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Old 07-11-2004, 03:02 AM   #1
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I went on a trip to Japan last May and took a bunch of Prius pictures, I posted them in the international section of the gallery on this site.
I caught a couple of them in the wild, but I also visited Toyota showrooms in Tokyo: "Mega Web" in "Palette Town" in Odaiba, and "Amlux" in "Sunshine City", in Ikebukuro.
They had some interesting displays, as my pictures show.
I saw few on the streets. In Japan they have very small cars that probably get as good mileage as the Prius, so I wonder if the Prius is hard to get there or just not desireable.
They didn't sell any merchandise like T-shirts at the showrooms, unfortunately, and I didn't have time to look for Prius parts or accessories.
The only toy or model Prius I found was the Tomica 1/60 scale cars.
Hope you find the pictures interesting.
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Old 07-11-2004, 03:58 AM   #2
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great pictures! thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for the pic's :!:
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I really liked the pic of the Prius taxi. The car looked great in bright yellow. Bet that guy saves a bunch of money on gas.

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[url=http://priuschat.com/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=664]Image from album

You know, I've been waiting so long for my Prius, I'd about settle for that one. :mrgreen:
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Maybe its just me but I cant find those pics.
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BTW, the Taxi pic is from our Canadian Brethren, not Japan.
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In the posted pictures, "Prius" is written in English letters instead of Japanese characters. I wonder why?
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In the posted pictures, \"Prius\" is written in English letters instead of Japanese characters.  I wonder why?
Not only the word Prius, but all of the dash wording is English - Power, Map, Info. Perhaps these are from a car meant for sale in RHD English speaking countries. I can't imagine the Japanses consumer wants English text in their cars any more than I would want Japanese in mine!
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Wonder why the turn signals on the side of the Prius, up near the front door hinges, were left off of the US models?
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