine and drivetrain within the same manufacturer.
@@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo there is a Skyline R34 with a Chevy small block V8. Look it up it's like a Samurai with the heart of *AbRahAm LiCoLN: ZoMbiE KiLLeR*
Tokyo has a group for everything related to cars. 90s Koenig Ferraris teams, Kei-cars, American Rat Rods, Pre-war English Luxury, French Hydraulics - You name it. If you have a car, you're never alone!
Speaking of the Jeeps, there is a mailman where I live that uses a Japanese imported Cherokee as his mail vehicle rather than the plain old USPS truck. Pretty cool
@@cades427 it is imported. I'm a tech at a dealership and I did some work on it, and it has Japanese on all of the warnings and the speedometer is in kph.
You guys should do a video about swedens American car culture. THE largest American car meet is located in Sweden, WHO knew ? Its massive over there! Its in the town Västerås and there is over 35 000 American cars there then. Its called Summer meet. 👍
Idk if anyone else caught this, but the pharaohs was the car club in the film American graffiti and paradise road the name of his shop is the road that they went to street race on. Kind of cool.
Didn't know that, but one of my former English students, a 50-something stationery/office supply shop owner, introduced me to the movie American Graffiti. It took a middle-aged Japanese man to show a 20-something guy from America an American classic. I'm pretty sure he drove a Corolla, though.
You know what kind of trend I would like to see in American cars, especially in Japan? I want to see the itasha trend carry over to those cars. Yes, I like the classic low rider scene (and Japan has a surprisingly good low rider scene as well, which this video did not cover), but if I have like an old school muscle car, like, say, a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T, I would like to see it done with a Sailor Jupiter theme because that would look awesome.
TY Donut. You just gave me the idea of taking my dad and his '76 Caprice Classic lowrider to Japan to enter a car show cause just about nothing feels better than getting respect from strangers for doing what you love doing.
When I lived in Japan, they had everything out there. I love JDMs so I was thrown for a curve to see how much they don’t love them. It’s like Benz in Germany is seen the same way we see Ford in the US. Truly the grass is always greener on the other side.
I would like to mention that one of the first as well as one of the largest Lowrider importers lives near LA. He has his own air suspension company that is very innovative, Universal Air Suspension. His name is Yuzuru Oishi and he is awesome! I work for him and he is still pushing the boundaries!
I remember my mind being blown the first time I saw a Japanese Low Rider magazine in Tower records like 20 years ago. It still looks weird to me today.
They love euro cars and exotics. Look at those crazy lambos with lights all over the place. And they also like the classic stuff from what I saw on the Internet.
@@fabio1826 Oh yeah, have definitely seen the Lambos - those things are crazy! But I was wondering more about the daily driver sort of stuff, like that clip by Mystfire in the video. Japan just has a way with making the regular be extraordinary.
I’m proud to be Canadian 😂 in October 2021 I imported a 2007 Cadillac Escalade ESV from Japan with only 44,500 miles , no rust and some sweet upgrades. I confess it was a steal compared to what I would have paid in North America. When the Escalade turns 25 years. Take a look at Japan.
Wrong. Anytime the road has any curves whatsoever, I would not want a massive lump of Mopar iron in front of me. But that makes sense because I drive a car with a much smaller lump of Turbocharged Yamaha/Toyota iron behind me. So I guess I would say that? You know when I would want a massive lump of Mopar iron? When I’m exiting that curve at WOT and the sickness (you know the one) takes hold and suddenly I’m thinking 300whp isn’t quite enough like I thought it was. THEN I want a Mopar (but I still want it behind me)😉
even here in Kuwait, we have groups that idolize American lowriders and other classic/vintage American cars the classic japanese cars are mostly used for illegal drifting. nissan skyline and Z especially
@@JayRoboFox ohh yes. especially the "Bedouin" population. classic American trucks from the 60s up to the 80z have a great reputation. people collect and drive them in pristine conditions as a status of whatever
I was walking around in Osaka in 2019 at 5am one morning and saw an R32 blast by on an empty street and a Camaro later in the day. One of the coolest things I've ever seen
back in the mid-1990s I saw this Japanese national here in Jacksonville walking towards the bad part of town. Through my broken Japanese and his broken English, I figured out that he was just traveling the entire United States continent with nothing but a credit card in his pocket. He said he was heading to Daytona since it was spring break. At the time I was driving a 1991 ZR1 Corvette, and it was that one month or two period that I owned it where it was actually running well. I blasted him down to Daytona from Jacksonville. He loved every second of it. He told me his best friend had a Mach 1 Mustang over in Japan and he could name every classic car we passed on the road. That was a good time and I often wonder where he is today.
