Wekfest Japan Draws 500 Curated Cars to Nagoya for Golden Week
From a widebody FD RX-7 to an ADRO-kitted A90 Supra, this year's show reinforced why Wekfest's Japan stop still matters to a scene it helped export.
Wekfest Japan filled Port Messe Nagoya's 20,160-square-meter exhibition hall during Golden Week, with roughly 500 cars selected for display out of a much larger applicant pool — Wekfest's entry process screens for completeness, functionality, purpose, and design before a build even makes the floor. Standout entries included a green Mazda RX-7 FD3S with a GT-style widebody built by "Tani-san," a BMW M4 Convertible on 20-inch Volk Racing TE37 Saga S-Plus wheels, and a modified 1970s/80s Nissan Hakosuka from Obayashi Factory.
Two builds leaned on the same aftermarket source for their widebody work: a Toyota GR Yaris and a Toyota GR86, both wearing full ADRO Inc. carbon-fiber kits, alongside a green ADRO-kitted A90 Supra — three different platforms, one shop's design language stamped across all of them.
Wekfest itself started as a small parking-garage show in San Francisco in 2008 and has since grown into one of the most respected stance and JDM show franchises on both sides of the Pacific, running a full US touring circuit alongside stops like this one in Japan. Nearly two decades in, the format — no trophies for loudest exhaust, just a jury looking hard at finish and intent — hasn't really changed.
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