Toyota to hold 30th classic car festival in Japan

The Toyota Automobile Museum will hold its 30^th Classic Car Festival at the Aichi Expo Memorial Park in Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture.

The Classic Car Festival is aimed at promoting car culture, and leaving a legacy in the local community. A diverse selection of events will be held for visitors to enjoy, centered on the Aichi Expo Memorial Park, including a parade on public roads of privately-owned Japanese, American, and European classic cars dating from 1989 and earlier.

A variety of events have been planned to mark the 30^th edition of the festival.

The parade route has been designed to enable as many people as possible to cheer and watch from the roadside. Approximately 150 privately owned cars will drive in chronological order from the Toyota Automobile Museum, through Nagakute City, to Aichi Expo Memorial Park. Following the parade, a special exhibition zone will be created for cars dating from 1989.

A special exhibition entitled 'Cars That Symbolise the Ages' will commemorate the change to the Reiwa Era, and six symbolic cars dating from the Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926), Showa (1926-1989), and Heisei (1989-2019) Eras will be on display and take part in parade runs. Takahiko Kozuka, the former figure skater and current Japanese Olympic Committee Sports Environment Ambassador who turned 30 this year, will also attend the exhibition as a special guest.