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How far we travel each week

—km a week to inspect cars in person

Rail loop · from our office to Tokyo and Nagoya

Road loop · from our office to Kobe

Rail distances follow the actual track. Taxi legs are estimates.

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Circle size shows how many cars the venue handles a week.

Snow country and rust

Prefectures designated as heavy-snow areas

Roads here are salted all winter, so cars from these areas are more likely to have underbody rust. The shaded area covers the 10 prefectures designated across their whole area; parts of 14 more, mostly in the mountains, are also designated.

Who inspects the car

Smile JV staff: inspection, photos, short video and paint thickness checks

Smile JV partners: inspection, photos, short video and paint thickness checks

Auction house contractors: photos at USS auctions, phone inspection only elsewhere

Auction groups · cars a week

Venue list and 2024 consignment figures (shown as weekly averages): Goo-net Auto Distribution (goonews.jp). Current figures for USS Tokyo, USS Nagoya and HAA Kobe: Smile JV. Locations are approximate. Heavy-snow areas: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Relief: ETOPO1. Map by Smile JV.