"Shitamachi" factory-made bobsled

"Shitamachi" factory-made bobsled

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Hosogai (R) gets on a bobsled made by a group of small factory operators in one of Tokyo's "shitamachi" districts, at Tokyo Big Sight convention hall on Nov. 1, 2012. The bobsled is on display at the 26th Japan International Machine Tool Fair, with the group hoping it will be used at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Hosogai, owner of a metal-processing firm in Ota Ward, leads the shitamachi bobsled project.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001176482
  • Registered date
  • 2012/11/05 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2012 Kyodo News
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  • 3474 × 2157 pixel
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  • 240 dpi
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