Hi All,

I've just come back from Japan ( still very jetlagged ) from what was a half work and half play "holiday".

The first week and a half was spent up on the northern island of Hokkaido - which is very beautiful and very temperate at this time of year.

On the way back I stopped in Tokyo for a few days to have some business meetings and chase up a few people. In between the boring work stuff I managed to get a few car-related fixes ( although time was short and I could not achieve all that I wanted to, as usual ). Tokyo is actually not all that nice a place to be at this time of year; its the end of the rainy season and the humidity starts becoming rather too much for weedy Englishmen like me. The only thing to do is keep cool by drinking lots of very cold Japanese beer.

Anyway, Nissan are having a bit of a busy 2003 promotions and events-wise. As part of their 70 year celebrations they have been actively promoting the Z33 and the 'sportier' models of the new Skyline range, and linking them to the company's sporting heritage. Just as I hit Tokyo they had started a week-long exhibition display at their Ginza, Tokyo HQ showrooms. This is called "SPORTS CAR GRAFFITI", and is one of a number of occasional display events that they have been having and will apparently continue to host during the rest of the year.

A number of 'sporty' models from Nissan's back catalogue were on display next to several versions of the Z33 and a couple of the new Skylines ( which I'm sorry to say I totally ignored, so can't tell you what exact models they were - except that they were badged "GT" ).

I took some photos, and Mike has kindly created a special section for them in the 2003 Events area of the Gallery here. I just uploaded 29 pics into the section, and Mike has cleared them for viewing very quickly - so you should be able to view them straight away.

Hope everyone enjoys them.

All the best for now,

Alan T.

Can we get that poster? I'd love to put that Sports Car Graffiti one in my garage!