There is nothing surprising about this. This has been going on for decades. When I worked at a Chevy store back in 1987 a Japanese buyer came over and bought 10 step side pick ups. They were anything from 2 1956 Fords to some '70s and '80s trucks. They also bought a few new Pontiac Fiero Gts, we also had a Pontiac store, which I had to modify to comply with their laws there. I heard stories from way back about the Japanese taking their old American cars, like a 1959 Cadillac, out for a Sunday drive collectively, shutting down the highway and having lunch on the hoods of their cars. There should be nothing surprising about something that has been happening for a long time.
Back in the late 90s we had a few Japanese foreign exchange students stay with us and at the time my dad owned a 91 trans am and an 88 turbo tbird. They were IN LOVE with them. My family ended up taking them on a road trip from San Diego to Las Vegas in these cars. I think they had the time of their lives. 😂
This guy really likes his cars. He does a good job you can tell he is trying not to be awkward in front of the camera, he is but we appreciated the effort. Most of us are awkward but outwardly we show confidence.
Which American car would you drive in Japan? I think an El Camino would be pretty rad. - Nolan
A Cadillac CTS-V Wagon
YEET
nah bro, a mach 1 in the friggin tunnels
I would drive a 1989 mustang GT on the wangan highway.
Or a 1964 dodgecharger with 425 grassfed shetland horses!
Donut Media Plymouth fury??
I love how America and Japan are both in awe and confused by each other :)
Never been to Japan but seeing late night Tokyo reminds me of mashing Times Square with the Vegas Strip and that's both intriguing and mesmerizing af.
It's probably because you can't find any other 2 so very different cultures and characteristics from each other.
Radiation man gives weird side effects
After ww2 for sure where both showed their power
I never liked JDMs 🙂
I remember seeing a 67 Mustang while on a trip to Japan, naturally I assumed it was a U.S service member stationed there but instead it turned out to be a 30 year old Japanese dude wearing some stupidly expensive clothes. Obviously I told him how nice his car was and he just responded with “Respect!” while driving off into the sunset.
Turns out it was Nolan's brother
I love it!
Jerrell 2 it was Jiatsu Wicku
It was James' dad after leaving him in America.
Was there a RB26dett under the Hood? I mean i dont know how old Han is but there is still a chance XD.
Some Chinese dude gave me 30 bucks to drive my buick park avenue on the las vegas strip
Lmao really
I'd love to see Donut Media do an episode on China's love affair with Buick. Honestly China is the only reason Buick didn't get the ax along with the other GM brands to be shut down during the bailout of the great recession.
Yeah buick is only alive because the chinese love em. That's like super high luxury to them
My plant I work at makes Buick’s and we have quite a bit that go to China.
When I was in China back in 2002 Buicks were everywhere! With the exception of seeing only 2 Caddy's(Seville and Deville which was rare) Buicks were the only American car I saw there and they were bigger than most cars the road
“We all live in different places but we all appreciate the vroom vroom”
accurate
sheeeeittt the middle east seems to like it a bit more than the rest of us tbh
Yep, that's in the video at 9:34
Japanese: muscles 4 life
Americans: imports 4 life
Europeans: automobilia is automobilia
South Asians: we have neither of them....
LOL, I've meet a few Europeans that do nothing but shame any vehicle that isn't European.
@@WarriorsPhoto FACTS!!
@@MJT-DA TRUTHS!! Of our European brethren. LOL
@@timepasshandle southeast asians: yeay, i made 180 km/h in my 1.5 engine
As a Japanese who own two American cars, I'd like to say that this video is well researched and pretty accurate. The American car community in here is relatively smaller compared to the others, but it does exist for sure. Great job man, keep up your good work!
F. Tak I never knew that about Japan
Really!!!!!
Then why in anime we see so low amount of American cars!!
Last time I checked I only saw them in Black Lagoon, eX-Drivers, Wangan Midnight and in this new anime called The Millionaires Detective
Are there Japanese youtubers that I can follow that are into the Mexican lowrider culture?
@@maxpoweroverdrive quiet weeb. Japan isnt like anime
Just when I thought I had a good understanding of japans sub- cultures and regular common place ideals I find this. Cool, peculiar, and very cool. Keep collecting my Japaneese friend! What is your favorite American made car?
When I was in high school I was so into lowriders. A few years later when I was stationed in Okinawa (early 2000s) I saw a few lowriders in Naha and it blew my mind. I love that they love American cars, and I'll keep loving Japanese cars.
I once saw a 2006 V6 convertible mustang win a car show in Naha. It blew my mind. I'm even pretty sure it was stock.
I was stationed at Atsugi base around that time. Had a friend on base who had a Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham with switches. Also remember going to a car show I believe was in Roppongi and seeing two low riders bouncing and one crashing down on the other.
