hi folk,

i'll be traveling to japan (tokyo) area and HK. does anyone from these area know where i can visit some aftermarket MINI parts.... please pm me with info.

thanks!

 

Did you ever get any answers? I lived in Japan 3 years during graduate school, pre-Mini, but would love to hear about shops etc., as I go back there fairly often.

 

One of the NAM members/vendors (Japanese) just moved back, if I could only remember his name. He has a shop over there. I go back (Tokyo) once a year as well, let us know your findings.

 

I have no idea about where this is compared to where you'll be....but if you are near this shop, it has some of the best MINI's i have seen from a japan tuner (i research the japan mini sites a lot)

http://www.bond-mini.jp/

 

Same question guys!

Am off to Tokyo for a week on Sunday and would like to know where I can experience and perhaps acquire for my precious (not my girlfriend, will get her a book on origami) a bit of JDM Mini Culture, particularly slightly used PlayMini exhausts, custom gear *****, slightly soiled 'after a hot lap in a MINI' underwear and other essential accessories.....

Thanks RallyMini for Bond Mini. Will check them out if they are in Tokyo or close by.

Cheers!

 

If you want to visit around TOKIO, I suggest you to go those shops.

Saclam(part of mugen?)
http://www.saclam.com/

AUTOBACKS ASM YOKOHAMA
http://www.autobacs-asm.com/

 

Have been to Japan. Not much in Tokyo tbh. There's Bond mini, but that's abit far out of town. Minimania is in Yokohama (abt 1 - 2 hrs by Shinkansen). Alternatively there's a nice big shop on Osaka. It's at Esaka train station but abit of a fair walk. 30 mins walk I think. It's called Mini Delta. I don't know whether they're still around, but I went there abt a year ago.

 

Hmmm...

Well, I managed to drop in on the Mini Mania guys while I was over there. One of the guys speaks excellent english so he is best to deal with if you cannot speak Japanese (not sure if any of the guys are fluent in Cantonese/Mandarin). Their show room is shared with the Alpina show room - which is a cool treat, but it would not be so easy to get to. They are based in Yokohama, but it is only about a 30min train ride from Shibuya (where I stayed the night).

If you get in touch with them they are quite friendly and (after my mate mentioned that I was after a camshaft) actually came to the train station and drove us back to the shop - as well as driving us back to the train station in their compnay S!

Awesome fun!

 

old thread but oh well..

http://www.mini-delta.com

any others out there? just looking for different stuff..