Date:         Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:52:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Dan Wohlers <djwohls@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Dan Wohlers <djwohls@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wall Street Journal article about Japanese car camping
In-Reply-To:  <DNEFLHPPMKKCMAEKKDCCEEKEDAAA.jhecht@alum.mit.edu>
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Here is a similar (if not the same) article from the Contra Costa
Times:

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/business/8365876.htm

Dan Wohlers
1985 Westy


--- Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:
> Did anyone see the front-page article in today's WSJ (Tuesday's that
> is)
> about how the Japanese have taken to camping in their vans to protest
> the
> high cost of hotels?  It was pretty amazing - sounds like they are
> basically
> trying to reinvent the vanagon.  They have listservs that list all
> the best
> parking lots to camp in, where to find bathrooms and showers, all
> sorts of
> modifications they make to their vehicle for more congenial camping
> (stoves,
> heaters, second battery for extra lights and the stereo, sound
> familiar?)
>
> I tried to find it on the web to send the URL, but the Wall Street
> Journal
> site requires a password.  It's wsj.com, if you want to seek it out.
>
>
>
> Joy


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