@@mardu2416 my nephew was stationed at Atsugi at that time too. He talked about going to Roppongi a lot. He was on the Kitty Hawk and they'd fly down to Kadena occasionally so I'd get to see him on the other side of the world. Kinda cool.
@@speedjunkie13 wow small world. You know what squadron he was in? I was in VAW 115.
Yeah I'm still young but I have had bad experience with American vehicles my last and newest car is a Honda and i haven't had any problems with getting stranded on the side of the road so thats a plus. Fuck that Chrysler they scammed me
In japan I saw the cleanest 1970 el Camino ss with a 454 I’ve ever seen. Cleaner than anything I’ve seen in the US
word.
This is a case of
“We always want what we can’t have” & “ one man’s trash is another mans treasure”
Your profile pic makes your comment even better.
Hence why I believe the GTRs wouldn't be even close to as valuable as they are now if they were available in the U.S immediately.
Especially seeing as you can get regular skylines here in new zealand for the same price as a civic, and the R33 GTR sells for the price of a basic new car. Sure the R32/R34 would be worth more than the R33, but they wouldn't be hitting these $100k + prices that they do now.
Intercepting Fist Haha yeah, I’m from Canada and I imported a 98’ Evo V few years back. Why? Because of Jackie Chan, Gran Turismo and basically wanted to stand out.
heard some people would import the ca5 accord coupe (only made and sold in usa) to japan.
@@Pheatan Infiniti G37s are as fast if not faster than stock R34s, and they're being driven by mom's and grannies. Of course you can make the same argument with teslas and ferraris.
Japanese people: *start watching American "anime" like King of the Hill*
There is a Japanese dub of King of the Hill
Louis Subearth But is there a Japanese dub of Futurama?
But is there a Japanese dub of Bob's burgers
Corey in the house
Imagine a Japanese voice over on that show 🤣
7:07 "jeep offraoding in japan"
:V
why am i laughing at this
This is just considered barely a warmup for the Jeeps. But hey, the Japanese are having fun though, so I can give them that
No one:
Literally no one:
Donut Media (USA): the surprising obsession of American cars in Japan.
Sushi Media (Japan): the absolutely insane obsession of Japanese cars in the USA.
XD XD XD
should change it to mochi, which is basically the japanese donut
oJo Face isn’t mochi ice cream
@@doubleaentertainment9943 It's actually is a ball of sweet rice dough made from glutinous rice! It's pounded into a paste then shaped afterwards. Sometimes it has red bean filling, sometimes ice cream, and sometimes you have ice cream that's flavoured like mochi! ^^
Mochi Media sounds nice
I have a friend who moved here from Japan. My job moved him in, he freaked out when he saw my old 91 Camaro. And he explained this to me
lucky
Great. I'm a Japanese and huge fan of Third gen Camaro and Firebird. I Want 1991-1992 Z28、1985-1989 Iroc-z、and 1987-1990 Trans Am GTA.
Love the third gens especially the 91 RS 305
@@adamspitfire mine has a 305 in it right now, but it's starting to go out just from age. I'm contemplating putting a 350 in it now cuz to rebuild a 305 will cost the same as buying a 350 with the warranty.
@@imcrazyforwar how many miles?
In America you get the Weaboos,
So its only right that Japan gets Westaboos right?
Freeaboos
Accurate
Obeseaboos
Ameboos
Hell yes
Me flying over to finesse a Japanese dude by trading him a v6 mustang for an rx7
lmaoo 😆🤣🤣
Hahaha the best deal ever for sure trading the V6 Mustang for a rx7 or a FD version 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Trade offer
I give you EcoBoost and you give me vroom vroom
When I was living in Tokyo I was very surprised when I seen a Dodge Nitro there, especially considering that a lot of streets there are narrow, hence the popularity of kei cars in Japan. A big piece of Detroit steel lumbering down a Japanese side street just looks odd. I did see a lot of high end European brands, though, and quite a few Lamborghini's. I also seen a 5th Gen Camaro, which made me happy because I own one myself :) I miss Tokyo :(
Why are there roads so small
@@steve_the_vehicon632 Small country, generally smaller people. Things like that from what I understand.
@@r.u.s.e3586 Big population though
@@shadowkillz9606 This is true, but Japan is also one of the highest ranked nations in terms of population density, only outdone by certain city states, Korea, and China.
I wonder what the Japanese call their version of ricers. Maybe burgers? 🤷🏻♂️
Lmao
Burger rockets 🚀 lmao!
Hotdogs
I'd love that
Lmaooo
Wow. Its almost like a trade. They give us cars, we give them cars. Everyone's happy.
