Mar, 17_2026 / Patryk Kościelniak / 3 min read

Łomianki - Tokyo

Luftgekühlt Tokyo 2026 is one of the most unusual automotive events you can experience in Tokyo. This year the event took place on a closed section of the K&K elevated expressway in the district of Ginza, transforming a piece of city infrastructure into a spectacular open-air gallery of classic Porsche.

Yellow Porsche 993 GT2 and blue 993 parked side by side on the elevated expressway with crowd watching — Two 993s, one expressway. Ginza never looked this good on a Saturday

Even the first frames from this place are incredible. It is a celebration of the so-called "fans", meaning air-cooled Porsche. The Japanese went completely crazy for this event and brought their amazing cars. Perfectly prepared machines, detailed down to the smallest element, filled the elevated road and created a view that for fans of cars like the Porsche 911 is simply a dream.

Dark green lowered Porsche 964 with Keen Customs stand behind in Ginza sunlight — The Japanese don't just preserve these cars. They perfect them

Four hours on the expressway

The first group of cars entered the venue at 10:00. At 12:00 the event opened for visitors with open tickets. The whole event lasted four hours until 16:00. During that time you could see some of the best air-cooled Porsche in Japan.

Yellow Porsche 964 Carrera 2 rear view on the expressway with Ginza buildings behind — Carrera 2, Speed Yellow, plate number 964. Some owners don't leave anything to chance

Why Tokyo?

But this story starts a little earlier and a little wider. Because we simply love Japan. We love the night highways, the street car culture and the legends of Japanese motoring. We love the Kanjo scene around the Osaka Loop Line and the wild Honda Civic running through the city at night. We love the style of Bosozoku, sushi, the neon lights of the city and the films of Takeshi Kitano, whom Łukasz is completely obsessed with.

Silver Porsche 964 with anime graffiti livery and woman in traditional kimono sitting next to it on the expressway — Anime on the bodywork, kimono on the tarmac. Only in Tokyo does this make perfect sense

So the question appears. Do we really have to travel all the way to Tokyo to see cars from Stuttgart? Shouldn't we rather be chasing a police Nissan GT-R or looking for a legendary rally icon like the Subaru Impreza?

And yet we come here to Tokyo to see Porsche.

Early Porsche 911 with full carbon fibre bonnet from above showing frog-eye headlights — Full carbon, zero apologies. Someone rebuilt this long-hood their way

Blue Porsche 964 Carrera 2 rear view on the expressway with Ginza buildings and crowd — Nobody's in a rush. That's the whole point

The Łomianki connection

There is also a Polish thread in this story. Jarek Sekuna, whose last name sounds surprisingly Japanese, came here to Tokyo to see Porsche in their most iconic form.

Silver Porsche 993 front three-quarter view with red 911 behind at Luftgekühlt Tokyo — Silver 993 up front, a red 911 behind. The expressway turns into a timeline

This is the same Sekuna who has small blue toy cars sold across Japan with the proud inscription "Łomianki" on their blue paint. Łomianki is a small town near Warsaw in Poland. You could say it is a little like Chiba, just smaller and without Tokyo Disneyland.

Right there in Łomianki, Sekuna is currently building projects number 13 and 14 of the legendary RAUH-Welt Begriff series. The founder of the brand, Akira Nakai, also known as Nakai-san, has created the largest concentration of RWB cars in one place there.

Silver Porsche 993 front view with yellow road sign and industrial building behind — Wide hips, factory wheels, and nowhere to be

Red Porsche 911 Carrera rear view on the expressway with Fujiya sign and Ginza skyline — Guards Red, the Fujiya sign, and an afternoon that doesn't want to end

After dark

That is why events like Luftgekühlt in Tokyo are more than just a car show. They are meetings of people from different countries who are willing to travel to the other side of the world just to spend a few hours looking at cars, listening to stories and feeling that they belong to the same global community of automotive enthusiasts.

Green early Porsche 911 rear at night on Tokyo street with roof rack and plaid blanket — Roof rack, plaid blanket, midnight Tokyo. This one lives the way it was meant to

White Porsche 930 Turbo front three-quarter at night with Yokohama plate reading 930 — 930 Turbo, Yokohama plates, midnight quiet. The streets empty, the flat-six still warm