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I don’t remember how long it took to get there because they made a detour to show us the infamous Kanjo Loop, a spot on the highway where a lot of late night racing occurs, before we finally got to the shop. This was the scene when we arrived at the shop. Posted out front was Taku Kusugami’s EK and Masashi Kameoka’s brand new Toyota Mark X. If you’ve followed them here on the sight closely, you’ll remember that he had a Mark X before but it was the previous generation. He also had the same set of Work Meister S1 wheels that were stolen awhile back. He liked the wheels so much that when he picked-up a new Mark X, he decided to get the same wheels. Hopefully he has better luck with them this time around…

After we exchanged pleasantries with our Japanese friends, I walked inside to see what was going on. Towards the back of the shop were these three Civics; to the far left was Yasutaka Shimomukai’s EG6, in the middle was Kazuya Kamashima’s Civic Ferio project, and on the right up on the lift is shop owner Atuki Tubouti’s EG6 hatchback. All were under serious construction…

Parked in front of the trio was Toshiyuki Yanagi’s Honda Integra Type R, completely re-created to resemble a USDM-spec Integra with aggressive CCW Classic wheels. While the stance might not be for everyone, you have to agree that it is a good representation of what an Integra in the U.S. would look like if built to current trends. The only difference is that many over here wouldn’t attempt to do what he did with an ITR, but hey, ITRs are more commonplace over there so it was a good platform for them to start a project with…

Under the carbon hood is a neatly tucked engine bay with the original B18C motor. The bay has also been re-sprayed in grey. Nothing really crazy added, just a carbon fiber whale penis intake and JASMA header…

The interior matches the same grey tone as the bay, with a ton of fab work by Atuki Tubouti…

All the metal work performed in the shop on all the cars is done by Atuki. He’s a fabricator that not only does metal work, he also does custom audio components, and as you will see later on, all the shelving upstairs in their show room…

They’ve taken quite a liking to CCWs and have even developed a pretty good relationship with Dan from CCW. They carry a couple of their wheels at the shop and I think they are one of the distributors for their product over there…

On the dash, Yanagi aka “Kichi-Gay” is reppin’ the Super Street decal on his dash. A couple days after our visit to Tactical Art, the Super Street guys actually came and shot the car for the magazine…
Now let’s take a look at the three Civics…

I haven’t realy communicated with the Tactical Art guys much since our trip to Vegas so I really had no idea what they were up to lately. One project that I was really surprised to see was Kazuya Kawashima’s new Ferio project. For reference purposes, this was his previous project, a Honda StepWGN…

There haven’t been any modifications to the exterior yet and I highly doubt that the Mugen MR5s will stay on the car other than to keep the car upright temporarily…

Replacing the headlight on the driver’s side was a custom made headlight air intake scoop….I believe this was the old scoop that was previously on Atuki’s EG6…

Inside the repainted engine bay is a B16B CTR motor…

The motor has also been refinished and the block has been repainted a fresh coat of silver…

The custom-fabbed cage inside the Ferio… I was happy to be able to see these cars in progress because it’ll help me appreciate the cars more when they are finished…

Really like the dimple died panel under the rear windshield/trunk section…

Another angle of the cage through the passenger window…

Up on the lift was Atuki’s personal EG6, which he lowered down to the ground for us to check-out…If you have forgotten which Civic this was, CLICK HERE to see an older photo of it before the current transformation…

I don’t recall what motor was in the car but it should be the same B18C block/B16A head that was in it before, with the exception of the added individual throttle bodies…
This is strictly a track car so normal headlights aren’t important. Instead you’ll find Password:JDM carbon fiber headlight ducts on each side…

The individual throttles on Atuki’s EG… One thing that I’ve noticed about their engine bays is that they haven’t really gone the route of tucking and creating their own brake lines yet. I don’t know if they plan to do this or not but considering how much progress they’ve made lately, I don’t see why they wouldn’t…

Atuki was already running a pretty wide wheel up front before with spaced-out OEM fenders so these aggressive Work Meister S1s shouldn’t really be a surprise. I think the specs are similar to his old SSR SP3Rs. If I remember correctly, these S1s are 16×9 +11 and mounted to 225/45 Yokohama Advan A050…

While I thought the SP3Rs looked good, Meister S1 wheels have always been one of my favorites so I really like the new look…

The interior used to be white but has since been repainted. He also had a custom made fiberglass dash that was currently sitting upstairs in the show room…

Another look at this ITBs…


His Civic was already fully-caged before but he actually cut it all out and redid the entire cage…

The third Civic, belonging to Yasutaka Shimomukai, has seen the least amount of progress out of the trio. This EG will go through a complete rebuild once the other two are finished. You guys should be familiar with how his car looked before, but HERE is a reference photo…

I walked upstairs real quick to drink some coffee and spotted Beeyan Hamada hanging out with his Chronicles hoodie on…

A look outside as I made my way back downstairs…

Framed by the staircase was Taku’s Super Street cover that had been blown-up and framed…If you take a closer look you’ll notice that whoever printed it took the liberty of adding their own personal touches…

One more look at the Tactical Art trio…

…and another of Kazuya’s bay and B16B engine…

Here you can really see the width of Atuki’s 16×9 Work S1s…

Quick shot of Taku’s EK. I really wanted to get better shots of the car but it was raining and darker than Wesley Snipes outside. I borrowed Yasutaka’s tripod but was still pretty limited to what I could do out on the street…

I managed to drag one of their work lights outside real fast and was able to get this shot…The white fluorescent lighting coming from the right of the EK is actually from a vending machine outside the shop…


…a Gun Grey Metallic BNR32 Skyline GT-R. It was just sitting there in the parking lot with a couple of other cars scattered throughout. No big deal, just one of the best Japanese sports cars ever engineered…

The only way to make an R32 GT-R better, of course, is to add the timeless combination of bronze Volk TE37s and the signature blue hue of an Endless big brake kit. This thing was just lovely. I think we were all in awe of it, even our Japanese friends who probably see cars like this regularly. We all stopped to take pictures of it and I’m sure had the owner appeared, he would have been a little shocked to see the crowd that had formed around his vehicle…

Parked inconspicuously next to it was an FD2 Civic Type R…It looked to also be in “winter mode” as the stock FD2 wheels were mounted on it but the suspension had obviously been raised in the front compared to the lower rear…

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