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Hi,

next year I am going to Japan for the first time and just found this:

http://jpninfo.com/57058

Anybody been there yet? :-)

wow looks like a really cool place!

Any one who lives in japan who can tell us how to go there using public transport? can I reach this by train?

I want my fried tofu delivered by an 86. I hope I do not need a car to get there, I always end up driving at the wrong lane (in Ireland at least)

This post has been edited by r35gtr on Sep 11 2016, 08:04 PM

Anything's accessible via JR, you just gotta walk from the station to the actual shop ~ ☆

Walking would be a bit too far, 5km from Shibukawa Station

Can you visit Mount Haruna / Lake Haruna with public transportation?

I guess I could rent a car (is that easy for foreigners?) but then I would need to translate my drivers license in the embassy which sounds like a big hassle

Maybe some random street racer could take me up to the hill

edit:

Is there a list of adresses of famous Initial D places?

This guy found the tofu store, has anybody the adress for it?

http://forums.nicoclub.com/the-real-initia...no-t356992.html



This post has been edited by hackgrid on Sep 12 2016, 03:36 AM

YES... YES it is.

Things in life are usually easier if you have moneys. $$

Tofu Shop's not there anymore. 5km isn't that bad of a walk. AAA can make you a ridiculously kindergarten craft looking "International Driving Permit" That works in lieu of your license. If you absolutely must take public transit to and around Haruna: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e7480.html.

Hope you speak and read a minimal level of Japanese to find some lodging if you get lost or stuck out there. Otherwise there's onsen resorts around the area but they can be pricy. If you go for anything at least go experience an onsen instead ofl just Car tour stuff.

From experience- if you really want to do Initial D tour, just rent a car for the day. It makes getting around Gunma so much easier and getting to the turn offs easy for photos and taking in the sights. Otherwise you're on a bus and your view and stops are limited. Obviously don't be a hoon. You're there to sightsee, not act like a criminal.

This post has been edited by JKaiba on Sep 12 2016, 11:01 AM

I had this posted on the facebook group page many moons ago and a certain site owner decided against promoting it (or, more probable, he's just lazy).

I think Perry is busy posting 3Pac videos and highly illegal relevant xiao karaoke Sentra skits on FB ~ instead of well... y'know actual Initial D content?

...come to think of it ~ Perry's brain is even more complex than a Rubix Cube ~ he's probably working for Google/Baidu & won't even tell us !!

Last week I've been to the cafe, it is still there and it is great!

I visited by public transportation and even got to lake haruna / akina.

More info and pictures to come :-)

if anyone... goes there again Im happy to buy them some puddings (to eat) if they would post me the empty containers

Asked a few people who been visiting Japan, but have no ID interest

I just back from D'z Garage last week, nice place !

Enjoy the short video

Initial D Real Stage x D'z Garage RacingCafe

Youtube


This post has been edited by avkel on Jan 1 2019, 09:38 PM

I swear, next time I go to Japan I'm doing the pilgrimage, and I have to see that cafe. Nice to see a Cosmo there too.

I try to upload pictures and videos from my visit soon :-)

I am very sorry, that this took so long!
Hopefully someone is still interested! :-)

Here are some pictures from my travel from Shibukawa JR Station
(the old man from the "Shibukawashi Information Centre" was very helpful with the busses and had Initial D stuff in his office!)

to D'z Racing Cafe Garage (3715-1 Shibukawa, Gunma 377-0008, Japan)
(they also helped us with the bus, I think it was 2-3 transfers to other busses)
to Lake Haruna.

Unfortunately we were there out of season, so there only were like 3 busses / day and we were completly alone in bus and at the lake!

A old lady came from one of the businesses, to offer us tea and look at her initial d merchandise, very nice! :-)

We only met very nice people on that day, which helped us very much!

Traveling to Shibukawa was a bit hard, since there were no english signs or texts, even at the train from Tokyo, so I had to compare the Kanji like pictures

We got an used bus map from the information office, which the worker there circled our stops, but unfortunately there were already many different markings from different people

Travelling by bus is something I would really not recommend, unfortunately there were no racers there to drive up to the the lake
Some nice family offered to take us with them, but they only had one free seat in one of smallest cars I have ever seen

So there is the Album on IMGUR (73 pictures which should cover the whole trip! - on April 9th 2017):


https://imgur.com/a/eC7vYzp

(it seems the pictures are out of order, sorry! )


I forgot, I also made a very anti-climatic "bus-drifting" video for the corners of Mount Haruna/Akina ;-)

https://www.veed.io/view/bf9cd1ca-90fa-43b9...dc-c38810071b6f

Have fun!

This post has been edited by hackgrid on Sep 29 2022, 05:47 AM