Nismo Festival 2009 Coverage
The 2009 Nismo Festival was held on the 6th of December once again. For those who came from overseas and requested tickets from us, we hope that you enjoyed the event and for those who were not able to attend, we got some coverage for you!Personal Highlight: The FIA GT Spec R35 GT-RsCheck out the rest of the photos in our Flicker photostream!
End of the year Freebie ARC Titanium Clock!!!
Add a picture of your ride to the with its RHDJapan.com sticker and enter the raffle to win this New Titanium ARC Clock!!
The picture must be uploaded to the Facebook RHDJapan fan photo section to qualify.
Participation is open immediately and expires when Japan hits 2010.
2009 Winter Holiday Schedule
As we prepare for the winter holidays we would like to inform our customers that many of the manufacturers will be closed at the end of the year and the first couple days of the beginning of the New Year. Please expect up to a 1 week delay on the receipt of your items on orders placed in the last week of December.
RHDJapan.com will remain open and orders will continue to be processed and e-mails will still be attended to.
For the quickest response to any inquiries between the 18th and the 6th please e-mail us at rhdjapan@rhdjapan.com.
The last two shipping days of the year will be on the 21st & 28th, the normal shipping schedule will resume from the 4th of January.
Any requests for new parts from the 11th will be put in the roster and will be on hold until the 7th of January.
Wishing all of you a Happy Holiday Season!!
Giving Thanks Campaign Additional 10% Discount on ALL products!!
Giving Thanks to all of the continual support from our customers around the globe RHDJapan will be extending an additional 10% discount on any of the products listed on the RHDJapan site!!
This campaign applies to the complete lineup of 260+ different manufacturers and 15,000+ parts!!
Effective immediately and the Giving Thanks Campaign will last until the end of the month (expires midnight Nov 30 Japan time).
Coupon Code:
GivingThanks2009
Autumn Drift Matsuri at Ebisu Circuit!
The Autumn Ebisu Drift Matsuri was held on the weekend of the 14th and 15th of November with a great number of enthusiasts from all over Japan and some visitors from overseas in attendance.
With Chris as the cameraman, we were able to get a number of shots of the action along the 2 day event as well as the first ever G-1 Grand Prix put together by the folks at Power Vehicles and Alexi (Noriyaro blog)
ARC Intercooler Price Renewal
Getting the best intercoolers available has just gotten more affordable with ARC's decision for a Price Renewal on select intercoolers. The MSRP has dropped by over 30% on a couple of the intercoolers. Although the price renewal doesn`t apply to all intercoolers owners of any of the GT-R series, GC8/GDB Impreza's or BH5/BE5/BP5/BL5 Legacies are in luck!!
All items with the green arrow have been affected by the price renewal
http://www.arcinter.co.jp/arc/products/intercooler/normal/index.html
To make it an even sweeter deal RHDJapan is offering an additional 7% off any ARC intercoolers until December 16th!!
Coupon Code:
ARCIntercooler
Motor Sport Japan Festival in Odaiba Tokyo 2009
Motor Sport Japan is an event held to give the city folk of Tokyo exposure to the motorsports world. Starting in 2006 and has been increasing in popularity since, the tally for the two day event was over 130,000 people last year. The fourth annual Motorsport Japan event was held last weekend (October 10/11).
Put together by the domestic auto makers, race teams and JAF with the concept of letting the event-goers 'see' 'hear' and 'touch' the results of over 50 years of Japanese motor sports evolution, it is a great event for the senses.
The event is setup for the spectators to see and hear the high horsepower machines from the Super GT, F3, WRC, F1 upclose in detail. The opportunity to caress a couple of the high quality parts which put racing machines together along with the scent of the racing fuel and tires burnt during demo runs also added a great touch to the event.
Given the small area of the Odaiba parking lot the demo runs weren't as spectacular as say, the D1 and MSC drift events however being able to hear the raw sound of the engines powering these powerful machines in their raw form is always a treat.
It is unfortunate that we cannot share all of the sensory joys of the event but we would like to share some of the visual aspect with the pictures taken.
Hopefully some of the forum members will enjoy the pictures and even mark the calender to make it out during next years event!
Additional insight from Takeru:
One great attraction for was to get to see Lexus's upcoming supercar, the LF-A in action. The one featured by Toyota at the event was the same LF-A seen tracking around the Nurburgring. (I was half hoping for a close-to-production ready concept, but I guess I will have to wait for the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show.) Its V10 wasn't as impressive as the say the F1, Super GT, and F3 machines exhibited that day (obviously), but it looked easy to maneuver by the driver and seemed very light in its movements around the exhibition lot.
Another highlight for me was seeing the Honda FCX Clarity, which, if you watch Top Gear was featured and considered by James and Jeremy to be the true car of the future.
Here is a link to the official site:
http://www.motorsport-japan.com/
The full picture set in high-resolution is available at the following link:
New version of the BRIDE Stradia series has been released!!
The STRADIA Japan series is based off of the highly popular reclining bucket sporty lineup from BRIDE. The Stradia Japan version keeps the sporty feel and adds an elegant touch with a one-color high-grade suede cover.
 
Super Deal to close out September 2009
The following offer is open immediately from 18:48 9/21/2009 JST.
Cash Back on Shipping up to JPY10,000Â (USD89, Euro72, GBP65, AUD122, NZD150, CAD113, SGD150, SEK730).
Payment must be made via paypal and we will refund the difference after the final ending day (e-checks and other payments that are not fully paid will not qualify)
Minimum Purchase of JPY50,000Â required (USD561, Euro360, GBP325, AUD610, NZD750,CAD565, SGD750, 3650SEK ).
The promotion period will end at 23:59:59 9/28/2009 JST.
The terms and conditions are simple and go into effect immediately until further notified.
There is a limit of coverage available, once the timeframe has been reached or my blog is updated with 'No More Funds' the campaign has finished and orders will be processed as normal.