Cal Flavor 2012

Had the pleasure of going to Japan again.. This time for Cal Flavor in Nagoya Japan. Good times!

Japan Trip - Nagoya

I have been wanting to take a trip to Japan for a few years now. This year it finally happened! The fellas at Local Hero Japan picked me up from the airport in Nagoya and took me to a few shops before we headed to Yokohama for the 20th Annual Mooneyes Hot rod & Custom Show..

Our first stop was Nico's shop..

The next morning Nico's wife made us a very delicious Japanese breakfast.

There are a lot of cool tunnels in Nagoya, and the roads are smooth (good for scrapin)

One of the shops we visited in Nagoya was Paradise Road, I had the pleasure of shooting Junichi's "Galaxian." As soon as we were done shooting Junichi took us to eat some very good (and cheap) sushi

They kept having me try different stuff. I think I liked every single thing I tried.

Junichi's 63 Impala is not your average Japanese daily driver...

We ended our stay in Nagoya by driving down with Nico in his 39 Master Deluxe to Yokohama... More photos soon... -Juan

Juan Hancock

A couple nights ago my brother and I layed out 30 Bomba books to autograph and ship to Japan. Call me arrogant, but in the last few years I've gotten used to autographing my name. It used to be very weird to me that people would want my autograph, it took a long time but now I find it very flattering.
My autograph is pretty unique, I think. My brother claims that he helped me come up with it... Maybe he did but I don't remember. I think I came up with it on my own. Either way I dig it.

It's a "J" a roman numeral "2" and an "E"

Special thanks to Junichi at Paradise Road for ordering 30 Bomba Books and spreading Deadend Magazine in Japan!

http://www.paradiseroad.net/

Paz!
-Juan