Tokyo Drive

I always used train to travel around in Tokyo and never drove around there which bothered me :P I asked my Japanese friend if he can drive me around in Tokyo next time I visit Japan and he promised me that he will. I can't wait until I go to Japan again, woot!

How was the camera mounted on the car? Was it on your tripod? The video capture was quite steady. I guess there was no bumps on the road way or it was edited out. I enjoyed it.

nice idea Danny, this way we can see Japan from another perspective! Ridge race r4 ring a bell in my head and when i heard the music i remember that i played that game before! good game i think this was before need for speed enter the market for the original playstation

So, after you get your Nissan Fiarlady 370Z, this series will be rename to "Tokyo Drift" ^_^

Looking forward to it~~~~~~~~~

I've always liked Danny's high-quality Nippon pics. Now we get to see high-quality Nippon vidz~ =}

Yay for new series! Just love night views of cities, be it from high above or the roads.

Such a cool and interesting way to see Tokyo from a different perspective. Hope to see it like this one day.

Nice idea. Driving on the left side freaks me out though ^_^

driving to tokyo cities with my favourite soundtrack?
not bad for driving around

Oooh neat! It's interesting to see how driving on the left side is like after driving on the wrong side (I mean right... ^^;) for so long. I remember when it was extremely difficult to drive on the right, but now I can't figure any other way I guess. Then again, I haven't driven a car in like five-six years because I plain can't afford the gas. Yep, it's biking for me... *ding ding* Move your car! XD

whoa, just like tokyo extreme racer zero :p
where's devil z? XD

Nice movie
I hope to visit Tokyo one day

cool, now its like being and driving around virtually in tokyo.

omg the music lol, gaming flashback in da face. ridge racer aka the very first videogame I played on a playstation.

Haha ! Nice idea, but speed is missing for such straight streets.
Good Video, make more.

Very nice idea!

Look forward to see more vids of GTD = Grand Theft Danny ^^ !

If I lived in Japan I'd be doing this kind of thing a lot. When I drove around the C1 and Wangan, I had hoped to record most of it except my passenger was asleep at the time. The streets of Tokyo at night is almost like a different city.

This is great. I cant wait to see whats next. The roads seem confusing as hell. Is it hard to navigate?

Did you run a red light!?

This is very nice!
After a couple of minutes it started to feel like I'm playing Gran Turismo ^^;

Hope to see lots of Tokyo Drives!! :)

Since I find night-time driving WITHOUT TRAFFIC to be very relaxing, I thought this was very fun and soothing to watch. Also, it's nice a nice change for daily drivers like myself to actually "ride" in a car rather than drive. I hope this'll be a weekly series!

The scenery in the city...guess it looks the same elsewhere...except with the lack of many more cars on the road...

Haha, this reminded me of Tokyo Xtreme Racer for the Dreamcast.

That was pretty neat to watch. Felt like I recognized some parts from a racing game I used to have for the PS2, but it's probably just my imagination. Speaking of which, you should add some drifting/street racing to the next one!

I probably couldn't actually drive in Tokyo without crashing because I was too busy trying to look at all the scenery instead of the road.

With all the automobile-related posts on DC lately makes me look forward to a Tokyo Drive with the Fairlady or GTR or some other SAC soon? ^_^;;

Would be better if video were recorded in HD like these here http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=cat2525jp&view=videos

A really nice video, made me feel like i was actually there. Looking forward to more like this.

get a gorilla pod! if u dont have 1 yet though..hehe! just my two cents..:)

Oh I really like this new series, looking forward for the next videos. :)

Nice video. Will you make a video (English version) of your office this year ??

Cool video ^^ Where the vertical lines that occasionally popped up from the video encoding? Or perhaps the recording mode? The LX3 is capable of 1280x720 right? But then again I guess it's probably not practical to shoot at that resolution for an extended period of time due to space and possibly battery constraints? ^^"

good as evidence in case of accidents (*touch wood!)
show us some supercar sightings! XD

Quick find out where his heading so then we can follow him and take pics with him.

Definitely an interesting concept. I think the audio really made it work.

Cool, the roads look in great condition and kinda surprised that there was alot of greenery.

Are cops there crack down on speeding as hard as they do in the US?

