Marc Holstein might be German, but he’s a massive fan of Japanese culture—and an even bigger fan of Japan’s spellbinding motorcycle scene. The ace photographer splits his time between Frankfurt and Tokyo, is a regular face at the uber-popular Mooneyes show, and has been behind the workshop doors of some of Japan’s most enigmatic custom builders.
Marc’s latest adventure took him two hours northeast of Tokyo, to the picture-perfect coastal town of Oarai for the annual Oarai Sun Beach Sand Flat’s race weekend.
Now in its second year, the Oarai Sun Beach Sand Flat’s event is a throwback to the American beach racing of the 1940s. A couple of hundred vintage bikes and cars descend upon the sunny beach town for the weekend, kicking up sand and flirting with the Pacific surf on a 1/10th-mile track, while scores of spectators cheer them on.…