The plan after the Lowstars Meeting in Nikko was to bolt over to Tochigi City, where a private kollection of incredible automobiles are nestled away under the roof of an old train JR (Japan Railway) station.
The ‘Mahoujin Supercar Museum’ is deceiving on first encounter; it seems like an old, unused building that has been preserved for the local community or something of that nature. But step past the ticket barriers (after you pay for admission) and what welcomes you is pretty astonishing.
The cars you are about to see are what I believe to be the pinnacle of supercar history. The 90’s machines have that perfect balance between technology and rawness, and the cars that predate that decade are pure analogue bliss.
I am sure you will spot some of your all-time favourites in this assortment…
… ‘cos I know I did when I caught this red Delta HF Integrale Evo 2 sitting in the corner of the gallery.
This 959 was at the centre of attention as this group spent some time getting excited over it
This very well-kept XJR-15 was something special 
To my surprise, according to the manager of the museum, it wears Mazda 626 corner taillights! 
An Acura NSX from the US of A, was clearly looked after because I was surprised to see such a tidy example with 100,000+ kms on the counter! 
The dudes you see gathering around that Porsche 959 arrived at the museum in a convoy, one had some kind of Mercedes 2-door coupe which didn’t peak as much of my interest as the FD2 Civic Type-R (which I probably should have chosen to rent out instead of the Integra) and the two Alfa Romeo saloons. Dare I say, the Italian 4-doors beat the heck out of the Honda with their sharp looks.
Upon exit, the owners of these cars followed behind and they got chatting after they caught me taking photos of that black 159. I vented my frustration with the rental car, so they offered to phone the company and give them a very polite, Japanese earful. Nothing came out of it really, but at least they tried. A couple of them reckoned it was a faulty crank/cam angle sensor, which I also speculated, but that wouldn’t explain the nasty throttle pedal feel.
We did compare engine bays, his was pretty much showroom-quality in comparison 
Something about the stance of this car was magnetizing
Thats all I have for this one, the visit was more of a bucket list check-off than anything, and since it happened to be along the route to our stop in Tsukuba, I thought I’d might aswell pay it a visit.
The post to follow is gonna be exciting, as you might have guessed by the aforementioned destination…
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