Yeah and all mostly done by Canada where American cars r built
@@pridelynx565 eh most of them are actually built in the mid-west like Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois etc, though there are some cars being produced in British Columbia
Yes. They take harbour we take two cities
@@vortoxdastox4515 I feel disappointed that I laughed at this
@@bruh-hd8gm me too what's wrong with us
Japaneses: Obsession with American Cars
Americans: Obsession with Japanese Cars
Obsessed is a wrong word for Japanese. They just do things what they think is cool as long as they are legal. For example, blonde hair is offen associated with Deliquents there but there is a massive raise of bleaching hair,also there. They just DO things.
@@ranjanbiswas3233 he's kidding,he's not serious though I will admit he chose those words poorly
I'm american and prefer american cars
Perfectly balanced as it should be
@@ranjanbiswas3233 Yes, so you are telling me that making some extreme animation is not 🚫
Americans: imports rare JDM car and destroys it by drifting and trying to get 1000HP out of it.
Japanese: imports American cars that Americans wouldn't look twice at and turns it into a show car.
If you look at it as destroying sure Its a negative thing
@@jasielrivera1193 Drift and stance culture are pretty much that. Wrecking a car for the sake of wrecking it.
@@ThatWolfWithShades nah it's more about expressing yourself through a car also drifting is fucking awesome
@@ThatWolfWithShades stance is shit but drifting is legit
@@user-uu7fe9wi2k It only destroys cars, it's the same here in Argentina. Drifting consists of abusing the shit out of your car and laughing about it. Drift bois are the WhistlinDiesel of car culture.
Finland is obsessed with both. American and japanese cars. And we are so weirded out about the fact that european basic Volkswagens are "cool" in usa
Fat Mall Cop, who lied to you that they are considered cool? Well a classic Beetle is, but isnt it considered cool everywhere?
@@kristoKR-zj8oi he meant probably golfs. In middle europe golfs are everywhere especially Mk4 and Mk3. James have mk3
Swedes American car culture aswell...the more dents the better!!
gorkzop lmaooo
Lol I didn't realize people think Volkswagen is cool. GTI owner myself
Japanese bois: “BRO LOOK A 1000 hp Corvette !”
American bois:” Is that a Supra?”
Juan Rodriguez it is really not like that
andre cabaleiro thank you for your helpful contribution, Juan was simply making a hyperbolic statement.
Idk, I freaked out today because I saw a turbo Mk4 Supra today. I think Juan has us Americans pegged.
Is that a CORVETTE
@@andrecabaleiro9658 Living within an hour of the Corvette plant, I'd rather see a Supra any day of the week.
I feel sorry for the Japanese people buying a Chrysler product
Superchuyito 1195
.. Fiat...
There was a reddit thread where a guy that worked for Toyota admitted that Chrysler is one of the only brands straight up not considered to be a competitor because of how little respect they have for them.
Love my Canadian built 392.
@@TcSomers Crysler and their owned companies like dodge. Or just Crysler
billy nuts You forgot about the Honda NSX.
I wonder what the Buick Grand National does to the hearts of Japanese fans of American cars. It captures both the ludicrous power, and the yakuza look.
I'm a Japanese and think Grand NAtional(GNX) is awesome :-)
What if it were a Mercury Marauder, Cadillac Cts-V, or a Chrysler 300 Srt in black.
I live in Japan and I saw one being sold the other day. I love that car. V6 turbo is neato
And the fact it’s a turbo v6 meaning a little cheaper for the tax
My uncle Jack has a Grand National just sitting in his garage. I wanna convince him to give it to me so I can fix it lol
When I attended college in the early 2000's we had a big Japanese exchange student program. They were all rocking the most absurdly American cars they could get their hands on. Camaro, Oldsmobile, etc
Japanese people be like: nice impala! ADM for the win 🇺🇸
Am i the only one that is dying from laugher at this?
enz0 no you’re not
enz0 No
ADM NUMBAH ONE
U mean USDM
I know several people in Japan who own MULTIPLE American classics.
Love has no borders.
I've seen quite a lot of classic muscles during my trips in Japan, they look really damn cool on their streets.
1988: The bikes from Akira will be real in the future!
The future: *pedo vans with ferrari brakes*
Eric Min 😂😂😂
But today's bikes are more powerful and spectacular than Kanedo's bike.
I love the whole idea behind the dajiban thing. It's completely ridiculous, and awesome at the same time. I kind of want to get a late 70s Ram van and do a sort of half dajiban/half 70s custom van thing. Big mural on the side, metallic paint, shag carpet, and then a 360 with a 727 under the hood pushing 400+ horsepower, and Hellcat brakes.
Gotta go fast to steal your kid 😂
This is the best comment ever
It makes me feel special that American muscle gets love from other continents around the world imma start crying in joy lmaoo😭
Europeans love American V8's. They have car shows just for them.
2:21 **cries in 7.2L Plymouth Barracuda**
"i wonder if there's some asian dude with a bunch of our stuff."
