The 3rd Kyushu K Meeting 2023 - Vintage Kei, ABC Kei, and more

One of my favourite local car shows because I get to enter this one! It's a car show that focuses on Japan's cars of limited dimensions and capacity, the Kei car, and it's now in its third year. At the start of the video, I focus on the older 360cc class of car (1949 - 1975), then wonder about taking in heaps of 550cc (1976 - 1990) and 660cc (1991 - 2014) cars.
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[@wasabicars]

Tell me which car(s) you liked the best! Don't know the car's make/model? Just drop the timestamp ( 1:20 for example)

[@batman9592]

Always liked the Mazda Auto Zam 1 ( 8:01 - 8:08 ) in Gran Turismo. I'm over 6' so doubtful i'd fit into any Kei cars IRL.

[@01FozzyS]

That's some Jurassic Park sound effects there,Dan. lol

[@wryyysespieces]

Love the Honda Today @7:00 very unique with the square headlights, tied up with the Gino on AC Courreges. Very unique cars overall😊

[@ef7andapp170]

So many nice cars! I'm drooling...

[@jessestout8646]

Great show, thanks!

[@wasabicars]

My pleasure :)

[@uncle_iroh4839]

K-Cars rock just as you dan

[@troyfankell6581]

Another great video Dan! Soooo many nice cars! I like seeing the older cars a little more like the R2s, 360s and the N360s. Your Carol looks really good too!

[@ACCORDriver_NL]

Those MUGEN wheels... look incredible on that car! 7:06

[@wasabicars]

Hey, Mr. Accord man. Recent channel name change, Roy? Maybe I've not noticed :/ Yeah, that Today. I even got to see it some months later in a whole different part of japan. His instagram name: takata_hiroyuki

[@ACCORDriver_NL]

@@wasabicars no, no name change. But you’re maybe confused with my FB account name 😅 No harm, no faul. 👍🏽

[@josephpiper4167]

Freak'n luv Kei cars! So good to see so many, cheers Dan

[@wasabicars]

Glad you enjoyed. Thanks, Joseph

[@LucasMusser]

Those open top 360 were nice

[@wasabicars]

Cheers, Lucas. Hope you're well :)

[@lindonandlisa8114]

I love the K cars cars I wish they took off in Australia Sorry did the next best thing and bought a Kid bikinto gt

[@L.C.A.car_adventure_channel]

Oh man very cool car's too see. I can't even say what would be my favorite but I would probably go with the air cooled Subaru. Sadly I missed the premier but will check the video again tonight with my son on the big screen. Have a nice weekend Daniel.

[@61chickens]

lovely stuff Dan....

[@JoCaTen]

can't get enough of the first gen Honda Today, they're truly adorable for some reason. Love em The one at 7:07 the custom one looks absolutely menacing

[@landark1967]

I definitely like the Cappuccinos but that pearl white on the Honda Beat was striking AF. I'm sadly back home now, but I ended up being pretty satisfied with what I got to see - specifically that Gloria I mentioned was the coolest, but you can't go wrong seeing a Midnight Purple R34 GTR cruising around Akihabara either.

[@doejoe5939]

more kei cars please

[@davidbarnsley9390]

My n360 looked like the blue one but mine was white and a four door 😂😂

[@michaelgabrielgarcia1004]

You got to give us Wagon R owners some love!!!

[@wasabicars]

Lol. Sorry. My wagon R had to stay home for this one

[@JB-sv5pr]

Mr Grady I have to get you an update on my ae86 it's pile of rust you will love some of the shots Hahaha Man those kei cars took off in Hawai'i in the last 4 years my brother got one years ago seems like it's the new golf cart to have a micro van or kei truck

[@wasabicars]

I'm both happy and sad to hear about your AE86. Lol! I'm guessing the keis will rust up, too

[@gred_cz]

very cool :)

[@wasabicars]

Děkuji

[@davidbarnsley8486]

So many fantastic little cars there Dan 👍👍 I would love to see if I could fit in one of those auto zam cars

[@noahfrankenbauer7433]

Honda City Turbo 2 😢 how i missed them

[@wasabicars]

Yeah, so cool. Thanks, Noah

[@batman9592]

lol at the corrupted clips. Need more Shinto good luck charms to ward off that Gaki demon living in your camera eating your memory card. I never used to believe in that till my own car ran me over. I think the gargoyle helped..?

