The scene at Makuhari Messe on November 19th, 2017 was filled with classic America lowriders with hip-hop music pumping throughout venue with plenty of half-naked women posing beside the car exhibits.
To describe the custom cars on display at the Lowrider Super Show as simply vehicles would come nowhere close to conveying the elaborate expenditure of their designs.
The Lowrider Super Show is the biggest event of the year for Japan’s lowrider community. More than 100 vehicles fill the floor of the Makuhari Messe exhibition center in Chiba Prefecture, representing 40 car clubs and shops from around the country.
A lowrider is an American-made car — generally a Chevrolet or a Cadillac — that has been altered to lower the body so that it is close to the ground. The cars are then fitted with hydraulics to allow them to be raised or lowered at the driver’s command, and customized with distinctive paint, intricate patterns and a kaleidoscope of other modifications.
