Uchikura & Co Blog
2026-05-08
I found out there are many people who love cars like I do. I am not talking about super expensive exotic cars. I mean the cars we actually drove, owned, washed on weekends, and remember years later. ...
2026-05-08
Americans often ask, “Why can’t the U.S. build bullet trains like Japan?” The funny thing is — America absolutely has the technology. This is the country that landed on the moon and builds some of ...
2026-05-08
Dreamersi Email Hosting is updating the “External Link Verification” screen that appears when users click external links inside emails. The new screen clearly displays the destination domain name i...
2026-05-07
Japan is slowly changing its long-standing defense policies and beginning to export weapons and military technology to friendly nations. This is a major shift for a country that maintained a very str...
2026-05-06
Anime and Car Otaku Post The Toyota AE86 Corolla Levin became world famous through the anime and movie Initial D. For many people around the world, the AE86 and the Toyota 4A-GE engine became symbo...
2026-05-06
Upcoming Business Trip to Japan in June I’m traveling to Japan in June for a business trip. My itinerary starts on the eighth, departing from Seattle and arriving at Kansai International Airport (KIX)...
2026-05-06
My First Car? My first car was a 1970 Toyota Corona four-door sedan. And yes — it had a column shifter. Many younger people today may never have seen one. The gear shift was attached to the ste...
2026-05-06
Mazda’s Gram Strategy Mazda is famous for its “Gram Strategy,” the idea of reducing car weight one gram at a time. Instead of only looking for big weight reductions, Mazda engineers examine every...
2026-05-06
Japan being an island nation made an enormous difference in how Japanese culture developed — much like the Galápagos Islands evolved separately from the mainland. Because Japan was geographically i...
2026-05-05
When Vending Machines Become Lifelines Japan is famous for its vending machines—found on nearly every street corner. But beyond convenience, some of these machines serve a much more important role ...