Trip to Mazda Hofu Plant, November 04, 2014
One of the highlights of our Japan trip in 2014 was our visit to the Mazda Hofu plant. We started from the hotel in Hiroshima in the morning and joined the English speaking guided tour at the Mazda head office, just 10 minutes from Hiroshima main station by local train. We saw the Mazda Museum and the Mazda production line at the Ujina plant, where my wife’s Mazda 2 (2008) was built. The production of that model was terminated shortly before we came and the line was not that full. (Mazda are having mixed production lines so many models are built at the same assembly line.)
In the afternoon we took the Shinkansen and after that a local train to the Hofu station in Yamaguchi, 1½ hours from Hiroshima, where we met with our interpreter Ms. Wada. We took a taxi to the Mazda Hofu plant, where we had managed to arrange for a private factory tour after the two other regular tours that day were full. The tour was in Japanese only, therefore the interpreter, and handled by Mr. Ozaki from Mazda. He spent in total 1½ hours with us starting in a classroom making presentations and taking questions. The highlight was a 45 minute tour on the walkway over the production floor where we could see most of the assembly stations for the new Mazda 2 and 3. At the end of the line we could see one car came out every 50 seconds, and a mechanic started it and drove it to testing.
At the end of the production line walk, we went outside and Mr. Ozaki drove us in his private Mazda MPV (yes all Mazda employees are only allowed to drive Mazda) around the factory area and we passed the neighboring plant where the new Mazda 6 came out, and where my Mazda 6 (2014) was built. We also passed the Mazda power plant and the big test track where selected cars were being tested.
When we came back to the class room we got some gifts and something to drink, and after that they arranged for a photo session at the reception where the above photo was taken. We met some other Mazda people that had taken care of another special tour. They were so nice to talk with and grateful that we had purchased their product. When the taxi finally came and drove off with Liselotte, me, Johannes and Ms. Wada, the Mazda staff lined up in their uniforms and bowed to us! That I have never tried before.
It was in every way a fantastic experience, and I will forever be grateful to Mazda. We sent some greeting cards and gifts to our contacts at Mazda, but they soon after sent some gifts also (a very nice die cast model of a Mazda 6 that I had mentioned to Mr. Ozaki). You can never win any politeness competition with Japanese people….
Thank you Mazda!
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Bean jellies, blowish biscuits, dried blowfish, sponge covered bean paste, and more bean paste. Red or brown nean paste is the chocolate of Japan.
In Hofu city about 45 minutes by car from Ajisu Jamboree
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The facility will provide a great deal of help to the visually impaired as they will be able to hear documents such as medical examination guidelines, medical bills and prescriptions.
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Japan Trip: Mazda Museum popular among tourist accessible from Hiroshima Station Hiroshima01
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The Mazda Motor Corporation was founded in Hiroshima in 1920. It still keeps its corporate headquarters in the city of its birth place. Besides the headquarters, Mazda possesses a large plot of coastal land which accommodates R&D (research and development) laboratories, factories, and shipping facilities. The company museum and part of a factory are made available to visitors.
Although Mazda is not as large as Toyota, Mazda plays a large role in Hiroshima's economy, like Toyota dose to Nagoya. Producing over a million cars a year, It is an innovative player in the Japanese auto industry. For instance, in 1991 Mazda became the first and only Japanese company to win the Le Mans Grand Prix with 787B. Mazda continues efforts to create more efficient vehicles include improving its version of rotary engines.
Reservations are required for the Mazda Museum tour and can be made by telephone or via its website, the URL is below. Reservations can be made up to a year beforehand. Tours for individual travelers are offered once a day in English and Japanese.
Visitors to the museum are first gathered at the Mazda head office building. When the tour is scheduled to begin, a Mazda tour guide leads visitors onto a bus to take them to the museum building on the close to grounds of Mazda's Hiroshima Plant.
The museum offers a digest of Mazda's history, such as a look into the expectancy for its future developments and the technology of its automobiles. The tour then goes through an actual vehicle assembly line, where a variety of different car models being produced. Final location is a shop where Mazda goods are sold. The tour takes a total of 90 minutes.
