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Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:41 am

Anyone in Japan????

JT

Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:59 am

yes :D

Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:33 pm

Where abouts in Japan? Go to any meets? Gaijin Nihonjin?

JT

Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:39 am

はじめました。外国人です。10年前オストラリアから静岡県に参りました。も9年三島市住んで日大高校で働いている。どこのしゅしんですか。VW を輸入しますか。　まだまだ日本語が蒸すかしいからよろしくお願いいたします。

Just　in case youre a foreigner too and cant catch what I wrote, Im here in Mishima city in Shizuoka prefecture. Drop me a PM sometime.

Cheers
Dale

Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:37 pm

Hey dale,
I can check a map, but I go into IZU prefecture a lot in the summer and Shimoda area, anywhere near you? Any other VW guys around there? You go to any of the meets?

Sat Apr 08, 2006 5:15 am

Sorry for the late reply. Yep Mishima is at the neck of the Izu peninsula. Are you in the service at Gotenba? Not much of a bus scene here although there is a bit of a following in Yokohama. They often meet though its a bit far off for me. Look at a few of the local VW magazines or check with a shop. They'd know best when something is on. I always seem to find out too late. Catch ya round.

Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:16 pm

is that guy on here that lives in palisades park NJ? i met you on saturday with your GF at englishtown. i think your name was toku?

e.mail me!

Sun Apr 16, 2006 3:36 am

Ok cool....

Nah im actually in Yokohama. Prior military, but im a civilian now.

My wife likes to hit the Gotemba mall up there and I did some racing at Fuji Speedway back in the day.

Cool, maybe sometime we can hook up..

Laters
JT

Fri May 19, 2006 11:29 pm

Just read your posts, great. My wife is from Shizuoka (Fujieda) we go there a couple times or more per year, a couple weeks or more at a time. Spent eight years in the Navy in/out of Japan all the time. Been out of the service since 94'

Will look you guys up next trip over. Take care.

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Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:21 am

Plan to be spending some time w/ the "new" bus down at Kisami-Ohama beach near the Sunny Side and Ernest house... you guys still get down there?

Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:33 am

My bug isnt up for driving yet. After I get back from Vacation I will finish it up, looks like it will be ready for winter time.

Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:44 am

Hey,

I'm a gaijin in Japan too. I haven't logged in here for a while.

I live in Toyama-ken (opposite side, near nagano, ishikawa, niigata...), been here for 4 years, been driving my Beetle for 2 (but I'm a Thing chick at heart, that's what I have at home in Canada-land).

I recently did a road trip to Wakkanai, Hokkaido, with three road bikes strapped to the roof rack. Three blond girls in a red Beetle in Northern Japan...

We have a show coming up in Toyama on Sept 10: Volkswagen Meeting 2006- sponsored by Bug Works.

I was in Kawagoe, Saitama-ken in June for a swap meet and have been to a couple other events, but I want MORE!!!

p.m. me if you'd like my contact info, it's always great to meet new people over here.

Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:20 am

My beetle is my daily driver -year round.
Life is good in Japan!

winter snowboarding:
that's mine on the left, and my friend Kazz's on the right.

beach parties:

VW parties:

my students love it!!:

road trips (went to Hokkaido this summer):

Events!!

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2121606322

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2104379238

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2105635633

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4145730093

here are some shots from the shop where I bought my car and some other random VWs around Toyama City:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4286339781

other albums:

Tokyo Motor Show 2003
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4288636549

Tokyo Motor Show 2005
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2117851872

Motor Car Museum of Japan
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4287119961

Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:03 am

thingchick wrote: My beetle is my daily driver -year round.
Life is good in Japan!

winter snowboarding:
that's mine on the left, and my friend Kazz's on the right.

beach parties:

VW parties:

my students love it!!:

road trips (went to Hokkaido this summer):

Events!!

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2121606322

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2104379238

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2105635633

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4145730093

here are some shots from the shop where I bought my car and some other random VWs around Toyama City:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4286339781

other albums:

Tokyo Motor Show 2003
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4288636549

Tokyo Motor Show 2005
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2117851872

Motor Car Museum of Japan
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4287119961

Hello, I am from the Philippines and you have a nice beetle. And Cool group too! :D :o :lol: :P :)

Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:02 am

what a nice....japan....im from malaysia...im drive 74 bug...

Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:20 am

i'm in okinawa. i'm new to the forum as well. i haven't seen too many vw's here, but there are the micro-bus conversions rolling around.

Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:32 am

Hi all. Been living in Japan a while (over 10-years), but just got (back) into the ACVW scene. Bought a '75 1200LS Beetle a few months back (Red one like thingchick's). Still adjusting to the differences between LHD and RHD.

Anyone know a good junkyard for classic VW parts in Japan?

AshMan40

Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:32 am

thingchick wrote: winter snowboarding:
that's mine on the left, and my friend Kazz's on the right.

I went to Japan for a month while I was in the Army (25th ID - 2nd Brgd. - Hawaii). Can't remember the name of the base we stayed at but there was a really cool Beetle that looked just like your friend Kazz's! There was a very nice view of Mt. Fuji. That and the cool Beetle is about all I can remember from that time. Oh and also the Sake shots... ewww! :o

Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:40 pm

Sorry to drag up an old post, but if anyone can translate something for me from Japanese to English, please send me a PM. It's very short, and yes, it is VW related. It's still in kanji? form, so I can't just type it into an online translator. Thanks,

Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:57 pm

I can try...send me a pm.