I'm Seiya, a JDM photographer based in Tokyo. Since 2023 I've been going out to Daikoku PA at night to photograph the cars that gather there — and posting what I find to @stututu_club_tokyo_, which now has 33,000 followers.
The tours came later, and they came from a problem I kept running into. People would message me from overseas asking the same thing: I'm coming to Tokyo — how do I actually see this?
It's a fair question with an annoying answer. Daikoku PA is inside a highway interchange. You can't walk in. There's no train station, no ticket booth, no schedule. Taxi drivers often refuse the route or don't understand where you mean. And even if you get there, the meetups don't run on a timetable — some nights the place is packed, some nights it's nearly empty, and knowing the difference takes time on the ground.
I'd already spent that time. So I started taking people with me.
I want to be straight about what this is, because the difference matters and it's the reason people book.
A tour company sends a driver who follows a route. I'm not doing that. I go to Daikoku anyway — most weeks, whether or not anyone has booked. When you come along, you're joining something that already exists rather than watching a version staged for visitors.
That has a practical upside and an honest downside.
The upside: I know which nights are worth going, which entrance to use, when the police are likely to clear the lot, and how to behave so that owners are happy to show you their cars instead of walking away. That knowledge only comes from turning up repeatedly for three years.
The downside: I can't promise you a specific car, or a specific number of cars. Nobody can. Daikoku has no organiser and no guest list. What I can promise is that we go on the nights that give you the best odds, and that if the lot is quiet I know where the scene has moved to instead.
I pick you up in Shinjuku at 19:30, and for the next three hours you're in the passenger seat of a JDM car — a GT-R, a Silvia, a Supra, an RX-7, depending on what you've booked. We go to Daikoku PA and to two other spots that matter, and I explain what you're looking at as we go.
Because I'm a photographer, the photography isn't an afterthought. I know where the light is at each stop, which angles make the cars look like they do on Instagram, and how to shoot a moving car from another car. You keep everything I take. Most guests tell me afterwards that the photos were the part they didn't expect.
You don't drive. You don't need a Japanese licence or an International Driving Permit. You just need to be in Shinjuku at 19:30.
Most of the people I take out fall into one of three groups: someone who grew up on Initial D or Gran Turismo and wants to see the real thing; a car person who'd feel silly flying to Japan and not seeing the scene; or a photographer who wants shots they can't get at home.
It's a poor fit if you want a guaranteed lineup of specific cars, or if you're expecting a driving experience. Say so before you book and I'll tell you honestly whether it's worth your money.
Me — Seiya, a Tokyo-based JDM photographer shooting at Daikoku PA since 2023. I run the Instagram account @stututu_club_tokyo_ (33,000 followers) and I guide the tours personally.
Yes. This isn't a sightseeing company that added a car tour. I've been going to Daikoku regularly since 2023 and photographing it the whole time.
No. It's a passenger experience — you ride, I drive. No Japanese licence or International Driving Permit required.
English and Japanese. Most guests are international visitors, so the tour usually runs in English.
Yes, all of them. Shooting is what I do anyway, and guests are welcome to post whatever they like.
WhatsApp is fastest — I usually reply within a few hours, and I'm happy to answer questions without any expectation that you book.
WhatsApp / Phone: +81 80-6707-1012
Email: seiya@hiteup.com
Instagram: @stututu_club_tokyo_
Three hours, Shinjuku pickup at 19:30, from ¥15,000 per person. No payment until we've talked.
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