Fantastic video, reminded me a lot of Metropolis Street Racer and Project Gotham Racing :D

Video game music <3 (me is a lover of this genre = VGM Otaku :D). Nice video and a appreciated series. :)

Good to see some video, Danny. But no donuts or slides through the corners? :-)

Vroom~

Looking forward to the Tokyo Drive series.
And I really enjoyed that video!
Your music choice is great too! :D

you must be driving really late at night.
there are so few cars on the road.

Wow, nice video.
Always loved the Ridge Racer music too. ^^

Wow, this is some serious stuff. I mean, really, totally blew my mind. Hypnotic stuff. And I totally loved the soundtrack.

I have a camera mount with a suction cup on it that you can affix to the window of the car - maybe a future donation from someone to Danny, perhaps? ^^

That was great fun! Can't wait to drive around there myself!
Looking forward to seeing more of these.
=)

I WANT TO BE IN JAPAN T,T

Great video, the ever-so-quite sounds of the car navi in the background really added some atmosphere to the drive video!!

cool video! really need to get my license soon >__<

I love it.
Keep on doing it.

The one thing I can't stand about the LX3 are those vertical purple lines (vertical smear) seen in the video every time you film a light source. I refuse to use the video mode when there is an intense lighting source because it makes the video look bad. I've had other cameras where the vertical smear isn't that noticeable. It's a shame that they couldn't find a way to control it better.
Oh yeah, nice video though. A different perspective from the norm. It was interesting to see how uncrowded the roads were on your drive.

Yay... luv it
near 1'45 there is a nice drift bend with the flashing arrows
near 2'00 it becomes bumpy... Is that because you used the NOS?

Great Danny, keep it going

I did the same thing when I was in Tokyo visiting my family. Took about 2 to 3 hours of video driving around all the different areas of Tokyo. Its great just to go back once in a while and revisit some areas through video. I also did it when I road the shinkansen from Tokyo to Fukuoka. AHHHHH...brings back memories.

You should run it at 2x speed. That would be interesting.

Awesome! I felt like I was cruising around with ya. I really enjoyed seeing the scenes at night in a video form.
Go Speed Danny, gooooooo! XD

This was great liked it a lot :D Also wow the scenery looks so nice and futuristic in a sense.

Roads look pretty straightforward just like any other country. However the scenery is quite different from country roads that I like. City roads here are pretty boring. I like the scenery there a lot.

Nice view, night time in Tokyo is the best. Nice music too, I wonder who ?

The streets are in good condition there. Here in Ohio, the streets are so bad. Is Tokyo really as clean as it looks? I know that when I go to about any big city in the US it just doesn't look as clean as what I have seen here on Dannychoo, Youtube, and in pictures. I also realised that you drive on the left side in Japan while in the US, you drive on the right side. Is there any other countries that you drive on the right side of the road like the US?

Enjoyed watching that. Reminds me of some Chinese cities. Looks nothing like the US. Too clean, too new. Can't wait to see Japan for myself one day.

Groovy!

It's so strange to see that driving is on the left side on the road in Japan. At the end of the video I had a "omg Danny is going on the wrong side of the road!" feeling.:) Anyway, keep them videos coming!:)

I love how when it's dark there are lights set up around bends to let you know which way it curves.

You surprise me danny,
if I had racing music playing in my car
I would've probably gone berserk and swerve, not keeping safe distances, racing people, throwing them my goody finger and all

I seen a Nissan Cube in this vid. It's weird looking but a cool car. I hope you keep doing this cause it'll give me a change to look for cool Japanese cars I wish I had. lol

Wasn't Ridge Racer the one with the super long drifts? I think I remember someone playing it on their psp.

great new series. looking forward to these videos...

I sometimes like to "drive" around various cities in Google street view, but the real thing is much more exciting, isn't it?

Do you find yourself tempted to start racing other cars with such music playing?

The traffic lights are blue!!

Nice vid, Danny

Ya know.. I've drove in england a couple of times.. but I'll still never get used to seeing traffic on that side of the road. totally boggles me..

I remember the first time I drove in england.. Was so used to my car.. I didn't get into the passenger seat looking for the steering wheel.. no.. Less tupid then that.. but not by much.

Got behind the wheel.. Gas and everything were in the right spot didn't think anything of it.. Key went in the ignition on the right side of the wheel .. seem totally normal.. till I went to put the car in gear. Had an automatic.. reached up with my right hand for the gear shift.. and found nothing.. sat there looking out the window for about four grabs for the missing gear shift.. till I looked to the left and it was by my left hand.. Looked at my dad and went.. Whoops!

Nice vid! I like how the car seems to move so smoothly.