-darryl
Adam Sandburg whats this quote from
Traveler Newheart ur mom
Traveler Newheart the office
When I was stationed outside of Tokyo, whenever I saw someone driving an American muscle car I knew that dude was rich af
My god I hate the fact that there is still American military in Japan. I, and the locals that have to deal with you, wish you all would GTFO.
@@tomatodamashi I agree that American bases throughout Japan can be a burden to the locals, but wouldn't that be the fault of the central government more than anything? After all, they haven't done anything to fix the noise pollution around Futenma in Okinawa for decades.
@@tomatodamashi damn you're really triggered for nothing :v
tomatodamashi Go complain to your government instead of some random youtube comment
tomatodamashi hey, just letting you know that my boys and I bought hella soapies in Japan. They loved our business and loved us long time #happyendingsforall
I'll never forget the first Import poster I saw when I moved to Japan. Was an import-only car show.....covered in chevy and ford. Chrysler's are super popular here too!
OMG I loved this video! Actually made me tear up, the fact that two cultures are emulating each other and seemingly opposite approaches.
"Gangsters/Yakuza like american cars" .. Clips of S Classes passing by..
Their editor isn't the brightest bulb in the christmas tree sometimes...
@@ThatWolfWithShades indeed
probably the closest thing he could find in terms of footage. a european landyacht instead of american🤷🏻♂️
Guess there isn't much footage of actual Yakuza members, especially the high tier ones with the ultra-expensive cars. I really doubt they would have liked to be filmed.
I don’t know why but as an American, seeing non-Americans in love with American cars feels so cool. I want a Dodge van that I can drift.
There is 3 mustangs in my neighbourhood and I uk
There's a bloke with 2 F Bodies from the naughtys up the way from me. I'm also in the UK
Mustangs are pretty huge in Sweden as well :)
I'm a Japanese dude living in Japan and I drive a Z28. I see GMs and Chryslers a lot here but Fords are rare except small budget cars and idky
American cars ar so cool challenge charger camaro corvette viper mustang etc I wish we got theme in Europe
Glad to see Japan showing back some love with their own American car culture
I like how he was going to tell is how they made these cars uniquely Japanese, but then just told us they emitated Mexican styles.
As a japanese, there are only a few American cars in japan. They are very expensive. It was always the other way around.
Fzrsyndical very very few?
I remember a few American vehicles at Japan in a EF Tour years ago. A black '05 mustang, a 90s Tahoe, and a Dodge Ram in Tokyo. Its very rare to encounter those vehicles.
There are literally hundreds of American muscle cars at the Mooneyes shows in Japan. All Americans don't really love Japanese cars either, just the silly kids. The Japanese cars are all slower, unreliable and don't last as long. My 73 Mustang still runs and drives with the original engine but I've never seen a Japanese car that old running on the original build.
@@tony_5156 very very few american cars, the jdm and motorcycle communites are a lot bigger in japan
@@RickyGExtra_TX they are rare tp spot in japan for sure and the price to get it is a lot higher in japan, when i first came to america which is where i live now i was surprised that 50% of the cars here are japanese
3:08 : They prefer large american cars; meanwhile in the video: *mercedes-benz*
W126 is one of my favorite s-class models
W140 s600 is best I guess. Still can be rival with new cara
"They also love Jeeps." 7:09 big ol' TOYOTA badge in the middle of the screen.
Try making your own logo instead ripping mine 👎🏼
Mercs are just German muscle cars.
One night I was stopping by of Japan’s chain Fresta Mall’s, and seeing a lifted Silverado with a hiragana number plate made me actually moist.
I live in Japan and own a 2006 Mustang "Itasha" (graphic wrapped with anime girls, for those who don't know) and 1999 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor.
Costs me a fortune to maintain, yes, but it feels quite special to be driving such iconic cars over here.
Whenever you see another American car owner, you instantly connect with them in some way.
I hope you're doing well still! I could never bear wrapping my mustang, but as long as it works for ya :)
It seems that all car enthusiasts just love cool cars
Doesn't matter what market the cars come from, If they're cool, they're cool.
And so everybody hates certain cars. Irrelevant where you come from :v
@@JMDrives .......goddamn right....
See....my great uncle who was a marine & fought all over the Pacific.....used to give my dad shit for driving a VW....he'd say...
"Why dont you buy American dammit"?....my dad: "It's America. ....I buy what the fuck I want".....
@@dre4011 Most people don't realized that most American cars are made outside of US and most import brands are made here in US. If they are buying American cars just cuz they are made by American people, well they are being fooled. I own a Toyota Corolla made in Canada, Honda Civic made in USA.
@@400voltas4 ....preaching to the choir here buddy.....im an Automotive Technician....ive known that for YEARS....
