Japan
You do not get to meet so often in your life a
Japanese gentleman who introduces himself,
in perfect French, with the words "I am an
SMist, and my son is a DSist". Well, this is
exactly what happened to me.
The Komo family spent five years in France in
the '70s and has been addicted to Citroen
ever since.
Hiroshi, the father, owns one of the only 30 or
so Citroen SM in the country, and he is also
the President of Japan's SM site. Link
(Japanese, partially English and French):
Japanese gentleman who introduces himself,
in perfect French, with the words "I am an
SMist, and my son is a DSist". Well, this is
exactly what happened to me.
The Komo family spent five years in France in
the '70s and has been addicted to Citroen
ever since.
Hiroshi, the father, owns one of the only 30 or
so Citroen SM in the country, and he is also
the President of Japan's SM site. Link
(Japanese, partially English and French):
Top: in front of the Yoshida
shinto sanctuary, in Kyoto
Right: the original French
stickers are still on the
windshield !
shinto sanctuary, in Kyoto
Right: the original French
stickers are still on the
windshield !
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Page creation 05/11/2006
Akira, the son, speaks good French too, so
when he decided he'd buy a DS, the car of
his dreams, back in 2002, he simply
returned to France and purchased a car he
had selected on the Net. It took him no more
than 3 months between buying the car and
being able to drive it on the roads of Kobe,
where he lives now.
The car, a black 1970 DS21 with a red
interior, was already in very good condition,
having been taken care of by a careful
amateur in Clermont-Ferrand to whom the
family continued to buy other cars thereafter.
And Akira, an engineer by profession, is
permanently maintaining his car to a top
condition.
when he decided he'd buy a DS, the car of
his dreams, back in 2002, he simply
returned to France and purchased a car he
had selected on the Net. It took him no more
than 3 months between buying the car and
being able to drive it on the roads of Kobe,
where he lives now.
The car, a black 1970 DS21 with a red
interior, was already in very good condition,
having been taken care of by a careful
amateur in Clermont-Ferrand to whom the
family continued to buy other cars thereafter.
And Akira, an engineer by profession, is
permanently maintaining his car to a top
condition.
Right: Akira Komo and his beautiful fiancee
Non-chan.
Non-chan.
The photo below comes from Akira's site, a
huge collection of information about the DS,
maintenance operations, pictures, reports of
events, cars for sale, blogs etc.
Link to his site (Japanese):
huge collection of information about the DS,
maintenance operations, pictures, reports of
events, cars for sale, blogs etc.
Link to his site (Japanese):
There are also an interview and pictures of
him in a French Citroen site. Link (French):
him in a French Citroen site. Link (French):
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