JCCS 2026 is this Saturday: what Nissan and Z fans should know

Quinn Walton

Oct 1

3 min read

ZCON may be over, but Nissan enthusiasts have another major date arriving almost immediately.

The 21st annual Japanese Classic Car Show takes over Marina Green Park in Long Beach, California, on Saturday, October 3, bringing one of the country’s largest gatherings of vintage Japanese machinery back to the waterfront.

For Datsun and Nissan fans, there is an additional reason to pay attention this year: Nissan’s new Z Kaze concept is heading directly from its ZCON debut to JCCS.

The basics

Former Nissan Chief Product Specialist Hiroshi Tamura will appear at JCCS 2026 as a special guest and member of the Shokunin judging panel. Photo: Nissan

JCCS runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Marina Green Park, 386 E. Shoreline Drive in Long Beach.

Organizers say the show will bring together nearly 500 classic Japanese cars and motorcycles, ranging from preserved originals to modified builds. Nissan is among the Japanese manufacturers participating in the event.

Advance adult admission is currently listed at $20, rising to $25 on the day of the show. Children under 12 are admitted free with an adult.

One practical warning for anyone driving in: JCCS says the Long Beach Convention Center will not be available for spectator parking this year. The organizer instead lists the PIKE parking structure and other public parking facilities as options.

The Z Kaze gets an encore

The most obvious Z-specific attraction is the Z Kaze concept unveiled by Nissan at ZCON last week.

Built as a passion project by Nissan product planners and designers, Kaze modifies the current Z with a custom-engineered removable T-top roof and a collection of deliberate ’90s tuner references.

That includes restored 18-inch NISMO LMGT2 wheels, NISMO suspension components and GReddy hardware for the twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6. Nissan has not announced a production version, and officially describes Kaze as a concept vehicle not available for purchase.

After displaying the car at ZCON through September 26, Nissan specifically named JCCS on October 3 as its next stop.

If you missed it in Phoenix, Long Beach is round two.

More than one headline car

Kaze will inevitably attract cameras, but treating JCCS as a one-car event would miss the point.

The show has spent two decades documenting the transition of Japanese cars from inexpensive used machinery into an enthusiast culture with its own serious preservation movement. For Datsun fans in particular, that means the interesting cars are often just as likely to be found in the owner rows as under a manufacturer tent.

Early Zs, Roadsters, vintage Skylines, old Nissan sedans and pickups all fit naturally into a show built around Japanese automotive history rather than a single model or generation.

JCCS is also hosting the 15th annual Japanese Classic Motorcycle Show within the event.

For anyone following The Z Hub after ZCON, the timing makes this year’s show especially interesting. Nissan has just spent a week openly celebrating Z heritage with enthusiasts, and one of the clearest physical expressions of that effort is now rolling directly into one of America’s most established Japanese-classic gatherings.

Not a bad encore for one week.