Try doin' 398 km/h in a zone of 75 km/h

drive safety ^^;

Nice idea Danny, looking forward to your adventures!

Very very smooth driving Danny!

Agreed that the video is very smooth. Extremely smooth.

Wow, some of those roads look very confusing to navigate. I think i'll probably stick to public transport when i'm there. I would normally have thought this type of video to be boring but.. The city scape made me watch it all haha, very nice camera work too.

It's really like something from the game...it's a nice mini tour vid too...

Sometimes the boring ones can be the interesting ones. Especially for those of us who haven't been there before.

Danny Choo you are so cool! Who else would make a video of themselves riding around Japan to Ridge Racer music>>>>>>> Only you Danny Choo!! Man you inspire me so much to move to Japan! THANKS!

hmm.. I see light streaks from the light posts, happens with the LX3 as well. anyway must have been a bit annoying to hold down a camera while driving. be safe Danny. ^^

Heh...Tokyo Drive sounds like an awesome idea, but it's going to open up so many opportunities for people to criticize your driving. xD You've already got people telling you to be careful filming while driving, and people asking you if you ran a stop light.

Me? I got annoyed at the van that shows up from 1:00 to 2:24. He keeps right in front of you, and I kept urging in my head "Pass him, Danny! Pass him!"

I love to explore ^^ its feels like you bring us to roaming around Yokohama there. Roads are perfectly no bumps at all.

Is that a red light I saw you run Danny? XD. You should go and record yourself driving in the mountain passes like in Initial D. Show us some of the real courses. I think that would be awesome if you did that~! Interesting how different their road and metro system are from the US.

Awesome idea once again! Well done Mr. Choo! I'm so impressed at your website, you're a real source of inspiration.

It'll be a pleasure to follow that new serie. ^^

One thing I noticed is that in Japan there are a lot more on road markings then here in the states.

Nice,but I'm curious about how do you hold the camera in the car? ^____^

The roads seem to be very similar to various games. E.g. those arrows going around the corner flashing xD

Great new series!

i prefer buses and trains but walking is good also i prefer walking most of all coz it's a great way to see the sights around the place.

nice scenery, really looks like sceneries in racing games. =O
that'd be a nice thing to do one day... driving in tokyo at night XD

You are driving on the wrong side of the road!!! (j/k!!)
Wow there's actually a lot of kanji written on the road. Could be causing some accidents if you can't read the kanji and start thinking too hard trying to remember it, and loose phocus on the road. Or maybe I'd be the only one getting in that kind of trouble XD

Awesome! looking forward to more Danny! Have always wanted to see Japan on the fast lane ^^; But do be careful when pulling stunts like this (recording while driving) o_o.

I enjoyed it Very relaxing. Though it would be a lot cooler if you uploaded it in youtube "HD" (which is actually 480P, but still).

Nice video ^_^ I'm thinking of doing the same now XD But I'm still not good at doing two things at once while I'm driving. I wanna show a vid of me in the highway and keep looking at the speedometer going at 120-140km/h ^^;

Good music usage too.

i like to see more moped with awesome helmet..

Woah that music takes me back to when I was still at school ^^

Remember playing the R4 demo like CRAZY when I was younger (Think it was the demo anyways lol) Great idea for a vid Danny, and also retro tunes like this in the videos are always more than welcome :)

Question Danny...uhh In Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift, is it rue that if you clock over 180 Mph on your car and the police sees you..they won't bother to get you?? 0_0 Iono if its true or not but right now i find it hard ot believe XD =3

Awesome!

That's a very good idea there.
Waiting for more senery :)

I can't hold it... RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDGE RACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER... i feel better now ^^
Nice vid Danny.

Ahh, I love this series, please continue. The music is awesome, please tell us the track title.

no offense but HELLA boring lol.
does he actually read the comments?
if u do, i got a good idea for ur car drive :3

I wonder if we will see Danny driving AT&T in his trooper armor sometime soon ^_^

If you had a Z34 with full race exhaust you might not need the background music to accompany the video, hell, the video would be shortened by half, if you step on it ;)

I was damn tired when i was watching the vid, made me felt like i was floating along the roads. LOL
Very nice.

I really like this series. It would be nice if the camera could be outside the car though (on top would be best) as the windshield lowers the quality considerably.

love the Lumix LX3 camera..
the video quality is good..
i heard there will be Lumix LX4 coming..

Tokyo Rider..