I went to Mitsuoka Jidosya Co.,Ltd today. This company is making many individual cars and my favorite car maker.

Especially a small-size mini car is about the same size as that of a motorbike. It is suitable for cities like Tokyo which are crowded.

It is recommended for people living in a  big city as welll as small island country side; and a must for every vehicle lover.

http://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/

Here are some pictures of mini cars from Mitsuoka.

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I will go out for camping with my family on Saturday and Sunday last week. I will however try to come back soon to help you in the Japanese car auction next week. I may not be able to reply your mails on Saturday and Sunday.

I feel Canada is better for camping than Japan. Robert one of my customers and good friend from Canada had sent me his pictures of landcruiser they used for camping. I want to go to Canada by all means and enjoy camping there.

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All used car auctions in Japan are having holiday this week.

Everything basically becomes a rest in Japan as for the time of Obon festival during summer vacation.

Obon(Bon Festival)
This is a In Buddhist event occurring from the 13th to 16th of August to hold a memorial service to the spirits of ancestors. Because the spirits of the dead are said to return at this time, fires are lit at the entrances to homes so the spirits do not lose their way, and, in addition to lanterns being lit inside homes, the Buddhist home alters are tidied up and vegetables and fruit are set out as offerings. And when bon is over, the spirits are sent on their way. This is called the escorting of the spirits and fires to speed their seeing off are lit at entrances of homes and offerings are floated on rivers and the ocean.

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Last Thursday we had a meeting at JUMVEA Tokyo about how to export cars from Japan to used cars auctions in UK on a regular basis.

The main members of this UK auction project committee were as follows

AUTO BELL JAPAN

AUTO SQUARE

AUTO UNIC

BEST TRADING

FUKUDA TRADING

HERO TRADING

IWAKI ALL

NISHIKAWADA

NSS INTERNATIONAL

PINE PLAIN

PROGRESS

RAMA DBK

SANSEI SHOKAI

TRAFFIC

YOKOHAMA TRADING

After the meeting,  we had some discussions about the Japanese car export business over few drinks.  It was followed by a second meeting at Roppongi with Mr.Mituhashi ( President of Yokohama Trading) and Mr.Takeda (President of Auto Square). I could get some valuable insights from them about the car export business.

Normally I work for over 15 hours everyday, but I learned that Mr.Takeda used to work for more hours when he established his company. He is a really excellent president. He is a president who can command respect by his results.

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