31/05/2020
Sochiro Honda 🚘
The founder of One of the well known car manufacturer in Japan, what is his story?
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Sochiro Honda was born in a humble house in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
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I did not know his story until I visited his humble house, which is currently a museum
Mr.Honda showed an interest in Cars and Engines from an early age
When he reached the age of 16 he moved to Tokyo and worked in a car workshop, which was his dream, but unfortunately he was entrusted with cleaning tasks, and he was frustrated, however, he continued and tried to prove that he can do the car maintenance job
the managers of the workshop started giving him some maintenance tasks
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When he reached the age of 18 he surpassed the other engineers and he became famous and after a while he Opened his own car workshop
Honda never stopped there and tried to manufacture "engine cylinder rings" which failed miserably. He searched, asked and studied until he could succeed making the product work well. He pursued his dream and build his own factory, but unfortunately the Second World War destroyed everything
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he worked in several other fields to earn his living, but he was so frustrated.
one day a friend of Honda came to visit him with a small engine and asked Honda, "I have this little engine and I don't know what to do with it" Here, Honda's enthusiasm flared up again.
He thought to put the engine in a bicycle to make the first motorcycle in Japan! Because of the severe oil shortage during those days, his new product spreaded in Japan and all over the world
Then he decided to enter the world of car manufacturing
Honda's famous hand
In the Honda Museum there is a picture of his left hand 🤚🏻 with a lot of scratches and every scratch represents a story that Mr. Humda tells himself
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“Dream” or in Japanese 夢
A “” pin written in Honda script itself is sold at the museum (last image)
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comment below Whether or not you enjoy the story?