Access Information
From the JR Hiroshima Station, board a local train to Mukainada（向洋） Station. The one-way journey takes about 5minutes with a cost of 190yen. From arrival station the Mazda Head Office can be reached in a five minute walk.
Facility Information
Tours of the Mazda Museum and Factory are held daily, except weekends and company holidays. The starting time of the English tour is at 10:00 and the Japanese tour at 13:30. The full-length of the tours is around 90 minutes. The tour is free of charge, but a reservation must be made in advance by phone or e-mail.
Mazda official site for reservation
Mazda Museum, Hiroshima, Japan, October 29, 2013
If you are in Hiroshima this is something to try out. The biggest company in the town of Hiroshima is the Mazda Motor Corporation. They have their main office at Fuchu a few km outside of the city centre. From there a private bus takes you to the museum located within the production facility (that, by the way, is huge!).
The museum contains many of the old cars, current production techniques and future concepts, but still there is a large section on rotary engines although they are discontinued entirely. There were a lot new stuff about the CX-5 in the museum (I was there last time in the spring of 2012) with all sorts of design issue and production techniques. Very good indeed.
The highlight of the tour was to see the production line (no photographing allowed) and we saw Mazda 2 and MX-5 being build. From where we could see from, they were laying the carpets in the cars. Thereafter there were a station for inserting the dashboard (done by hand) and gluing on windscreens (done by robots). Such a car production line is a very fascinating thing to watch and it is a logistical marvel. We also saw the private port where the cars are loaded onto large ships. There were ship at anchor a few kilometers out in the bay and cars ready to be loaded on the pier. (Again, no photographing allowed)
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A tour has to be booked at the Mazda museum in advance. You can check out the Mazda museum website:
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Mazda for Hiroshima - City of Peace
It is very important to show where you are, your origin. Hiroshima is the origin of the Mazda frontier spirit, the willingness to take on challenges. Because of this Mazda have very strong sense to contribute to the society, the city, and the peace for Hiroshima.
MAZDA FACTORY IN HIROSHIMA｜マツダミュージアム｜مصنع مازدا في هيروشيما
In this video we went to Mazda factory in Hiroshima, it was about 15 min away by metro from where we were staying, we went without reservation because we didn’t know that we have to and likely there was still space for extra two!
The tour was amazing we firs waited in the showroom and then the bus came and took us all to the factory area which is a part of the city by itself and it is so big they have their own bridge and their own sea port !! yes, they have their own sea port which they use to export all the cars outside of Japan.
And then we went for introduction tour and that is the only area we were allowed to take photos and shoot videos anywhere else not allowed even when were in the bus because the whole area is considered sensitive because it contains other buildings like the design center which we didn’t enter but I saw a concept model on the street actually testing it!
We got inside the assembly line and we watched how they assemble different models in the production line and that was the most interesting part, they gave us some complementary gifts at the end of the tour and we had the chance to get in all there latest models, we were too big for the latest Miata ! :D
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2017 Visit to Hiroshima - Mazda Headquarters
A short clip of my visit to Hiroshima, the city that was devastated by the first atom bomb, and reborn from the Mazda headquarters, which was far enough from ground zero, hence became the administrative office of Hiroshima's government, police, judiciary, even the hospital at that time. Thus, Hiroshima's rebirth, literally started from Mazda's HQ itself.
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On August 6th, 1945, a city that flourished for hundreds of years, disappeared in a second. This history of ours has given us the ability to overcome challenges. Because if we don't, we won't survive. This is the spirit of the Hiroshima people. The Hiroshima spirit is strong at Mazda. We do things others wouldn't dream of doing. When faced with a challenge, we set out to overcome it. For example, we mass produced the rotary engine. At the time, the rotary engine was to most, just a dream. Compact, lightweight and powerful. Mazda is the only company to make this engine successful. You know, we could just do what everyone else does... business as usual, but that's not how we think at Mazda. We're a different breed. We choose the less-trodden path.
