This picture of Shozo Shimano & Howie was taken at the 1972 WCC Cycle Rama Show during the introductions of suppliers to Dealers.

This picture of Mitsuharu Hontani was taken at the 1972 WCC Cycle Rama Show during the introductions of suppliers to Dealers.

This picture of Mitsuharu Hontani (right) & Howie was taken at the 1972 WCC Cycle Rama Show.

This picture of Yoshi Shimano & Paul Hinkston was taken at the 1972 WCC Cycle Rama Show.

This picture of Mr. Hirobe (far left) & Yoshi Shimano (without jacket) was taken at the 1972 WCC Cycle Rama Show.

This picture of Shimano & WCC guys was taken at the 1972 WCC Cycle Rama Show. (L to R) Paul Hinkston, Matsunaga-san, Yoshi Shimano, Shozo Shimano, Alex Del Rio.

This picture of Mr. & Mrs.Yoshi & Ikuko Shimano (right side) was taken at the 1972 WCC Cycle Rama Show.

This picture of Howie presenting some new Shimano products was taken at the 1972 WCC Cycle Rama Show. Two of Shimano's staff are pictured on Howie's left; Matsunaga-san & Hirobe-san.

January 13, 1992 letter to Howie from Ken Fujimura regarding the official dinner party given to some industry members celebrating Yoshi Shimano's ability to move back to Japan after his almost 20-year stay in America. During this time, Yoshi established several Shimano subsidiary companies and provided sales and service to the American bicycle industry for Shimano products. 

The envelope in which Ken Fujimura mailed Howie the photos from the dinner party honouring Yoshi Shimano.

Photo from the official dinner party given to some industry members celebrating Yoshi Shimano's ability to move back to Japan after his almost 20-year stay in America. During this time, Yoshi established several Shimano subsidiary companies and provided sales and service to the American bicycle industry for Shimano products.  (R to L) Richard Long-GT, Ben Lawee-Lawee Inc, Yoshi Shimano, Bob Hansing-Euro Asia Imports, Julio Marquevich, Ken Fujimura-Shimano, Wen Shia-KHS, Mike Bobrick-Western States Imports, Howie Cohen-Everything Bicycles, Bob Margevicias-Specialized, --- ---, --- ---.

Photo from the official dinner party given to some industry members celebrating Yoshi Shimano's ability to move back to Japan after his almost 20-year stay in America. During this time, Yoshi established several Shimano subsidiary companies and provided sales and service to the American bicycle industry for Shimano products.  (R to L) Ben Lawee-Lawee Inc, Howie Cohen-Everything Bicycles, Yoshi Shimano, Bob Hansing-Euro Asia Imports, and Julio Marquevich.

Photo from the official dinner party given to some industry members celebrating Yoshi Shimano's ability to move back to Japan after his almost 20-year stay in America. During this time, Yoshi established several Shimano subsidiary companies and provided sales and service to the American bicycle industry for Shimano products.  (R to L) Bob Margevicias-Specialized, Howie Cohen-Everything Bicycles, Mike Bobrick-Western States Imports.

Photo from the official dinner party given to some industry members celebrating Yoshi Shimano's ability to move back to Japan after his almost 20-year stay in America. During this time, Yoshi established several Shimano subsidiary companies and provided sales and service to the American bicycle industry for Shimano products. 

The business card for Hiroshi Nakamura, the director of the wonderful Shimano Bicycle Museum which is located near Shimano's headquarters in Sakai, Japan

The business card of Yozo Shimano who is the current president of Shimano. Yozo is a third generation Shimano, the son of Shozo and Akiko.

The business card of Masaki (Mike) Sumida at the time that he was the assistant manager of export sales. Mike worked for Shimano in America for several years and was well known on the west coast. He was especially close to Bob & Bev Hansing of Euro Asia Imports. He is counted among the 'very good guys' at Shimano and is partially Americanized.

The business card of Masaki (Mike) Sumida at the time that he was the manager of the Bicycle Service Logistics Department. Mike worked for Shimano in America for several years and was well known on the west coast. He was especially close to Bob & Bev Hansing of Euro Asia Imports. He is counted among the 'very good guys' at Shimano and is partially Americanized.

The business card of Kenji (Ken) Fujimura, while he was Director of the Sales Division. Ken was president of Shimano Sales in California for quite some time. He is a soft spoken very nice guy with an abundance of knowledge about Shimano and Shimano policies.

The business card of Rick Bradham from Shimano America Corp.

The business card of Jerry Fields from Shimano America Corp.

The business card of Russell Johnson from Shimano America Corp.

The business card of Isamu Kawabata from Shimano America Corp.

The business card of Kiyoshi Nagatsui from Shimano America Corp.

The business card of Kevin Oliver from Shimano America Corp.

The business card of Brad Parkins from Shimano America Corp.

The business card of Junichi Shibata from Shimano America Corp.

The business card of Brian Stanley from Shimano America Corp.