![Yes indeed – though a suburban/commuter version and not a transit one. Pacific Greyhound had the commuter contract for southern and northern California in the early 70’s, before it transferred […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GM-new-look-suburban-115x115.webp "1963-67 GM SDM 5302 Bus – Wait a Minute, A Greyhound Fishbowl?")
![Well, that was really a rhetorical question – obviously not all work trucks here in Japan are white, but a good majority are as highlighted by this staging area near […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/175887218068d642743092c_1-115x115.jpeg "2026 Toyota Dutro Truck – Why Are All Japanese Work Vehicles White?")
![(Updated 2/19/2026) I’ve been walking by this 2nd Gen B-Series Dodge Conversion Van for several years – it sits in a parking lot near our home in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_20200212_153158-1.jpg "Curbside Find: 1981 – 1993 Dodge Ram Conversion Van – Past Its Prime")
![(Updated 2/10/2026) Near our home here in suburban Tokyo is a Hino Motors Assembly Plant – I’m sure most CC Readers know Hino is Toyota’s truck […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/15808180266_c2d4e054af_b-e1580560384624.jpg "HUMVEE Via Toyota: Japan Self Defense Forces BXD10 High Mobility Vehicle (HMV)")
![Every once in awhile, your passions in life overlap – in my case, two of those passions are mass transit and film noir. I recently found a superb website called […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Bingham-Loop-Oct-1965-1-e1580091267163.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: The Hauntingly Beautiful Nighttime Trolleys of Toronto – 1960s")
![It appears there is a new customer at a local garage near our house here in the suburbs of Tokyo – first time I’ve seen this 122 there. And it’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PXL_20260121_064636344-1-115x115.jpg "Mid-60’s Volvo 122S (Amazon) Four-Door Sedan – The Japanese Sure Do Love Their Volvos")
![Since Kei-class minicars have been in the US news recently, I thought CC readers might be interested in an update on how they’re doing here in their home country. There’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Roox-4-115x115.webp "Year-End News From Japan: The Kei-Car Wars Are Heating Up")
![Here’s a bus that certainly stood out as it cruised the roads in many Canadian and US cities in the 80’s, 90’s, and 2000’s – the Orion II. Made by […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/4-wmata-orion-ii-115x115.webp "1984–2003 Orion Bus Industries Orion II: Is This North America’s Strangest-Looking Bus?")
![In the mid-2000’s, BC Transit (BCT) of British Columbia and Ottawa’s OC Transit (OCT) in Ontario identified a need for a 25-27 foot bus, for smaller suburban feeder routes and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/unnamed-1-115x115.jpg "2013 – 2024 Grande West/Vicinity Classic Bus – So Long, We Hardly Knew Ya’")
![(Updated 10/29/2025) As we saw in our post on the NH series “Hamburg” bus, Neoplan was a German coach manufacturer on the move in the 1960’s – […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/JR-Bus-Kanto-D750-00501-N128-4-e1563866152537.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 1990 – 2003 Neoplan Megaliner – The Bus That Changed the Rules")
![I’m sure CC readers know that MAN and Scania are part of TRATON SE, the truck and bus subsidiary of the VW Group. Accordingly, almost all urban transit and intercity […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/maxresdefault-1-1-115x115.jpg "2021–2025 Caio Apache Volkswagen 22.280 ODS Urban Transit Bus: Not the VW Bus You Were Expecting")
![The world’s largest annual motor coach exposition was held last week in Brussels – Busworld 2025. How I wish I could have attended. Fortunately, there is a lot of info […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/maxresdefault-1-115x115.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 2025 Ayats Twiliner Overnight Coach – Sleep Sound")
![CC readers are likely aware that friend and fellow Japan cohort Tatra87 and I are both expats living here in Tokyo. The difference is he lives near the center of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PXL_20251005_063258371.NIGHT_-1-115x115.jpg "Truck Stop Classics: Hino 500 Series Dakar Rally Truck – Gotcha Now Tatra")
![You may have heard of the Golden Raspberry Awards, also called the “Razzies.” They’re an annual satirical award given in the entertainment industry – to the worst movie, actor, Director, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Cadillac_4-9_Liter_V8_engine_from_1992_Sedan_Deville_2014-05-01_00-48-115x115.jpeg "CC Video Classic: 1982 GM HT 4100 Engine Promotional Video – World Record Razzie Winner?")
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