Ogiyahagi’s Aisha Henreki Visits One of Japan’s Largest Classic Motor Shows, Featuring a Restored Honda NSX, Rare Museum Cars, and Student Restorations

Follow a person’s car history, and you can see their life. Ogiyahagi’s Aisha Henreki: NO CAR, NO LIFE! will air on Saturday, May 16, featuring a visit to Nostalgic 2 Days, one of Japan’s largest classic motor shows, held at Pacifico Yokohama. After enjoying mainly classic-car dealer booths in the previous episode, the group goes deeper this time, visiting booths from automakers, museums, and automotive maintenance schools where future mechanics gather. Together with guest Keisuke Okada, they stroll through a lively venue packed with 180 companies and 280 classic cars. At the automaker booths, Ogi praises the seriousness of manufacturers’ heritage services, saying one car looks “just like new.” At a museum booth, a one-of-a-kind “phantom car” appears and overwhelms the group. The episode also highlights dramatic before-and-after restorations by automotive school students, who pour their passion into reviving cars that were nearly scrapped. Viewers should also watch for nostalgic interior items that will strongly appeal to the Showa generation. This week’s episode fully showcases a blissful space filled with automotive treasures. After Subaru, the group visits the Honda Heritage Works booth. Launched in April 2026, this new project is Honda’s effort to reproduce parts and restore older sports models. The first commemorative model is the legendary NSX. Seeing it restored to a shine like a brand-new car, Ogi exclaims that because it was handled by the manufacturer, there is no doubt about it: “It’s basically new!” He is so impressed by the ultimate restoration technology that he even blurts out, “Maybe I should buy it...” The episode also reveals the surprising price of this meticulously restored, almost “new” NSX. The group then visits the Toyota Automobile Museum booth from Aichi Prefecture, where they get excited over two extremely valuable one-of-a-kind cars: a Celica GT-FOUR and a Cynos exhibited at the 1995 Tokyo Motor Show. The museum director explains that the Celica GT-FOUR was a long-cherished model for Toyota and shares the story of how, in Toyota’s 22nd year of challenging the WRC, it became the first Japanese automaker to win both the manufacturers’ and drivers’ titles. A racing car that won the 2012 Fuji 6 Hours endurance race also appears. The identity of the driver who raced that car becomes another highlight. At the automotive maintenance school booth, vehicles restored with the students’ full dedication are on display. One standout is the beautiful and charming Honda Z. However, when Yahagi sees the “before” photo, he is shocked, saying it looked as if it had been illegally dumped in the mountains. The group praises the students for taking on a restoration from a near-scrap condition, and they are even more surprised to learn that it was completed in only three to four months. But what shocks them most is how the car was obtained and the astonishing cost involved. How was a rusted-out engine bay full of holes brought back to life? Along with the body restoration process, the interior’s nostalgic items, sure to excite the Showa generation, are also must-see details. Other highlights include a passion project built by ten students and a Toyopet Corona RT20. These dramatic before-and-after restorations from the brink of scrapping are genuinely moving. Don’t miss the classic cars miraculously revived by young mechanics. Program: Ogiyahagi’s Aisha Henreki: NO CAR, NO LIFE! Air time: Saturdays from 9:00 p.m. to 9:54 p.m. Broadcaster: BS Nippon TV. Cast: Ogiyahagi and Yu Ann Imai, automotive journalist. Guest: Keisuke Okada, appearing in the May 16 broadcast. The program features car-loving Ogiyahagi welcoming guests and introducing the cars they have loved throughout their lives by seeing and riding in them. Built around the idea that tracing someone’s car history reveals their life, it is a car-talk variety show.