Posts Tagged ‘osaka’

Serious Parking Issue for All Drivers in Japan

Monday, October 1st, 2007

I cannot imagine how many people living far apart from Japan have ever visited Japan.
Once you are in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, I think you would find it is so messy town because now we have to share so much narrow space with other people due to the highest population density around the big cities as well as Osaka and Nagoya, which are the other biggest cities. (more…)

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It’s getting hot in Tokyo !!

Thursday, May 19th, 2005

It’s getting hot here in Tokyo and in recent years heat in Tokyo is abnormal. Perhaps, the sultriness equals tropical countries like Thailand and the Philippines. Today’s temperature was 28 degrees.

The most farthest used car auction house in the north of Japan is in Sapporo, Hokkaido and the farthest one in the south is in Fukuoka.

Though Japan is a small country, the labor costs here are the highest in the world. Therefore, costs of transporting a car by land within Japan is considerably high. (more…)

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My trip to Russia

Sunday, May 8th, 2005

I’m back from my business trip to Russia.Well, overall the trip was fruitful, but I had some problems. First one was due to the fact I that I was not able to speak or understand Russian, which leads to a communication barrier. Russians don’t understand English much, and my only mode of communication was through one of my Russian friends.

An unpleasant experience I faced was I was taken by the police in their car while I was waiting for a taxi. I was questioned with full body and baggage check and released. But when I returned to my hotel room I discovered that the police had stolen my cash in the bag while they searched my baggage. (more…)

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How we can ship trucks in parts?

Friday, April 22nd, 2005

Today Mr. Shiotsu, President of Shiotsu Auto Trade visited me in our new office. He was on his way home to Osaka from his business trip to Malaysia. We then discussed how we could ship Japanese used trucks into parts to countries which do not allow import of used vehicles. You can have a look at some ways how we shipped trucks by cutting them into manageable parts. Soon, we are planning to ship some trucks to Russia in this manner.

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