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The first motor vehicle appeared on the streets of Japan, an imported German built Hildebrand & Wolfmuller motorcycle

Sunday 19th January 1896

The first motor vehicle appeared on the streets of Japan, an imported German built Hildebrand & Wolfmuller motorcycle. H&W was the first mass produced motorcycle, and the first machine which was given the name of motorad (motorcycle). The H&W had been imported to Tokyo by a Japanese pioneer Shinsuke Jumonji.

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