Outside most Japanese railway stations you will find Taxi's normally painted in a particular colour scheme relevant to the town they serve, you will also find other public transport connections like buses but in some of the larger cities trams too.
Until last year there were no models of road vehicles in 1/80 besides two sports cars made by Kato , you could obtain models of Japanese cars and light vans by the German makers in left hand drive in 1/87 and a brave attempt by the Green Max company at a 1/87 modern Isuzu Erga citybus, and to confuse the situation you could get some super models of Japanese buses and highway buses in the British OO scale!!
Last year the tables changed and Tomix introduced their car collection 80 to the 1/80 scale, this has now been expanded to include eight models including some nice modern Toyota Hiace vans in Japan Post colours and Crown taxis for the station forecourt.
The latest manufacturer to commence a series of 1/80 models in the One Mile company (www.one-mile.net) they offer the type 96MC citybus in some attractive colour schemes, the model must be a success as they have now announced a modern type SDII highway bus. I have obtained two 96MC citybuses for the layout and when available I will add some highway coaches too.
