Japan Mini Day 2017

Japan Mini Day is always good for some Mini derivatives. And with the show in its 25th year it was bound to become a good one this year, at the shores of Lake Hamanako in the Shizuoka prefecture. The majority of the pictures below come from the Young Mini Club of Hong Kong. Thank you so much for uploading them!

Is this four-door car a Mini Mengers creation? I don't think so, but you may know?

And how about this cool Mini coupe? A Buckle Monaco? An ABS Coupe? I'd love to know

Heerey GTM 1-3 has to be a rare sight in Japan. This is a 1970 car

And is that an Ibis or an RD Wasp? I think the latter. Here is an Ibis that made its way to Japan

There were several Mokes with hardtops. I think this one is by Fibreglass Canopy Sales of Wahroonga, Australia

And another one. This one looks to be a Duncan Hamilton variant of the late 1980s?

These ladies sell ice cream from a very fitting Whitby Morrison Mini ice cream van

Mister Maruyama's well-know Mini Marcos may be Ford powered, it's a lovely thing!

This car is another regular at Japan's Mini meets. The (Mk4) body is said to be fully carbon fibre

Japan Mini Day would not be Japan Mini Day without at least some MiniSprints!

The number of MiniSprints in Japan is remarkably high. Who built all these cars?

And another, now clearly based on a younger shell. Note that all wear wide arches

Bonus photograph: this Unipower GT was also seen at another meeting in Japan last weekend