"we all live in different places but we all appreciate the vroom vroom"
-Nolan
Ill never forget the day a Japanese exchange student came to our school for a month. His first time in a truck was my Ram 1500
4:50 Nolan: Dajibans came from Fukushima
Me: That makes sense...
"by now we've all seen that Vice documentary of lowriders in japan"
Has 71,729 views
The Yakuza loved big American cars...
shows Mercedes
They moved to Mercs at some point
I don't think anybody had the balls to film them back in the days that's why
They are also really into American Vans. If you haven't seen them, look them up. They go all out customizing them. Some of them get very serious about racing them, and they have racing series and you can find videos of them racing hard as hell in empty and heavily modified cargo vans.
We Americans love and our proud of our American muscle cars. I have no doubt that any other county would appreciate our American cars as much as we do.
Nolan : "lowriders became popular in hip hop"
*Puts in video of Cypress Hill - Lowrider*
Me : Perfection 👌
Americans: Penny
Nolan on the behalf of the Japanese: Yenny
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For those looking for the video
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9:28 we all love the same things, we live in different places but we all appreciate the "Vroom Vroom"
Mazda: open up!
Day 119 of asking James to do an Up to speed on his Dad
PaganiGaming I think his dad is fake. 🤔
PaganiGaming Not just his Dad but Jessica
Keep going and he'll maybe do it on day 420
Yes! Let’s see an up to speed on James’s dad 😂.
Don't stop boi
The tax increase on driving a car with a larger engine displacement gives me a whole different outlook on economical class when I see a car driving in Japan.
How do you guys measure road tax? Or do you even have road tax? My country's road tax is similar to Japan's.
@@onionkekw4832 Not sure what you mean by "road tax" but here in the US... well, at least in Illinois because every state has their differences, the only taxes you pay are the going retail tax rate for the vehicle purchase, which is the same tax percentage you'd pay on a cheeseburger. The registration, and maybe a city sticker depending what town/city you live in. Registration is more for SUV's, vans, and pickup trucks I think, but nothing unbearable.
@@man_on_wheelz our road tax is a tax we pay every year, we have a little sticker to stick on the windshield of our car to symbolize it, the tax measures with engine displacement.
@@onionkekw4832 Wow, yeah, they don't seem to care about engine displacement here, only vehicle weight class. And our sticker that we pay for every year goes on our license plate. Sounds like you guys are taxing people for their impact on the environment and we're taxing people for their impact on the roads themselves.
Thank you guys for making this video. I love all of them but this one was truly unique in the sense that i would have had no idea that was a 2 way street without this video.
My sister went to Japan a few years ago and she said that Japan and America are mirrored countries. They copy each other's culture in a lot of aspects.
Here its like "Oh its a GTR, ok" but sometimes we're like "ITS THAT A V8 STANG OMFG?!". The situation is abit flipped. Not everyday you see a muscle car.
we hyped to see both here in southeast, lol
@@ilham7345 Not everyone would like to own a huge V8, not with the absurd annual displacement tax. People here prefers small displacement turbocharged cars because its the only thing they can afford really.
Kimi Rules that’s just crazy to me bro. I see mustangs of every trim almost every day, Camaros, corvettes, challengers and chargers, etc. I see left hand drive GTRs fairly often but I’ve never seen any of the old skylines in person, or a 240sx, or the Honda version of the nsx, or a right hand drive manual Supra. Those are all incredibly rare here
Kimi Rules right every time I see mopars I get excited but when I see lowered vip Lexus Accord etc and gtr and supercar I just go oooo a car
I love how Japanese adapt Chicano culture chingon respeto🇯🇵 🇲🇽
They'd probably hide if they saw you in person tho haha same with blacks they are terrified of anyone who isn't Asian or white.
Christian Peters I’m hispanic and visited Japan. They love hispanics-in fact a lot of Japanese speak Spanish well. I was surprised.
They all fighting for the nickname "chino"
@@bruderschweigen6889 yeah but they love hip hop culture go figure
In a way I get it like in the African-American community, most of us love marital art films but look at Asian people sideways, I'm proberly going to catch heat for saying this oh well.
@@franwex I'm not talking shit but you know Spanish comes from Spain not Latin america lol I'm just saying as a whole japan is very racist towards anyone with darker skin.
I’m a Canadian now living in Tsujido辻堂 in the Kanagawa prefecture in Japan. This town has a very large 70’s low riders with crazy hydraulics. I see them parked out meeting up nearly every night. I was so surprised at first this is so popular here, it’s great!
This is very cool. America and Japan can appreciate each others car
Japanese people be like: "Gotta ship over some overnight parts from America" 😂
“It’s ADM bro”
“Mopar No Shit”
Japan car culture: 🤝
USA car culture: 🤝
those 90's Dodge vans already come with a 318 magnum...
