Sunday, July 16, 2006

toy cars

There is very little area for parking in Japan. The streets are about 5 feet wide and those are the 2 lane streets! Most of the Japanese people drive small, energy efficient cars because they are easy to park and less expensive to drive. Of course, there are some SUVs but you hardly ever see a big truck. They are mostly used for commercial reasons. There are lots of bicycles, motorcycles, and scooters. The scooters are really fancy and quite expensive, but you see them everywhere. Carlos brought his motorcycle and is taking his driving course to get his motorcycle license today and I've been riding my bike a lot.

This is my favorite. They are in metallic pastels. Real cute!

I love this one.







There tiny "suvs" are real popular.






This is our car. Just can't do better than a Honda.








1 comment:

Cory said...

I taught in Japan a few years ago, and these little cars were the most amazing I have ever seen...like tonka toys. Was there one month, great classes, great students,beautiful temples....you have brought back many wonderful memories.
Thank you for sharing.
Cory