Japanese domestic market
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JDM originally refers to the Japanese domestic market, but in car culture it is also used for Japanese cars, domestic-market specifications, tuning, and related automotive culture.
In this encyclopedia, JDM is treated as part of Ko Yamasaki's interest in cars and machines.
Ko Yamasaki and cars[edit]
Yamasaki is interested in road cars and car culture alongside Formula One.
He played with Tomica and Plarail as a child, but does not identify a single starting point for his car interest. The interest became stronger after he began driving, when cars became machines he could operate directly.
For the main biographical article, see Ko Yamasaki.
Manual transmission[edit]
He especially likes manual-transmission cars.
Operating the accelerator, clutch, and shifter produces a stronger sense of controlling a machine. This is an important element in understanding his car interest.
Design[edit]
Yamasaki does not only like new cars.
He is attracted to modern performance cars such as the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, but also to older, angular designs such as the Volkswagen Golf Mk2.
Representative interests[edit]
The Porsche 911 GT3 RS represents interest in contemporary high-performance engineering, where aerodynamic parts and track-oriented design visibly shape the car.
The Volkswagen Golf Mk2 represents interest in simpler, boxier, older design. The two are different, but both have a clear mechanical character.
Motorcycles[edit]
His interest is not limited to four-wheeled cars.
Yamasaki has a motorcycle license and is interested in owning a motorcycle in the future. Compared with a car, a motorcycle places the body and machine closer together.
Machines[edit]
Yamasaki's car interest is less about collecting a specific brand and more about operating machines.
This partially overlaps with his interest in computers and electronic devices. The current explanation in this encyclopedia is provisional: he has liked machines for a long time.[citation needed]
