On 5 November, Japanese Mini fans made their annual Mini pilgrimage to the Japan Mini Day in Hamamatsu.
This year’s event was the 25th Japan Mini Day and the show, and its Mini visitors, were suitably adorned with silver jubilee ribbons and rosettes to mark the occasion. Many Minis journeyed from far away and I was pleased to see that the number of campers had increased significantly in the tent village at the rear of the event ground.
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