“YOKOHAMA CAR SESSION-Car Life for Young People”

On Sunday 20 March 2024, an event called “YOKOHAMA CAR SESSION-Car Life for Young People” was held for the first time at the Yokohama, where car lovers under 35 years old gathered regardless of their car’s nationality or year, and a colorful one-day car museum The event was organized by three young people in their twenties. We asked the three young people in their twenties who organized the event how they made it happen.

He met fellow car enthusiasts of his generation

The plaza is filled with a colorful array of cars. In the square, where 105 cars of various nationalities, years, and makes were lined up, “Thank goodness it’s sunny!” One of the organizers of the event “YOKOHAMA CAR SESSION”, 26-year-old Kazuki Goto, smiled broadly.

Mr. Goto fell in love with the beautiful yet functional design of Giugiaro’s designs and chose the Isuzu Piazza as his first car in his first year as a working adult. Since then, he has made many car friends as he has enjoyed various car events, and has met two car enthusiasts of the same generation, Hirotaka Honda (29), owner of a Citroen BX, and Daisuke Kono (27), who brought his Honda S2000 to the event. The friendship with these two men was stimulating.

“When I started hanging out more and more with these two guys who had been enjoying the car hobby since their school days, I felt like I was behind the times ”

A Trio of 20-somethings who grew up in Yokohama planned an event

While Goto-san says he started playing with cars a little late, Honda-san, who has been a BX enthusiast for 11 years counting from his previous BX, is well-versed in the mechanics and has taken care of most of the problems with his beloved car himself, keeping it in excellent condition. Kono-san, who is also a member of the university’s automobile club, has a brilliant history of 12 cars and is already actively enjoying his car hobby as an organizer of other events.

“When I started to think that I wanted to use my youth to create events that I could enjoy with my friends, I asked Kono if he would like to hold an event in his hometown of Yokohama.”

Mr. Goto said. Then Mr. Kono initially replied, “It would be nice if we could do it”. Then Mr. Honda joined in, it became “Let’s do it!”.