Japan 99 Trip - Including 10th Anniversary Event at Miyoshi 10 Oct 1999
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'Me' in 500,000th Roadster (one of 6 !!!!?)
Roadster airfix kit
Gillian with Mazda Le Mans car
The group of us at the Mazda Museum with Tom Matano
The only battery powered Roadster/MX-5
Gillian signing 10th A.E. Roadster (to be lacquered & kept in the museum)
'Me' signing the 10th A.E. Roadster
Tom records Roadster for posterity
M Coupe & Speedster prototypes shipped from California for the event
Britain (& Belgium & California) stakes it's claim
Tim attaching Owners Club sticker under the bonnet
Tom lets Gillian try out the Speedster for size again!!!
Tim fraternising with other Roadster owners
Approx. 1,000 Roadsters parked around the Mazda proving ground
And More !!!!!!!!!!!!!
'Elan' ?
Our hire car (the red one)
Just arrived from the flight rareing to go
Roger studying the map with Hideo
Hideo testing a new prototype!
First evening out in Tokyo at Japanese 'Pancake' restaurant
Sue playing with the toys at the M2 (Mazdaspeed) building
Ronald buys a new toy at M2
Golden Pavillion at Kyoto
Tim chatting up the school girls at the Golden Pavillion
Hiroshima Castle (rebuilt after the war)
A Bomb Dome, Hiroshima
The ferry to and from Miyajima Island
Bullett train (Nuzomi super express) back to Tokyo