Curves Magazine – Number 25: Japan

Curves – Soulful Driving is an enthusiasts magazine produced in high quality for people who are passionate about driving cars, riding motorbikes or cycling and are in search of pleasure and adventure on the road. People who want to escape the day-to-day routine and would like to fulfil an exclusive dream. It is magazine for people delight in celebrating the planning of a journey. It is for the enthusiasts and for the true believers who experience the journey in their mind before immersing themselves in the adventure itself.

Between serpentine staccato and onsen pit stops : For the latest issue of "Curves", photographer and editor Stefan Bogner spent five weeks driving all across Japan. We asked him for his tips for the perfect road trip... America was once the place of yearning for young people - and a road trip through the endless expanses of the West was a dream that was fueled by every new book, song and film. But since the new millennium, Japan has replaced the USA as the dream destination. In no other country has pop culture reached such a level of complexity. And nowhere else can you shop, dine and enjoy the latest jazz records in the world's hottest listening bars with the same sophistication as Tokyo. Given the omnipresent urban Instagram images of longing, you sometimes forget that Japan is also a wonderful travel destination for road trips - and that the island has some of the most winding dream roads in the northern hemisphere. This autumn, curve hunter and photographer Stefan Bogner was on their trail: at the wheel of a brand new Porsche Boxster in the pop-referential color "Rubystar" and two Taycan electric cars, he explored the country's world-famous but also lesser-known driving routes for the latest issue of "Curves". The magazine was produced in collaboration with Porsche Japan and will be published next spring, but in the meantime we asked Stefan for an interim report.

Language: German/Japanese