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日米富士の高級車
I'll be back with another English post soon until then stay trued and happy wheels.日米富士の高級車。事情があって持ち主はもう既に手放しましたが、いくつかの細かい点を見てみましょう。ブレークの握りに注目。....
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Custom Yamaguchi Benny
次回この記事の日本語版を投稿します。Here is a fine customized Yamaguchi Benny, possibly a Marubeni-Yamaguchi Benny, sent in from U-san. According to U-san he fell in love with old utility bicycles due to how well they...
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カスタム山口べニー
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Midori Bicycle, Ladys Economical (Circa 1952)
次回この記事の日本語版を投稿します。Here is a nice Lady's bicycle from around 1953. The bicycle was pieced together with NOS (New Old Stock) by the proprietor of CHOJYU JITENSHA SHOKAI who back in the 1950''s used to...
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ミドリ自転車 婦人用「経済号」昭和27年
I'll be back with another English post soon until then stay trued and happy wheels.今回、ご紹介する昭和自転車は、持ち主が手放すことになりました。ご興味がある方、先ず長寿自転車商会（03-3489-0661)にお問い合わせください。〒201-0014...
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Abacus
次回、この記事の日本語版を投稿します。Here is an old Japanese abacus Part #1(abacus Part #2). I have fond memories of the abacus, or soroban in Japanese. When I first came to Japan for a brief stay back in the early...
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そろばん
次回この記事の日本語版を投稿します。古いそろばんです。昭和後期に海兵隊員として来日したころ、基地近くの個人商店ではまだそろばんを使っていました。アメリカでは見たことがないので珍しく、店主は私が確認できるように、計算後にそろばんの向きを変えてくれましたが、残念ながら当時はそろばんどころか日本語すら分かりませんでした。そろばんと昭和自転車の関連は？このそろばんをひっくり返したら、裏にあの有名の光自転車商...
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Pump
次回この記事の日本語版を投稿します。Here is a nice pump dating back well over half a century. The wonderful thing about this pump is that it was made with real materials, no synthetic materials (plastic, vinyl,...
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Mountain Day Nichibei Fuji (Part 1)
次回、この記事の日本語版を投稿します。Starting this year (2016) Japan instituted a new national holiday called Mountain Day which will be held every August 11th. So what does Mountain Day have to do with bicycles you may...
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山の日と日米富士 第1回
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Mountain Day Nichibei Fuji (Part 2)
次回この記事の日本語版を投稿します。In the previous post Mountain Day & Nichibei Fuji (Part 1) we noted that Nichbei Fuji used Mt Fuji as its trademark; the company was known to go to great lengths to design-in...
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山の日と日米富士 第2回
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号外！長寿自転車商会テレビ出演
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Mountain Day Nichibei Fuji Part 3
次回この記事の日本語版を投稿します。In the first installment Mountain Day & Nichibei Fuji (Part 1) we noted that Nichbei Fuji used Mt Fuji as its trademark; the company was known to go to great lengths to design-in...
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山の日と日米富士 （第3回）
I'll be back with another English post soon until then stay trued and happy wheels.「山の日と日米富士...
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Mountain Day Nichibei Fuji Part 4
次回この記事の日本語版を投稿します。In the first installment Mountain Day & Nichibei Fuji (Part 1) we noted that Nichbei Fuji used Mt Fuji as its trademark; the company was known to go to great lengths to design-in...
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山の日と日米冨士 第4回
I'll be back with another English post soon until then stay trued and happy wheels.「山の日と日米富士...
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超メヤム号
先日、下記の問い合わせがありました。「はじめまして。突然申し訳ありません。自転車に関してまだ初心者ではありますが、日帝工業の超メヤム号の情報なにかございませんか？近くに捨ててあるものがそうなのかと思い色々と調べているのですが、メヤム号に関してあまりにも情報が少なく困っています‥もしなにか情報ありましたら教えて頂けると幸いです。」遅くなりましたが、情報をやっと手に入れました。このカタログは何年に出版さ...
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Happy New Year! 2017 Calendar
次回この記事の日本語版を投稿します。The first Vintage Japanese Bicycle calendar I made was the 2009 Calendar (Japanese only) and thereafter it soon became an unexpected hit Cycle Sports (Japanese only). People were...
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