[@f31roger]

Noguchi-san!!!!

[@gebot.]

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing. I am going to be living in Japan this coming August and want to know of some cheap, "coolish", reliable kei cars. Do you have any suggestions?

[@wasabicars]

Sorry for getting to your comment so late. I highly doubt you'll be legally able to buy any car here. Before you can purchase a car, the police much come to your house/apartment and confirm you have a registered/valid parking space. However, if you have some workaround, i.e. an importer to buy it on your behalf, than a Suzuki Wagon R is as good a choice as any

[@gebot.]

@@wasabicars I will actually be living in Japan for the foreseeable future and my apartment has a parking spot included so Im ay okay in that sense. Thank you for the advice 👍🏻

[@user-bf7gc3qw8e]

😊

[@Karmazilla]

I've always been such a fan of those Altos, I wish we got kei cars in other parts of the world but I know they wouldn't survive on American roads unfortunately

[@andrewloranger]

Definitely not on our highways but these are perfectly fun cars for back roads and around town. We're starting to see more and more folks like myself importing and collecting them like matchbox cars lol

[@leeruss979]

10.44 suzuki hatch ( alto ) slamed with lots of camber

[@wasabicars]

I think we get a good look at that one here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m33Nkp6drqd5qqs

[@leeruss979]

Hay dan ..is the car show on yearly ? Where is it held ? Are dates a/v for the next one ???

[@wasabicars]

Yes, yearly, but it's been held in April twice and October once in the last three years. So, not entirely sure of the timing

[@The-Real-Ando]

When Japanese people leave a car show they don’t trash their rides, haha.

[@wasabicars]

Yeah. Bowing is often seen though. Not even kidding

[@The-Real-Ando]

@@wasabicars I’ve been to Japan once so I can see why they’d do that, a sign of respect.👍

[@jimmykucera8627]

Are Smart ForTwo’s popular in Japan?

[@wasabicars]

(Had to google it because... I don't follow such (new! for me) cars. Yeah, can still be seen about

[@SvenQ45]

I heard they didn´t sell well.

[@jimmykucera8627]

@@SvenQ45 they’re becoming very collectable now 🚙

[@SvenQ45]

@1:48 Which one is that?

[@wasabicars]

1972 Suzuki Fronte GT/W. Kinda like this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6TCf6OZlttkeJY

[@SvenQ45]

@@wasabicars Ah, ok thanks.

[@commonsenserhetoric]

水の文化村じゃないか

[@wasabicars]

間違いないですね

[@caiquealmeida5148]

Does anyone know the car at 2:03?

[@wasabicars]

That is a Honda Life

[@caiquealmeida5148]

@@wasabicars Thanks!

[@Swazy72]

Wish you would spend abit more time looking around the cars, It feels like you're just rushing through now and aren't really interested. Even the cars you say are really special.. you don't spend much time looking around them it seems.

[@wasabicars]

I totally hear what you're saying. At the same time, of the thousand or two people who watched the video, each would have a slightly different views on what would have made this video better. What you didn't know is that I arrived at this show late, had an intense argument with another youtuber/entrant and wanted to go home... but I shot a video anyway. I'm human, man.

[@Swazy72]

@@wasabicars ahh ok, that makes sense why you were rushing about.. Sorry i wasn't being a d*ck i was just saying how i feel, I really enjoy seeing all the rare jdm cars you find and I'd like to see more of them. Thanks for putting out the videos, i do enjoy watching them. You're a top bloke. We do appreciate you. Even if it doesn't seem like it 😅