Nissan may be closing factories and searching for a lifeline from another company right now, but that wasn’t always the case. In 1960s Japan it dominated the streets. In this Showa Snap, nearly every car in Tokyo’s bustling Yurakucho area, near the 5000-seat Nichigeki Theater, is a Nissan.
Crossing the street you have a pair of taxis, a 130 Cedric and A30 Gloria, followed by a privately owned Cedric. Waiting to cross are a pair of Nissan Caravans and a 510 Bluebird with another Gloria behind it. Nissan was the cool car to have, and the Z and Skyline GT-R were still a couple years away. It’s kind of sad to see how the mighty have fallen, but hopefully Nissan will figure something out soon and return to sone semblance of its former greatness.
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Awesome snap. I’m actually standing 3 blocks from there right now. That Asahi Shimbun building is long gone. The theater was raised & sort of replicated in a modern style. The elevated highway sits on top of a former canal like many other places in Tokyo. A lot of it to spruce up its image approaching the 1964 Summer Olympics. There are plans of removing the elevated highway that covered the historical Nihonbashi.
That’s awesome. I’m in Yokohama right now!