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The Mazda Motor Corporation, founded in Hiroshima in 1920, still retains its corporate headquarters in the city of its origins. In addition to the headquarters, Mazda owns a large plot of coastal land which accommodates research and development laboratories, factories, and shipping facilities. The company museum and part of a factory are made available for public viewing.
Like Toyota to Nagoya, Mazda plays a large role in Hiroshima's economy. Although Mazda is not as large as Toyota, it still produces over a million cars a year and is an innovative player in the Japanese auto industry. For instance, in 1991 Mazda became the first and only Japanese company to win the Le Mans Grand Prix. Continuing efforts to create more efficient vehicles include improving its version of rotary engines. (Japan Guide)
Itsukushima (厳島?) is an island in the western part of the Inland Sea of Japan, located in the northwest of Hiroshima Bay. It is popularly known as Miyajima (宮島?), which in Japanese means the Shrine Island.[1] The island is one of Hayashi Razan's Three Views of Japan. Itsukushima is part of the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture. The island was the town of Miyajima before the 2005 merger with Hatsukaichi.
Itsukushima or Miyajima is famous for the Itsukushima Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[2] According to records, the shrine was established in the time of Empress Suiko. The warrior-courtier Taira no Kiyomori gave the shrine its present form. In 1555, Mōri Motonari defeated Sue Harukata at the Battle of Miyajima. Toyotomi Hideyoshi built a large building, the Senjō-kaku, on a hill above the shrine.
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Mazda Museum, Hiroshima, April 9, 2012
If you are in Hiroshima this is something to try out. The biggest company in the town of Hiroshima is the Mazda Motor Corporation. They have their main office at Fuchu a few km outside of the city centre. From there a private bus takes you to the museum located within the production facility (that, by the way, is huge!).
The museum contains many of the old cars, current production techniques and future concepts, but also a large section on rotary engines. I heard that this part of the museum was to be changed (probably due to the rotary engines are discontinued entirely). Maybe something about the new Skyactive engine technology has been included.
The highlight of the tour was to see the production line (no photographing allowed) and the private port where the cars are loaded onto large ships. One very curious thing on the enormous factory area was the fact that on all staff parking lots there were only Mazda cars. The workers are only allowed to drive Mazda... (and Ford, though I didn't see any).
The video contains stills and HD video.
A tour has to be booked at the Mazda museum in advance. You can check out the Mazda museum website:
Thank you Mazda! It was a great experience for me to see the place where my car was build :o)
Carbon-neutral science museum to open in Sweden
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An architectural firm is building a new museum powered by renewable energy in Sweden.
Danish architecture firm COBE has unveiled plans to build a science museum in the Swedish city of Lund that would be powered with solar panels on its rooftop as well as energy bicycles located on its concave roof by 2024.
According to the project's website, the building will mainly be built out of wood and will cover 3,500 square meters of floor space.
The second story of the structure will consist of a viewing platform and a patio.
The center of the structure will include a green urban space with trees, plants and other biodiversity. This will help in filtering out excess carbon dioxide.
The museum will consist of exhibition halls, offices and an auditorium for the general public.
The structure will be carbon neutral and will promote sustainability, according to the project's website.
The museum will be part of Science Village Scandinavia, a high-tech urban district in Lund, which is still under development.
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1. The museum will be powered by energy generated from solar panels and bicycles
2. The museum's viewing platform
3. The museum's green urban space
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Danish architecture firm COBE has unveiled plans to build a science museum in the Swedish city of Lund that would be powered with solar panels on its rooftop as well as energy bicycles located on its concave roof by 2024.
According to the project's website, the building will mainly be built out of wood and will cover 3,500 square meters of floor space.
The second story of the structure will consist of a viewing platform and a patio.
The center of the structure will include a green urban space with trees, plants and other biodiversity.
This will help in filtering out excess carbon dioxide.
The museum will consist of exhibition halls, offices and an auditorium for the general public.
SOURCES: Inhabitat, Design Boom, UR Design, Science Village
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