"big" v8 5.2L lol
Not all of 'em did, in fairness. I think my family's old '01 had a 360 in it.
8:39 that ford do be looking like its from fh4 doe
Probably started in Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift, when Toreto challenges Shaun XD
Skyline engine in a mustang still bothers me
I loved that mustang! I love American muscle cars, but the idea of having a nissan engine in a mustang wasn't because shaun wanted a nissan engine it's because it was what was available for him. Heck if I had a rolling chassis and parts laying around I would have done the same. But yes on some cars it is understandable to swap engines from other manufacturers like in drifting an LS in a JDM because reliability, power, ligntweight, but on some cars I would prefer to keep stock or keeping engine and drivetrain within the same manufacturer.
Shaun the Sheep?
@@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo there is a Skyline R34 with a Chevy small block V8. Look it up it's like a Samurai with the heart of *AbRahAm LiCoLN: ZoMbiE KiLLeR*
Someone from Japan hit me up, I’ll send u American car parts an you send Jdm parts.... we could make a fortune
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That is genius
Yeah that's the kind of side bizzo I'm considering. I'd like to export kei trucks, vip sedans and customized vans from here.
Tokyo has a group for everything related to cars.
90s Koenig Ferraris teams, Kei-cars, American Rat Rods, Pre-war English Luxury, French Hydraulics - You name it.
If you have a car, you're never alone!
I'm a car noob, but I'm addicted to these videos🤤
Next: The World's weird Obsession with German Cars
Becauze ze Germans build ze most optimized car in ze world :v
Germans had some great ideas and the world knows that.
@@gdhallow3047 yeah. They showed the world.....twice.
@@DefinitelyNotEmma ahh yes, zha jammuns!
German engineering is the finest in the world!
Speaking of the Jeeps, there is a mailman where I live that uses a Japanese imported Cherokee as his mail vehicle rather than the plain old USPS truck. Pretty cool
Rectum Instantly do you live in California? I swear I’ve seen that Jeep before.
Rectum Instantly They usually aren’t imported, there are plenty of Jeeps made specially for the postage service with RHD.
People do that with XJs more than you’d think. I’ve seen JDM Accord wagons used as mail vehicles too.
One way you can tell if it's a US-spec RHD Jeep or JDM/UKDM, is if it has fender signals or not.
@@cades427 it is imported. I'm a tech at a dealership and I did some work on it, and it has Japanese on all of the warnings and the speedometer is in kph.
You guys should do a video about swedens American car culture. THE largest American car meet is located in Sweden, WHO knew ? Its massive over there! Its in the town Västerås and there is over 35 000 American cars there then. Its called Summer meet. 👍
Awesome video, you bring some unique perspectives to your montages.
Remember Hidetoshi who secretly killed Yakuza boss from the office?
He said “...now I have American car and new woman...”
Darryl, save life
Idk if anyone else caught this, but the pharaohs was the car club in the film American graffiti and paradise road the name of his shop is the road that they went to street race on. Kind of cool.
Ikr, I love it!
It is hard to sue somebody so far away from appropriating their names.
Just saw that movie the other day, noticed that too🤘🏿
Didn't know that, but one of my former English students, a 50-something stationery/office supply shop owner, introduced me to the movie American Graffiti. It took a middle-aged Japanese man to show a 20-something guy from America an American classic. I'm pretty sure he drove a Corolla, though.
You know what kind of trend I would like to see in American cars, especially in Japan? I want to see the itasha trend carry over to those cars. Yes, I like the classic low rider scene (and Japan has a surprisingly good low rider scene as well, which this video did not cover), but if I have like an old school muscle car, like, say, a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T, I would like to see it done with a Sailor Jupiter theme because that would look awesome.
Dude we need to see more pics n video of these cars. Do a radio show 📻🎙️
TY Donut. You just gave me the idea of taking my dad and his '76 Caprice Classic lowrider to Japan to enter a car show cause just about nothing feels better than getting respect from strangers for doing what you love doing.
When I lived in Japan, they had everything out there. I love JDMs so I was thrown for a curve to see how much they don’t love them. It’s like Benz in Germany is seen the same way we see Ford in the US. Truly the grass is always greener on the other side.
I would like to mention that one of the first as well as one of the largest Lowrider importers lives near LA. He has his own air suspension company that is very innovative, Universal Air Suspension. His name is Yuzuru Oishi and he is awesome! I work for him and he is still pushing the boundaries!
I remember my mind being blown the first time I saw a Japanese Low Rider magazine in Tower records like 20 years ago. It still looks weird to me today.
I've always been curious about Japan's take on non-JDM cars, so this episode was a great watch. Maybe do one on the Euro car scene in Japan next?
Go check Noriyaro's youtube channel, he has multiple videos on american car meets in japan, and sick drifting videos
They love euro cars and exotics. Look at those crazy lambos with lights all over the place. And they also like the classic stuff from what I saw on the Internet.
@@solus48 Thanks for the suggestion, I loved Noriyaro's videos but haven't been watching for a while. Guess I should pop back in and see what's new.
@@fabio1826 Oh yeah, have definitely seen the Lambos - those things are crazy! But I was wondering more about the daily driver sort of stuff, like that clip by Mystfire in the video. Japan just has a way with making the regular be extraordinary.
There's a huge European car scene in Japan as well.
I’m proud to be Canadian 😂 in October 2021 I imported a 2007 Cadillac Escalade ESV from Japan with only 44,500 miles , no rust and some sweet upgrades. I confess it was a steal compared to what I would have paid in North America. When the Escalade turns 25 years. Take a look at Japan.
I remember that when I firstly went to Japan, getting of the plane and going into a restaurant, I just saw a beautiful brand new 1956 Ford Pickup
Dont lie Nolan, there is never a time when you wouldnt want a big block mopar
or a LS3 v8 SS swap!!!
Wrong. Anytime the road has any curves whatsoever, I would not want a massive lump of Mopar iron in front of me. But that makes sense because I drive a car with a much smaller lump of Turbocharged Yamaha/Toyota iron behind me. So I guess I would say that?
You know when I would want a massive lump of Mopar iron? When I’m exiting that curve at WOT and the sickness (you know the one) takes hold and suddenly I’m thinking 300whp isn’t quite enough like I thought it was. THEN I want a Mopar (but I still want it behind me)😉
even here in Kuwait, we have groups that idolize American lowriders and other classic/vintage American cars
the classic japanese cars are mostly used for illegal drifting. nissan skyline and Z especially
dont you guys also have like a group of peeps that recreates american work trucks
@@JayRoboFox ohh yes. especially the "Bedouin" population. classic American trucks from the 60s up to the 80z have a great reputation. people collect and drive them in pristine conditions as a status of whatever
I was walking around in Osaka in 2019 at 5am one morning and saw an R32 blast by on an empty street and a Camaro later in the day. One of the coolest things I've ever seen
back in the mid-1990s I saw this Japanese national here in Jacksonville walking towards the bad part of town. Through my broken Japanese and his broken English, I figured out that he was just traveling the entire United States continent with nothing but a credit card in his pocket.
He said he was heading to Daytona since it was spring break. At the time I was driving a 1991 ZR1 Corvette, and it was that one month or two period that I owned it where it was actually running well. I blasted him down to Daytona from Jacksonville. He loved every second of it.
He told me his best friend had a Mach 1 Mustang over in Japan and he could name every classic car we passed on the road.
That was a good time and I often wonder where he is today.
There is nothing surprising about this. This has been going on for decades. When I worked at a Chevy store back in 1987 a Japanese buyer came over and bought 10 step side pick ups. They were anything from 2 1956 Fords to some '70s and '80s trucks. They also bought a few new Pontiac Fiero Gts, we also had a Pontiac store, which I had to modify to comply with their laws there. I heard stories from way back about the Japanese taking their old American cars, like a 1959 Cadillac, out for a Sunday drive collectively, shutting down the highway and having lunch on the hoods of their cars. There should be nothing surprising about something that has been happening for a long time.
"We all appreciate the vroom vroom." That's such a nice way to put it, I literally felt that in my soul
Back in the late 90s we had a few Japanese foreign exchange students stay with us and at the time my dad owned a 91 trans am and an 88 turbo tbird. They were IN LOVE with them. My family ended up taking them on a road trip from San Diego to Las Vegas in these cars. I think they had the time of their lives. 😂
As a chicano when I saw post about japanese people with oldies I was completely in awe
"Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"
"Dodge vans racing"🤔 Where have I been at..😩😂
Just search Noriyaro dajiban to see more.
This guy really likes his cars. He does a good job you can tell he is trying not to be awkward in front of the camera, he is but we appreciated the effort. Most of us are awkward but outwardly we show confidence.
"Be kind" @Donut Media Thank you for making awesome videos like this
A lot of those Japanese homies and homegirls could pass as mexican. Love how they respect and pay homage to my culture
beefy45 I noticed the same thing 😂😂 I thought they were Asian looking Mexicans at first no 🧢
It's cool how they see America they copy the black and brown community we need more asians to bridge our cultures
@@TEFLONDONTRUMP2024 I agree.
Too be honest a lot of Mexicans outside the main cities have more Native blood(Asian) then Spanard. so...
My girl is from Puebla, Mexico 🇲🇽 and she's been mistaken for Asian sometimes.